Going to Southeast Asia for the first time and tasting that spectrum of flavors - that certainly changed my whole palate, the kind of foods I crave. A lot of the dishes I used to love became boring to me.
Anthony BourdainWholesome food is wholesome food anywhere. I may not like something but, generally speaking, if it's a busy, street food stall serving mystery meat in India, they're in the business of serving their neighbors. They're not targeted toward a transient crowd of tourists that won't be around tomorrow. They're not in the business of poisoning their neighbors.
Anthony BourdainI'm really happy to see the explosion of interest in Korean food, and this hybrid Korean-American food.
Anthony BourdainI did go into the Amazonian region of Brazil. They have prehistoric river fish that weigh in at around 600 pounds, which you donโt see anywhere else. And foods that cannot be exported or even found in other parts of Brazil.
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