Anthony Bourdain

[Eggs Mayonnaise]

Quite possibly the coolest guy on the planet.

DISCUSS.

 

[Mentalist]

"Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans, are a persistent irritant to any chef worth a damn. To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living. Vegetarians are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit, and an affront to all I stand for, the pure enjoyment of food. The body, these waterheads imagine, is a temple that should not be polluted by animal protein. It's healthier, they insist, though every vegetarian waiter I've worked with is brought down by any rumor of a cold. Oh, I'll accommodate them, I'll rummage around for something to feed them, for a 'vegetarian plate', if called on to do so. Fourteen dollars for a few slices of grilled eggplant and zucchini suits my food cost fine."

 

[Dual]

My favourite episode is when he goes to Iceland.

 

[Laker_Girl]

Wasn't there a thread about this already?

Well anyway, I love his show, he's a cocky fuck but the man ate Bar-B-Que'd iguana in Mexico. You can't beat that with a stick.

 

[Cassie]

I have grown to love him. No Reservations is so much better than Bizarre Foods cause he's cooler than Andrew Zimmerman.

 

[Eggs Mayonnaise]

Wasn't there a thread about this already?

Probably. But nothing came up in Similar Threads so NO IT WAS ALL MY IDEA HA!

I have to wonder what his cholesterol levels and normal blood pressure are, though.

 

[Laker_Girl]

Probably normal. He eats a lot of weird shit but he's relaxed and assholish so it all balances out.

 

[Cassie]

I love LOVE the Russia episode where his friend takes him to have a massage and the guy twists him up like a giant pretzel.

 

[Eggs Mayonnaise]

There's a No Reservations marathon on the Travel Channel right now (3PM ET) that continues till 4AM ET. Except for some lame live New Years special between 11 and 12.

I love the beat/noir touch he applies to his writing and narration. Also his skilled use of the word "Flinstonian" to describe Michael's approach to twice-baked potatoes during Top Chef 2.