Street Food with Anthony Bourdain I May 2017
And do you have a favorite hotel?
I love very old colonial hotels in Southeast Asia, like the
Metropole in Hanoi, the Majestic in Saigon or the Grand
Hotel d’Angkor at Angkor Wat, but I also have a soft spot for
the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, which is probably my
favorite in the world.
What drives you to travel?
Curiosity about the world in general. I think food, culture,
people and landscape are all absolutely inseparable. I like
delicious food but I’m just as interested in who’s cooking it
and why.
What destinations are next on your travel
agenda?
I’m hoping to go back to Korea, Madagascar, Beirut,
Okinawa, and Borneo; all for very different reasons. I’d like
to go back to Borneo because I made a commitment to a
tribe called the Dayak there who I stayed with years ago, and
I want to go in harvest season. I think Korea is an emerg-
ing and important cuisine that I’d like to know more about.
There’s always a personal or historical reason, or it’s just out
of curiosity.
A special thanks to CNNTraveler for the article and Anthony Bourdain for sharing
his own personal street food photos. Anthony Bourdain is planning an exhibition
early next year where he will release his collection of more than 30,000 photos taken
over 4 decades involving street food and how it has evolved.
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About Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain was born in New York City. He attended The Englewood School
for Boys in New Jersey, Vassar College (for two years) and is a graduate of The
Culinary Institute of America.
He began his career in the food industry over twenty years ago as a dishwasher,
gradually working his way up through preparation, to line cook, to sous chef, and
which led to him ultimately becoming executive chef of Manhattan’s Brasserie Les
Halles, which means, in his words, that he gets to “swan around the kitchen, taking
credit for others’ work.” Bourdain lives in New York City with his wife Ottavia and
daughter Ariane.
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