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VOX Brasserie & Bar
🇮🇸
Capital Region, Iceland
Fancy schmancy
Þrír frakkar
🇮🇸
Capital Region, Iceland
Icelandic food
Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur
🇮🇸
Capital Region, Iceland
Hot dogs
Hiram's
🇺🇸
New Jersey, United States
Diner
Klein's Fish Market
🇺🇸
New Jersey, United States
Seafood
Baumgart's Cafe
🇺🇸
New Jersey, United States
Diner; American/Asian. Egg creams
Soft Tofu
🇺🇸
New Jersey, United States
Korean food.
Gencarelli's Bakery
🇺🇸
New Jersey, United States
Italian bakery. Cannollis/Sfogiatelle
Bún chả Nem rán B2 Vĩnh Hồ
🇻🇳
Ha Noi, Vietnam
Bun Cha (noodle dish with grilled meats)
Le Royal
🇫🇷
Paris, France
Coffee, croissant
Cantada II
🇫🇷
Paris, France
Absinthe fountain
La Tour Montlhéry - Chez Denise
🇫🇷
Paris, France
Blanquette de veau (veal stew), rum baba (dessert), WINE
Robert et Louise
🇫🇷
Paris, France
French homestyle country cuisine
Pâtisserie Pinaud Pascal
🇫🇷
Paris, France
Bread and pastry bakery
Café de la Mairie
🇫🇷
Paris, France
Sidewalk cafe
Nasi Lemak Antarabangsa
🇲🇾
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Street food
Big Tree Lin Kee chan sow lin steamed fish head
🇲🇾
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Fish heads!
Aunty Aini's Garden Cafe
🇲🇾
Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
No data
Choon Hui Cafe 春园茶室
🇲🇾
Sarawak, Malaysia
Laksa!
Antica Focacceria San Francesco
🇮🇹
Palermo, Italy
One of Italy's oldest restaurants. Pizza, sandwiches, bread.
Frittola
🇮🇹
Palermo, Italy
Fried meat fritters
Double Down Saloon
🇺🇸
Nevada, United States
"The Happiest Place on Earth"
Bouchon at The Venetian
🇺🇸
Nevada, United States
Fancy food at Thomas Keller's Vegas restaurant
Peppermill Fireside Lounge
🇺🇸
Nevada, United States
Girly drinks
Mesa Grill
🇺🇸
Nevada, United States
Bobby Flay's restaurant
Mermaid Lounge
🇺🇸
Nevada, United States
Bar with a mermaid tank
At The Arkadiy Cafe
🇺🇿
Toshkent, Uzbekistan
Drink tea
Jumanji
🇺🇿
Toshkent, Uzbekistan
No data
Gosakudon
🇯🇵
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Baseball sports bar with sushi
Jiyuken
🇯🇵
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Curry mixed rice
Kushikatsu Daruma Dotombori
🇯🇵
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Fried meat fritters
Kani Doraku Dotombori Honten
🇯🇵
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Crab
Honke hormone dojo
🇯🇵
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Horumonyaki - grilled pork and beef organs
Chef Creole Seasoned Restaurant
🇺🇸
Florida, United States
No data
El Rey De Las Fritas
🇺🇸
Florida, United States
Cuban food
La Esquina Tropical
🇺🇸
Florida, United States
Small plates restaurant
Restaurant SONIA
🇵🇪
Lima region, Peru
Ceviche restaurant
Peña Don Porfirio, Barranco
🇵🇪
Lima region, Peru
Criollo restaurant
El Monasterio
🇵🇪
Lima region, Peru
No data
Li Qun Roast Duck Restaurant
🇨🇳
Beijing, China
Roast duck
Quick-fried Tripe Zhang
🇨🇳
Heilongjiang, China
Beijing restaurant specializing in dishes made with cow and sheep stomach
Noodle Loft
🇨🇳
Beijing, China
Watch expert noodlemakers make noodles!
Dave’s Oasis
🇨🇳
Sichuan, China
Expat bar
Laoyikang Tea House
🇨🇳
Sichuan, China
Outdoor tea house
Huangcheng Laoma Hot Pot
🇨🇳
Sichuan, China
Spicy Sichuan food
Au Pied de Cochon
🇨🇦
Quebec, Canada
One of Tony's favorite restaurants. Specialize in Foie Gras and pork
La Banquise
🇨🇦
Quebec, Canada
Poutine
Sucrerie de la Montagne
🇨🇦
Quebec, Canada
Restaurant specializing in maple syrup
St-Viateur Bagel Shop
🇨🇦
Quebec, Canada
No data
Restaurant Pelikan
🇸🇪
Stockholm, Sweden
Swedish traditional foods
Lux Stockholm
🇸🇪
Stockholm, Sweden
Fancy restaurant with a Michelin star
Östermalms saluhall
🇸🇪
Stockholm, Sweden
Traditional Swedish food; game birds - pheasant, goose, duck; seafood
Maxi Grillen
🇸🇪
Stockholm, Sweden
Hot dogs
Barrachina
🇵🇷
, Puerto Rico
Where the pina colada was invented. (Tony talked crap about it)
Lechonera Los Pinos
🇵🇷
, Puerto Rico
Roasted pork
Jobos Beach
🇵🇷
, Puerto Rico
Sonia Rican restaurant was here before; Closed now, Tony had mofongo there.
Raíces
🇵🇷
, Puerto Rico
Traditional Puerto Rican food
Natraj Restaurant Udaipur (Dining Hall/Rajasthani Thali/Gujarati Thali)
🇮🇳
Rajasthan, India
All you can eat for less than a dollar. Thali style vegetarian food.
Taj Lake Palace
🇮🇳
Rajasthan, India
Tony had a martini at this fancy hotel on a lake
Marudhar Restaurant
🇮🇳
Rajasthan, India
Outdoor vegetarian restaurant
Joseon Gimbap Restaurant
🇰🇷
Seoul, South Korea
Tony and Nari ate Korean BBQ
Carano Masakan Padang (Closed)
🇮🇩
West Java, Indonesia
Closed now, this was a restaurant called Carano Masakan Padang. Tony had a lunch here, served similar to tapas style with lots of rice. Beef rendang, stews. His cameraman knocked over a shelf holding all of the food for the day for the entire restaurant.
The Crown Liquor Saloon
🇬🇧
Belfast, United Kingdom
Guinness and meat pies
Madina Desi Curry Co
🇮🇪
Dublin, Ireland
Chickpea curry
King Sitric Restaurant & Accommodation
🇮🇪
Dublin, Ireland
Fresh seafood, lots of shellfish
The Ivory Tower
🇮🇪
Cork, Ireland
Stew with lots of offal
ASANKA LOCAL RESTAURANT
🇬🇭
Greater Accra, Ghana
Omo Tuo: (pounded rice balls served with palm or groundnut soup.)
Voodoo Doughnut
🇺🇸
Oregon, United States
Maple bacon donut bar; chocolate, oreos, and peanut butter
Apizza Scholls
🇺🇸
Oregon, United States
Can only have up to 3 toppings because the owner wants to showcase the good crust
Piroshky Piroshky
🇺🇸
Washington, United States
Russian pies filled with potatoes, beef, or cabbage
TB's Bar & Grill (Closed)
🇺🇸
Texas, United States
This used to be TB's Bar & Grill, where Tony had chips & salsa and beer
Piedras Negras
🇲🇽
Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico
Nachos were invented here
Laredo Sushi Roll
🇺🇸
Texas, United States
Sushi
Monterrey
🇲🇽
Nuevo León, Mexico
Tony dropped off a package for the sushi chef named Alfredo at Laredo Sushi Roll. Alfredo's mother cooked them Mexican food
Wujiang Road
🇨🇳
Shanghai, China
Night food market with lots of street food
Yang's Dumpling
🇨🇳
Shanghai, China
Popular fried soup dumplings. Tofu Beef Noodle soup
Yangcheng Lake Hairy Crab
🇨🇳
Shanghai, China
Lots of internal tourism for these crabs which is prized for being the best in China
Jade Buddha Temple
🇨🇳
Shanghai, China
A monastery with a public vegetarian restaurant where monks cook.
Cafe Glechik
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Russian restaurant. Pelmeni - a meat ravioli served with broth. Braised rabbit stew.
Gray's Papaya
🇺🇸
New York, United States
This was one of Tony's favorites from his childhood
Siberia New York
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Tony's local bar (at the time of filming season 2)
Kabab Cafe
🇺🇸
New York, United States
So much offal
Prune
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Restaurants where chefs go. Tony ate there with Eric Ripert and Scott Bryan.
Sake Bar Hagi46
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Izakaya. They had assorted yakitori and dumplings
Sakagura
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Sake bar
Valadares
🇧🇷
São Paulo, Brazil
Fried things. Tony ate the testicles. And capirinhas.
Manacá Restaurante
🇧🇷
São Paulo, Brazil
Bacalao, shrimp with coconut rice
Bar da Santa
🇧🇷
São Paulo, Brazil
Breakfast of coffee and pao na chapa, or grilled bread served with butter, Tony calls it "the local answer to bagel with a schmear"
Patachou
🇵🇫
Windward Islands, French Polynesia
Cafe. Coffee and baguette or croissant.
MANGO Tahiti
🇵🇫
Windward Islands, French Polynesia
The restaurant was not yet open yet when Tony visited, but the chef cooked for him
Skyline Chili
🇺🇸
Ohio, United States
Tony brought Ruhlman here to torture him, because he knew he'd hate it, hahaha
Sokolowski's University Inn
🇺🇸
Ohio, United States
Polish traditional food. Chicken paprikash, stuffed cabbage, bratwurst, pierogies
Lola
🇺🇸
Ohio, United States
Michael Symon's restaurant. Tony and Marky Ramon ate there
Hot Sauce Williams Barbecue
🇺🇸
Ohio, United States
Generations old family BBQ spot. He ate there with Michael Symon
Yat Lok Roast Goose
🇭🇰
Central and Western, Hong Kong
Roast goose and pig. Tony said the goose was "worth flying to Hong Kong for"
Muscle Man
🇭🇰
Central and Western, Hong Kong
3 bodybuilder brothers make noodles at this restaurant at night
Ping Kee Noodles
🇭🇰
Central and Western, Hong Kong
They ate soup at a restaurant where noodles are made by hand
Tung Po Kitchen
🇭🇰
Central and Western, Hong Kong
Tony had Dai Pai Dong, which is a food hall dedicated to street food
Victoria Harbour
🇭🇰
Central and Western, Hong Kong
Tony ate typhoon crab on a boat
Under Bridge Spicy Crab
🇭🇰
Central and Western, Hong Kong
The restaurant where the chef made the chili oil typhoon crab
Bo Innovation
🇭🇰
Central and Western, Hong Kong
Alvin Leung's famous and very strange modern cuisine. Tony called him the "Ferren Adria" of Hong Kong
Lin Heung Tea House
🇭🇰
Central and Western, Hong Kong
Dim sum!
Hominy Grill
🇺🇸
South Carolina, United States
Shrimp n grits are good. Tony had "The Big Nasty," which is a biscuit topped with fried chicken, cheddar, and sausage gravy. Also the buttermilk pie.
Sweatman's Barbeque
🇺🇸
South Carolina, United States
All you can eat whole hog BBQ.
Gullah Grub Restaurant
🇺🇸
South Carolina, United States
African slaves worked on fields in this area and they created gullah culture. This restaurant serves traditional low country foods: frogmore stew and she crab soup made from Carolina blue crab. Frogmore stew is a boil with potatoes, corn, sausage, and shrimp.
Jestine's Kitchen
🇺🇸
South Carolina, United States
No data
Fattoria Casaloste
🇮🇹
Firenze, Italy
Wine and cheese
Uccellina
🇮🇹
Grosseto, Italy
Family owned traditional Italian. Known for their wild boar.
Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice
🇸🇬
Central Singapore, Singapore
Tony says the Maxwell Food Centre is the best hawker center, and this place has the best chicken rice in Singapore
Deen Tiga Rasa
🇸🇬
Singapore, Singapore
Mutton bones cooked in a sweet and spicy sauce. It's messy.
Aurum Land Private Limited
🇸🇬
Singapore, Singapore
Molecular gastronomy in a "hospital chic" themed restaurant. You are seated in a wheelchair. Weird.
Tian Jin Hai Seafood International Pte. Ltd.
🇸🇬
Singapore, Singapore
Tony ate steamed shark head and chili crab.
Zur Currywurst
🇩🇪
Berlin, Germany
Currywurst and fries. It's a very Berlin thing.
Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles - Hollywood
🇺🇸
California, United States
Chicken & waffles obviously. And Stymie's Choice: chicken liver, grits, gravy, fried eggs.
Philippe The Original
🇺🇸
California, United States
French dips
Bhan Kanom Thai
🇺🇸
California, United States
Thai bakery
Sapp Coffee Shop 泰国船面
🇺🇸
California, United States
Thai boat noodles
Cioppino's Mediterranean Grill
🇨🇦
British Columbia, Canada
Modern Italian food with local ingredients
JAPADOG
🇨🇦
British Columbia, Canada
Japanese flavors with hot dogs. Nori with daikon and teriyaki hot dog.
Tojo's Restaurant
🇨🇦
British Columbia, Canada
Local seafood cooked in Japanese recipes. Tempura fried zucchini blossoms stuffed with fresh scallops. Dungeness crab, daikon with pepper, mustard miso dressing, Japanese celery.
Vij's
🇨🇦
British Columbia, Canada
Indian food
Sooke Harbour House Hotel & Resort
🇨🇦
British Columbia, Canada
Restaurant with local seasonal ingredients, and a hotel
Pantheon
,
Authentic Greek food. Tripe soup, chickpeas
Neoria Fish Tavern
🇬🇷
Crete, Greece
Grilled octopus, sea urchin, fried cuttlefish, sheep milk cheese
Bougatsa Iordanis
🇬🇷
Crete, Greece
Handmade pastry traditionally eaten for breakfast. It's a phyllo dough filled with a kind of salty ricotta style cheese
Kalimnos
🇬🇷
South Aegean, Greece
Tony ate at a restaurant called Elitsa Rini. Could not find it so I guess it closed
Domilise's Po-Boy & Bar
🇺🇸
Louisiana, United States
Po Boys
Antoine's Restaurant
🇺🇸
Louisiana, United States
French Creole food. "A legend, an institution, immortal," says Tony.
Café Reconcile
🇺🇸
Louisiana, United States
Teaching kitchen cooking downhome classic Southern food
Emeril's New Orleans
🇺🇸
Louisiana, United States
Creole tasting plate , seafood andouille gumbo, country fried chicken with cassoulet
Vic's Kangaroo Cafe
🇺🇸
Louisiana, United States
Restaurant people after work bar
Herbsaint
🇺🇸
Louisiana, United States
Fine dining. The chef of this restaurant cooked a whole pig for him (he also owns Cochon).
Yew Tree Inn
🇬🇧
Essex, United Kingdom
English country classics. Croustade quails eggs with hollandaise sauce, roast venison, Omelet Arnold Bennet
The Cock Tavern
🇬🇧
Greater London, United Kingdom
Tony had a proper English breakfast at The Cock Tavern which he said was directly below Smithfield Market, but I could not find that on the map
St John Bread and Wine
🇬🇧
Greater London, United Kingdom
Fergus Henderson's restaurant. It was new when Tony visited. Roasted bone marrow with bread and sea salt. Stewed pig's head with bacon
The Oxford Bar
🇬🇧
City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Unpretentious bar, Tony's favorite in Scotland
Mermaid Fish Bar
🇬🇧
City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Fish and chip shop
The Kitchin
🇬🇧
City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Tom Kitchin's restaurant: French techniques with Scottish ingredients
Aunt Merl Fish And Lobster Restaurant
🇯🇲
Saint Catherine, Jamaica
Seafood Restaurant on the beach. Fried, Steamed, Brown Stew, or Festival Style.
Jariștea
🇷🇴
Vrancea, Romania
Bucharest style meal. They had a whole suckling pig. Tony hated the themed Imperialist atmosphere but loved the food
Sighetu Marmației
🇷🇴
Maramureş County, Romania
Tony visited a local men's bar called Cafe Astoria in this town, but it doesn't seem to be open anymore
Puka Dog Hawaiian Style Hot Dogs
🇺🇸
Hawaii, United States
Hawaiian hot dogs
Ono Seafood
🇺🇸
Hawaii, United States
No data
Side Street Inn On Da Strip
🇺🇸
Hawaii, United States
Hoisin steamed fish, locally raised steak, pork chops, baby abalone
Uptown Fountain (Closed)
🇺🇸
Hawaii, United States
Closed now, but Tony tried lots of spam here when it was called Uptown Fountain
La Mariana Sailing Club
🇺🇸
Hawaii, United States
Tiki bar
Brasserie Les Halles (Closed)
🇺🇸
New York, United States
On this episode, Tony visited the restaurant he worked at when he wrote Kitchen Confidential to work the line. (Now closed). He revisited in the season 6 "Techniques Special" and "Holiday Special" (season 7). On the "Holiday Special" Carlos made him a plate of choucroute which includes sauerkraut, veal sausage, frankfurter (French version of salami), potato, beer, smoked pork loin, pork belly, blood sausage, and bacon.
Desmond's Tavern
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Tony had an after lunch rush drink here before he tackled dinner service
La Cevichería
🇨🇴
Bolívar, Colombia
Exotic ingredients with Caribbean flavors
Cecilia restaurant
🇨🇴
Bolívar, Colombia
Seafood. Tony ate a dish with turtle and turtle eggs, coconut milk, garlic, rosemary
Queareparaenamorart (Closed)
🇨🇴
Antioquia, Colombia
This was a restaurant called Queareparaenamorarte. It is closed now.
AlBaik
🇸🇦
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Fast food - fried chicken with garlic sauce
Estancia del Puerto
🇺🇾
Montevideo, Uruguay
This is the parillas stand that Tony and his brother Chris ate at
Garzon
🇺🇾
Maldonado, Uruguay
World famous restauranteur Francis Mallmann has a restaurant here. They eat at a big bonfire: salt crusted pork, pumpkin, fried bread (torta frita), veggies cooked in hot stone, and a pascualina which is a tart with pastry and eggs
Parador La Huella
🇺🇾
Maldonado, Uruguay
Beach restaurant where Tony and his brother ate fire roasted prawns and sauteed octopus
Ski Inn
🇺🇸
California, United States
Bar and probably the only place to eat in town
Alice Cooperstown
🇺🇸
Arizona, United States
Tony met with Alice Cooper and ate a "Randy Johnson Big Unit" which is a humongous hot dog with chili and cheese
Pepper Pot
🇺🇸
New Mexico, United States
Tony had hatch chilies. He had a red and a green enchilada. He preferred the red. He said it was the best red enchilada he ever had
The Big Texan Steak Ranch & Brewery
🇺🇸
Texas, United States
HUGE steaks. Tony's cameraman Jerry took on the 72 oz steak challenge.
Rusty Star BBQ (Closed)
🇺🇸
Texas, United States
Closed now, but this used to be the Rusty Star BBQ, where Tony ate barbecue with Ted Nugent
Sarashina Horii Azabujūban Honten
🇯🇵
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Tony and Chef Morimoto ate soba noodles here. They have been making soba noodles by hand here since 1789
Bar 石の華 Ishinohana
🇯🇵
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Fancy cocktails at one of the best bars in Tokyo, in Shibuya
XEX
🇯🇵
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
This is Chef Morimoto's flagship restaurant. He prepared monkfish many different ways for Tony.
Toriki
🇯🇵
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Yakitori, or Japanese BBQ, mostly chicken.
Hiiragiya
🇯🇵
Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Ryokan (traditional Japanese inn). Tony had a kaiseki meal with Chef Morimoto
BAR PIANO
🇯🇵
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
A nomiya, which is a tiny bar where late shift workers go out after work
Espinaler
🇪🇸
Barcelona, Spain
Clams, cockles, and other fresh seafood that the owner cans and sells. Expensive!
Haizea
🇪🇸
Gipuzkoa, Spain
Tony had pinchos and Chacoli (a local sparkling wine that is very light and low in alcohol)
Mugaritz
🇪🇸
Gipuzkoa, Spain
Renovated farmhouse turned restaurant of famous Spanish restaurant who trained at El Bulli, Andoni Aduriz
Asador Etxebarri
🇪🇸
Biscay, Spain
This place is in the specialist category - grill master in the Basque. Voted 3rd best restaurant in the world. This place is in the specialist category - grill master in the Basque. Voted 3rd best restaurant in the world. Tony said he had one of the best meals of his life here, definitely unlike anything he'd ever eaten.
Arzak
🇪🇸
Gipuzkoa, Spain
One of Tony's favorite restaurants in the world. Tony said this restaurant made him feel like he was home.
Attaba Square
🇪🇬
Cairo, Egypt
Tony had a breakfast called fooll from a food cart. Fooll is breakfast made of beans and eggs that is served with a flat bread.
Abou Tarek
🇪🇬
Cairo, Egypt
A 1000 year old dish of rice, pasta, black lentils, chickpeas, and fried onions. Served with a tomato cumin hot sauce and a vinegar/garlic sauce to drizzle.
Al Rifai Roastery محمصة الرفاعي
🇪🇬
Cairo, Egypt
Kofta, sausages, baba ganoush, salad
Save On Meats
🇨🇦
British Columbia, Canada
Cheap burgers
Chiviteria Marcos
🇺🇾
Montevideo, Uruguay
Chivito sandwich, you pick your toppings. It is ENORMOUS. Tony ate here with his brother
wd~50
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Closed now, but this was Wylie Dufresne's restaurant. This episode featured Bill Buford, Amy Sacco, Ted Allen, and Chris Wilson eating at the restaurant and talking about the restaurant biz.
Busboys and Poets
🇺🇸
District of Columbia, United States
No data
Ben's Chili Bowl
🇺🇸
District of Columbia, United States
Beloved institution in DC that serves chili dogs
minibar by José Andrés
🇺🇸
District of Columbia, United States
"Big daddy of the DC restaurant scene," says Tony of Jose Andres
3205 K St NW
🇺🇸
District of Columbia, United States
This used to be Chadwicks, where Tony had beers and burgers with a former US spy
El Pollo Rico
🇺🇸
Virginia, United States
This chicken joint is super popular. Rotisserie whole chickens roasted over charcoals. They use spices from Peru
Song Que
🇺🇸
Virginia, United States
Banh mi sandwiches
Abay Market Ethiopian food
🇺🇸
Virginia, United States
Raw meat restaurant
District Wharf
🇺🇸
District of Columbia, United States
Chesapeake Bay crabs
Cantina La Mascota
🇲🇽
Ciudad de México, Mexico
Tony met with Carlos, who took over his job as head chef at Les Halles. Breakfast with tequila. Food is free with drinks.
Calle Bajío & Chilpancingo
🇲🇽
Ciudad de México, Mexico
Site of Dona Anastasia's blue corn quesadillas stuffed with various fillings. It's a food stand on the corner.
Tacos El Huequito
🇲🇽
Ciudad de México, Mexico
Arguably the best al pastor tacos in the city
Pulquería Las Duelistas
🇲🇽
Ciudad de México, Mexico
Not sure if this is the exact pulqueria is (where they serve pulque, an alcoholic cactus sap drink) and some sort of Mexican moonshine
Fonda Margarita
🇲🇽
Ciudad de México, Mexico
Family style breakfast. Huevos rancheros, beans, tortitas, stews, chicharron
Cantina Do Mori
🇮🇹
Venezia, Italy
Cicchetto - sort of like tapas or pinchos. A bar that serves these is called a Bacari.
Pronto Pesce
🇮🇹
Ferrara, Italy
Another Bacari with a more modern feel. Tony enjoyed the sardines gratine.
Osteria Al Ponte del Diavolo
🇮🇹
Venezia, Italy
German-style food and wines. This was his guide's favorite place
Trattoria da Romano
🇮🇹
Venezia, Italy
Open since the 1800s. Guestbooks have sketches from famous artists like Matisse. Simple, classic, traditional Italian foods. Cooked over a wood fire and lots of seafood. The seafood risotto is spectacular
Trattoria San Basilio
🇮🇹
Venezia, Italy
After visiting on a tugboat pulling large ships into dock, they had a meal at this trattoria on an outside patio table. Tony called it "Trattoria Borghi" so it may have changed ownership
Antica Locanda Montin
🇮🇹
Venezia, Italy
Simple classics done well.
Al Covo
🇮🇹
Venezia, Italy
The chef made tiny soft shell crabs caught that day
Casa de Pasto Flor
🇵🇹
Azores, Portugal
Local wines and petiscos (Portuguese tapas)
Peter Café Sport
🇵🇹
Azores, Portugal
Gin & tonics and snacks
Fat Johnnie's Famous Red Hots
🇺🇸
Illinois, United States
Tamale dogs with various spicy toppings. Also a drink called The Suicide.
Burt's Place
🇺🇸
Illinois, United States
It's all about the crust, caramelized on the outside. Tony HATES deep dish pizza but said after eating this, he gets it.
Moto Restaurant
🇺🇸
Illinois, United States
Avant garde restaurant. Part chef, part mad scientist.
Silver Palm (Closed)
🇺🇸
Illinois, United States
Closed now. This was a restaurant in a rail car that Tony had a humongous sandwich from.
L20 (Closed)
🇺🇸
Illinois, United States
Former location of L20, Laurent Gras' seafood restaurant. Closed now
Hot Doug's
🇺🇸
Illinois, United States
The mecca for lovers of meat in tube form. Home of the famous Chicago red hot. Also fries cooked in duck fat. Locals love this place and it has won a lot of awards
Mila's Kambingan
🇵🇭
Central Luzon, Philippines
Goat offal prepared many ways. Sinigang was served
Aling Lucing's Sisig
🇵🇭
Central Luzon, Philippines
No data
Bale Dutung
🇵🇭
Central Luzon, Philippines
Chef's Claude Tayag home which is also a gallery, restaurant, and school. There are 4 kitchens. The chef prepared food in the outdoor kitchen.
Pochero Kinaraan
🇵🇭
Cebu, Philippines
Stuffed Crab and pork shank soup (called bulalo)
Holland Bar
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Tony called it Manhattan's "last dive bar"
Manganaro's Hero Boy
🇺🇸
New York, United States
In business since 1893, held by the same family for generations. Classic Italian-American food
Keens Steakhouse
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Old school NY steakhouse, since 1885
Russ & Daughters Cafe
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Specializes in smoked and cured fish. Started as a pushcart business in the 1800s
Katz's Delicatessen
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Pastrami on rye with brown mustard, pickles. Tony has his with a cream soda.
Eisenberg's Sandwich Shop
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Ice cream soda shop with sandwiches. Tony had a lime rickey and a tuna melt. His companion was Famous Fat Dave who does food tours around NYC. Dave had an egg cream and a tuna sandwich
Schaller & Weber
🇺🇸
New York, United States
German sausages, headcheese, pork in aspic. Beer served in a boot. Tony had the crispy pork shank
Hop Kee
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Old school Cantonese food
129 E 60th St
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Closed now, it used to be Le Veau D'Or, a French restaurant since 1937
Sophie's
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Dive bar
Lakmali Hotel
🇱🇰
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Tony had a heavy breakfast here although he was feeling very ill. Sambal and chili, rice.
The Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon
🇱🇰
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Postcolonial elite. Tony describes it as "the last remnants of long-gone empires." They drank coconut liquor
Hotel De Pilawoos
🇱🇰
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Late night dish called kottu roti. It is made of diced veggies, eggs, curry sauce, and chopped roti chopped together.
Banh Xeo 46A
🇻🇳
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Tony has Vietnamese coffee and crepes, which are made with rice flour and coconut milk (banh xao), served with shrimp, pork, saffron, and bean sprouts.
Quán Ốc Chi Mập
🇻🇳
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Butter snails with chiles, freshwater crabs
The Lunch Lady (Nguyen Thi Thanh)
🇻🇳
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Fresh ingredients from the market, world famous for her soups
Ben Thanh Market
🇻🇳
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Breakfast in the market: Hoi An noodles, slices of pork with pork skin, pickled garlic
Bánh Mì Phượng
🇻🇳
Quang Nam, Vietnam
Delicious banh mi with liver pate, cucumbers, fresh basil, and a crispy fried egg
Cơm Niêu Sài Gòn
🇻🇳
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Tony's friend Mom Gow had passed away by the time he visited. "Even the colors seem more muted now. The atmosphere different."
Fuente Alemana
🇨🇱
Metropolitana, Chile
Translates to "The German Fountain," a 60-year old institution serving the "lomito" which is a pile of pork and avocado.
Café Caribe
🇨🇱
Metropolitana, Chile
Coffee con Piernes - beautiful women in tight outfits serve you coffee
El Hoyo
🇨🇱
Metropolitana, Chile
Known for their pork leg (pernil). A drink called the tornado has wine and frozen pineapple juice
La Vega Chica
🇨🇱
Metropolitana, Chile
Lunch counters and eateries across from the market.
Sandwichería SIBARÍTICO
🇨🇱
De Valparaiso, Chile
Completo hot dog: a 12 inch hot dog covered with sauerkraut, tomatoes, guacamole, topped with mayo.
Don Vittorio
🇨🇱
De Valparaiso, Chile
Typical Chilean favorites: Abalone, razor clams with cheese, fried conger eel, a seafood stew called mariscal.
La Playa
🇨🇱
De Valparaiso, Chile
Tony and his guide had pisco sours.
Donde El Gordito
🇨🇱
De Los Lagos, Chile
The name translates to "Where's the little fat guy." Corvina, a local fish, is cooked in a creamy king crab salpicon
Half Moon
🇦🇺
Victoria, Australia
A chef Tony calls the pioneer that put Melbourne on the map as the food capital of Australia. Local snapper sashimi, lough oysters, yellowfin tuna with caramelized pork belly and watermelon, freshwater lobster.
Town Hall Kebab
🇦🇺
Victoria, Australia
Tony really loved the kebab he had here
Rumi Brunswick
🇦🇺
Victoria, Australia
Lebanese food. Lamb brains, softshell prawns. Tony's favorite thing he ate in Melbourne: barbecue quail and lamb ribs. He liked the quail so much he ordered a second plate.
Dainty Sichuan Hot Pot - CBD
🇦🇺
Victoria, Australia
"Wonderfully sadomasochistic play between pleasure and pain; between the scorching searing bite of the dried red Sichuan pepper and the cooling more floral relief of the Sichuan flower petal"
Royal Mail Hotel, Dunkeld
🇦🇺
Victoria, Australia
Sustainable restaurant using ingredients grown/raised on site. The chef trained at Mugaritz, a world-class restaurant in the Basques.
Imperial Hotel
🇦🇺
Victoria, Australia
Restauranteur Con Christopoulos owns this place across from the Parliament. They grilled shrimp and meats.
Chaps Pit Beef
🇺🇸
Maryland, United States
Grilled pit beef with tiger sauce (horseradish mayo) served on rye or a kaiser roll.
Mo's Seafood
🇺🇸
Maryland, United States
Garlic crab, oysters, and crab cakes. And a crazy blue drink named The Obama
The Roost
🇺🇸
Maryland, United States
Lake Trout = not from a lake and not a trout. It's a "trash fish" that is fried but tastes good. Sides of macaroni & cheese and greens. Also cheap
Polonia Restaurant
🇺🇸
Michigan, United States
Seasonal soups, housemade sausages, stuffed cabbage, potato dumplings, roast duck with applesauce, latkes stuffed with mushrooms
Al Ameer
🇺🇸
Michigan, United States
Lebanese food. Babaganoush, hummus, taboulleh, kibbe, fresh bread
Ulrich's 1868 Tavern
🇺🇸
New York, United States
local beer, local food, soup, buffalo wings of course!
Schwabl's
🇺🇸
New York, United States
No data
Pirate Cat Cafe (Closed)
🇺🇸
California, United States
Maple bacon latte. Also a radio station where Tony did an interview. Closed down now.
Tadich Grill
🇺🇸
California, United States
Martinis and cioppino. Also hangtown fry: oyster, eggs and bacon.
Zam Zam
🇺🇸
California, United States
Martinis
House of Prime Rib
🇺🇸
California, United States
Steakhouse heaven. And more martinis.
Tamales Mi Lupitas
🇺🇸
California, United States
Tony had chicharron, cabeza, and chorizo tacos.
Sushi Sebo (Closed)
🇺🇸
California, United States
Former site of Sushi Sebo, a sushi restaurant that shipped a majority of its fish from Japan, closed now
That's It
🇺🇸
California, United States
A liquor store you can eat at. They have tortas! Tony had the Cubano which is huge and filled with chorizo, hot dog, ham, egg, cheese, mayo, jalapeno, and avocado.
R & G Lounge
🇺🇸
California, United States
Salt & pepper crab
Incanto (Closed)
🇺🇸
California, United States
Former site of Incanto, Chris Cosentino's restaurant
Red's Java House
🇺🇸
California, United States
Double cheeseburger, chili cheese fries, and a beer
Moo Sa-Tae Nai Aood
🇹🇭
Chachoengsao, Thailand
Food stand serving ginger and pork sausage
Likhit Kai Yang
🇹🇭
Bangkok, Thailand
Tony ate isan style chicken and green papaya salad, which he described as so hot, "I think my pubes just caught on fire."
The Old Saloon
🇺🇸
Montana, United States
Tony had beers here
Pinky's Cafe
🇺🇸
Montana, United States
Pasty. Meat and potatoes in a dough and covered in gravy.
2nd Street Bistro
🇺🇸
Montana, United States
Best chef in Montana, according to Tony. Buffalo, elk, and chicken gallantine, pork rilette. Braised whitefish stuffed with lightly smoked trout with a white butter sauce. Lavender rack of lamb with potatoes. Shortribs with morels. All local ingredients
Agriturismo Predas Rujas
🇮🇹
Nuoro, Italy
No data
Zia Forica
🇮🇹
Sassari, Italy
Octopus, anchovy, cordula, fava beans, snails
Château Richeux
🇫🇷
Ille-et-Vilaine, France
Chef Olivier Roellinger's restaurant
Grain de Vanille
🇫🇷
Ille-et-Vilaine, France
Chef Olivier Roellinger's bakery specializing with salted butter caramels, and sand cookies
Le Ty Billig
🇫🇷
Ille-et-Vilaine, France
Ham, egg, and cheese crepes
Chez Jacky
🇫🇷
Finistère, France
Tony finally got his huge seafood tower!
Minetta Tavern
🇺🇸
New York, United States
In this episode about food obsessions, Tony met with Josh Ozersky (who died in 2015) to try the La Frieda black label burger. Ozersky was obsessed with beef.
Botanical Hotel
🇦🇺
Victoria, Australia
Paul Wilson, head chef at the time of this shooting, cooked wagyu beef on a grill
Sullivan Street Bakery and Pizza
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Jim Lahey, owner and baker. Obsessed with dough/bread. The restaurant on the show, called "Co." (short for Company) closed, but he is still making pizza at Sullivan Street Bakery's Chelsea location.
Txikito
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Tony ate here with Steve Plotniki who is a food writer, who says this restaurant is like San Sebastian, Spain, but in NYC.
Kampuchea Restaurant
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Crispy pork belly, tamarind baby back ribs
Esca
🇺🇸
New York, United States
"The man knows fish," Tony says of the chef.
Bar du Marché
🇫🇷
Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
At 8 am, the men gather and eat charcuterie, bread, and cheese and drink red wine
La Galline
🇫🇷
Var, France
Melon and prosciutto
The Little Duke
🇫🇷
Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Tony tried making pastries here
Mercado de Mariscos
🇵🇦
Panama, Panama
Tony had extremely fresh ceviche at this fish market
Kwang Chow Chinese Dive
🇵🇦
Panama, Panama
Old school Cantonese Panamanian food. Roast duck, wontons.Westernized Chinese food.
Sorolo
🇵🇦
Panama, Panama
Local seafood known for their fresh marinated fish, fried. And soup.
Rumeli Kale Cafe & Restaurant
🇹🇷
Istanbul, Turkey
Turkish tea, fried cheese, olives, assorted breads
Çiçek Pasajı
🇹🇷
Istanbul, Turkey
Outdoor eating area with traditional foods served like tapas.
Sur Ocakbaşı
🇹🇷
Istanbul, Turkey
The speciality is devian. The lamb is specially raised as free-range in highlands in the east.
Pivovar U Medvídků
🇨🇿
Praha, Czech Republic
Traditional Czech restaurant
Pivovarský klub
🇨🇿
Praha, Czech Republic
Beer from regional producers,
Kavárna V Sedmém Nebi
🇨🇿
Praha, Czech Republic
Tony had some beers here
Café Savoy
🇨🇿
Praha, Czech Republic
Tony met a guide here that promised to take him to eat some pho.
Pho Quynh Anh
🇨🇿
Praha, Czech Republic
After lots of delays where the crew could not secure permission to film, they finally got to eat at this Vietnamese restaurant in Little Hanoi.
Wenceslas Square
🇨🇿
Praha, Czech Republic
Tony's continuous search for "meat in tube form" leads him to this sausage stand. It's a fast food place, so his chef friend is surprised how much he likes it.
Hudson River
🇺🇸
New York, United States
They ate hot dogs from Dick's Dogs hot dog boat as they sailed down the river. Then they ate crabs they caught in the river.
Quaker Creek Store
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Polish traditional foods. Pierogi, Kielbasa
Rondout Bay Cafe & Marina
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Working man's bar on the marina.
X2O Xaviars on the Hudson
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Tony ate lunch with Bill Murray here
El Pobre Diablo Park
🇪🇨
Pichincha, Ecuador
No data
Esquina de la Ronda (Closed)
🇪🇨
Pichincha, Ecuador
This restaurant no longer exists, but it was a traditional Ecuadorian restaurant
Picateria el Hueco
🇪🇨
Pichincha, Ecuador
Tony tries cuy, which is a local specialty made from roasted guinea pig
Pelicano Restaurante.
🇪🇨
Manabi, Ecuador
Tony had fresh seafood on the beach
Market
🇪🇨
Manabi, Ecuador
Tony had black clams, a regional specialty. It was made into a ceviche with shrimp, red onion, cilantro, tomato, and roasted corn. Sprinkled with fried banana chips
Restaurante La Calderada
🇪🇨
Azuay, Ecuador
No data
La Guatita
🇪🇨
Guayas, Ecuador
Tony ate tripe soup. His guide had a fish stew with plantains (casuela).
El Pez Volador
🇪🇨
Guayas, Ecuador
Encebollado, a yellowfin tuna specialty of the region, a fish stew. Tony describes the place as, "A simple food stall in a nondescript corner in Downtown Guayaquil."
Fulton Fish Market
🇺🇸
New York, United States
These seafood guys made lobster in the warehouse
Chez Pépin
🇫🇷
Charente, France
Jacques does a demo making an omelet.
Scarpetta
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Scott Conant demonstrates how to make red sauce and pasta
The French Laundry
🇺🇸
California, United States
Thomas Keller demonstrates how to perfectly roast a chicken
Js Oyster
🇺🇸
Maine, United States
Oysters and beer.
Street & Co
🇺🇸
Maine, United States
Seafood restaurant
Primo Restaurant
🇺🇸
Maine, United States
Sustainable, seasonal local and made from scratch meals.
Fox Pub
🇨🇳
Heilongjiang, China
Tony's handler is from Belfast, and owns this pub
Zhangfei Braised Pork
🇨🇳
Heilongjiang, China
Pork centric belly warming foods to warm you up. And beer
Zhaoji Laopu
🇨🇳
Liaoning, China
Manchu style dinner - imperial cuisine of the Qing Dynasty
Donghe Barbecue Yabuli Branch
🇨🇳
Heilongjiang, China
Tony had grilled meats on a stick from a mobile food stand
Dasong Dumplings
🇨🇳
Heilongjiang, China
This place is a 24-hour restaurant known for their dumplings
Around the World
🇨🇳
Heilongjiang, China
Classic Russian restaurant. With vodka.
Shazhutian
🇨🇳
Heilongjiang, China
Large bustling restaurant hall serving all kinds of pork preparations
Hanoi Food Stand
🇻🇳
Ha Noi, Vietnam
"The dish I crave above all others," Tony says of pho. This episode was a clip show showing "food porn" examples.
Bar Boulud
🇺🇸
New York, United States
"Food for the gods" with boudin noir, "one of the very best things on earth"
Salumeria Rosi
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Cured meats. Tony's go-to salumeria in NYC
Sushi Yasuda
🇺🇸
New York, United States
"Sushi is first about the rice." Chef Yasuda had been doing it for 32 years at the filming of this episode.
Porter House Bar and Grill
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Steaks! Tony had the cowboy ribeye.
The Campbell
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Tony had a Manhattan, Negroni, and a Sidecar made by bartender Dale
The Rub BBQ (Closed)
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Former site of "The Rub BBQ" where Tony had brisket
Jacques Torres
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Tony ate chocolate
DBGB (Closed)
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Former site of Boulud's fresh sausage place, DBGB
Marea
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Italian gastronomy by Chef Michael White
Petrossian Boutique & Cafe
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Tony had champagne and caviar
Happy Island
,
A man-made island made of conch shells with a bar and cocktails
Sun Beach & Eat Seckie & Vanessa
🇻🇨
Grenadines, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Ingredients grown in garden or locally, and cocktails
Tante Pearls Resturant
🇻🇨
Grenadines, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Tony was hungover from eating manicou stew (opossum stew) on the beach and drinking strong rum. He ate here the next morning: Caribbean Conch Curry, Souse soup
Bully's Bar (Closed)
🇻🇨
Saint George, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
There is (was?) a bar in this area called Bully's Bar, can't find it on the map anymore. A local bar, people told Tony it was in a "bad part of town" but he went anyway and said everyone was lovely
Kihachi (Closed)
🇺🇸
Ohio, United States
Former site of Kihachi, a Japanese restaurant by retired chef Mike Kimura.
Clever Crows Pizza
🇺🇸
Ohio, United States
Creative pizzas with housemade sausage
Perla's
🇺🇸
Texas, United States
Seafood spot with 20 different kinds of oysters
Gourdough's Big. Fat. Donuts.
🇺🇸
Texas, United States
Donut truck. Fried chicken donuts, Jalapeno donuts, all kinds of weird topping donuts
Odd Duck
🇺🇸
Texas, United States
Farm to table food truck. Grilled quail, brussel sprouts, pork belly
East Side King
🇺🇸
Texas, United States
"Japanese drunk food fusion" is how Tony described this food truck.
Mizuna
🇺🇸
Colorado, United States
Tony had a medley of foie gras prepared many different ways. Chef Bonanno was trained at the French Laundry.
Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs
🇺🇸
Colorado, United States
Street cart serving different sausages and hot dogs
Bacchus - A Bartolotta Restaurant
🇺🇸
Wisconsin, United States
Wisconsin beer cheese soup; crispy egg mollet with curry potato salad, crème fraiche, and caviar; foie gras french toast, bone marrow
Piccolo (Closed)
🇺🇸
Minnesota, United States
Former site of Piccolo restaurant, closed in 2017
World Trade Center
🇱🇷
Montserrado, Liberia
Grilled meats. Tony and the Bishop visited after the church service
STEEL HOUSE
🇮🇳
Kerala, India
Tony ate at a street food stand outside this building. Fish, quail, lentils.
Toddy Shop
🇮🇳
Kerala, India
Toddy is an alcoholic drink, but Tony was not a fan. He was a fan of the food served here. Known for their fish head curry. He also tried steamed pearl spot fish curry (local fish), and crab masala.
Ravi Restaurant
🇦🇪
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Pakistani restaurant with Punjabi food and naan
Bu Qtair Restaurant مطعم بوقطير
🇦🇪
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Choose your own fish and shrimp. Catch of the day is served with a spicy rub and coconut curry sauce
Verre (Closed)
🇦🇪
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Formerly Verre, by Gordon Ramsay (closed)
Cafe' De Paris
🇮🇹
Roma, Italy
Seasonal restaurant; Tony had a dish that had fresh artichokes, fava, peas, and pancetta. Also a baby lamb dish, a salad with roman chicory and anchovy.
Trattoria Il Timoniere Roma
🇮🇹
Roma, Italy
Tony ate carbonara and amatriciana
Hotel Majestic
🇮🇹
Roma, Italy
Tony ate at the Sicilian restaurant in the hotel. Caponata, bucatini with sardines. Fish, potatoes, fava, pistachio, tomato.
Trattoria A Casa Di Rita
🇮🇹
Roma, Italy
Tony and his wife Ottavia ate here with one of the cameraman. Antipasti; tagliolini with garlic, chiles, and pork ragout; oxtail; tripe.
Le Chef
🇱🇧
Beirut, Lebanon
Tony went back to Le Chef, where he ate on his last visit (when Beirut was bombed). They had hummus with pine nuts and ground beef, eggplant with tomatoes, chickpeas, and onions. Fun story he told on this episode: The airport got bombed so after he finally got home taking a ship back to NYC, his girlfriend Ottavia met him when the boat docked and they conceived their daughter.
Tawlet
🇱🇧
Beirut, Lebanon
A rotating cast of cooks provide regional foods from the artisanal market. Labneh, Armenian meat pie, artichoke and fava bean salad, fuul.
Onno Bistro - Bourj Hammoud
🇱🇧
Mount Lebanon, Lebanon
Tony ate Kibbeh, phyllo, Armenian cheese, spicy potatoes, meat & cheese filled pastries, hummus, stuffed grape leaves
Frank Würst Fine Hotdog
🇱🇧
Beirut, Lebanon
They had drunken BBQ and chili dogs.
Falafel M. Sahyoun
🇱🇧
Beirut, Lebanon
Two falafel shops owned by brothers who do not speak to each other, right next door to each other.
Falafel M Sayhoun Original Shop
🇱🇧
Beirut, Lebanon
Two falafel shops owned by brothers who do not speak to each other, right next door to each other.
Massaya Winery
🇱🇧
Beqaa, Lebanon
Anise seed liquor, red and white table wines. Food at the restaurant changes seasonally. Tony ate potato salad with parsley, olive oil, and nuts; Lebanese spaghetti (served with yogurt); cabbage salad; grilled eggplant, tomato, and haloumi, sheep's milk cheese, labneh.
La Tete Dans les Olives
🇫🇷
Paris, France
Tony had lunch with Eric Ripert and 2 Parisian chefs
Les Cocottes
🇫🇷
Paris, France
Casual, friendly Parisian cuisine
Frenchie
🇫🇷
Paris, France
One menu, prix fixe, the chef is the only one who cooks. The chef trained at Gramercy Tavern in NYC
Le Jeu de Quilles (closed)
🇫🇷
Paris, France
Tony had breakfast here with Eric Ripert
Le Papillon
🇫🇷
Paris, France
Tony, Eric Ripert, and Joel Robouchon ate oysters at this cafe
Le Châteaubriand
🇫🇷
Paris, France
A single prix fixe menu every day
L’Avant Comptoir de la Terre
🇫🇷
Paris, France
Tony stopped by this small bar next to the restaurant and had small plates
Le comptoir
🇫🇷
Paris, France
Amuse bouche of foie gras; Crab with flying fish eggs and spring vegetables in a foie gras gelee; Blood sausage ravioli (one the best things Tony had all year); Roasted veal with sauteed chanterelles with an almond rhubarb jus; cheese platter. They do a bistro menu during the day with the best ouef mayonnaise (deviled eggs) on earth.
L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon
🇫🇷
Paris, France
Tony ate here with Joel supervising the meal. Gazpacho; sole meuniere; Robuchon mashed potatoes
Restaurante Casa Salvador
🇪🇸
Madrid, Spain
Spanish style restaurant, food like what Spaniards eat at home. Braised oxtail is the specialty
San Mamés
🇪🇸
Madrid, Spain
Famous for the Madrid Callos (tripe)
DiverXO
🇪🇸
Madrid, Spain
Spanish seafood with Chinese influence
La Gabinoteca
🇪🇸
Madrid, Spain
Modern tapas. Foie gras with a sweet crispy pineapple topping; homemade veal sausage topped with housemade ketchup, cheese sauce, and crispy fried onions; gabas al ajillo (shrimp pounded thin and served with roe); chicken wings marinated in lime, honey, soy
El Bohío
🇪🇸
Toledo, Spain
Castillian food. Diego and Pepe (brothers) run this restaurant. modern twists on traditional dishes using hyper-local ingredients
El Aljibe
🇨🇺
La Habana, Cuba
Specialty is roast chicken in orange sauce with rice and black beans
Paladar Los Amigos
🇨🇺
Sancti Spíritus, Cuba
Small restaurant. Tony had Masa de cerdo (pork) and pork cutlet served with yucca, rice, and beans
El Templete
🇨🇺
La Habana, Cuba
Basque chef from Spain. Marmitako (seafood stew)
The 8 Restaurant (Grand Lisboa)
🇨🇳
Guangdong, China
Michelin starred dim sum restaurant. Roasted chicken with honey lime sauce; dumplings in the shape of goldfish; Roasted pork belly; fish ball soup; crab claw steamed, served with ginger, white wine, egg white
Macau Military Club Restaurant
🇨🇳
Guangdong, China
Tony had a gin & tonic with a priest
Apomac
🇨🇳
Guangdong, China
Specialize in Macanese food.
Fernando's Restaurant
,
Portuguese Restaurant serving grilled chorizo; clams with garlic, white wine, cilantro, malagueta peppers; grilled sardines; suckling pig
Leiteria I Son
🇨🇳
Guangdong, China
Chinese dish called Steamed Milk Pudding
Tai Lei Loi Kei
🇲🇴
Macau, Macau
Pork chop bun, a Macanese specialty. It's a pork chop on a fluffy bun.
Pizzeria Pellone
🇮🇹
Napoli, Italy
Margherita pizza
Pappacarbone
🇮🇹
Salerno, Italy
Rocco made lunch for Tony at his restaurant. A dish with 2 types of clams and pasta; octopus in a red sauce
Al Convento
🇮🇹
Salerno, Italy
A convent converted into a restaurant, only ingredients that are fresh and currently in season are served
Torrisi
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Making Italian recipes from local NY ingredients
El Bulli (Closed)
🇪🇸
Girona, Spain
El Bulli was once located here, closed in 2011. The famous restaurant of the Adria brothers. Jose Andres (who trained at El Bulli) met up with Tony to eat there.
Tickets
🇪🇸
Barcelona, Spain
La vida tapa. Albert Adria is the chef. "Whimsical, theatrical; a carnival fairway-like feeling to its dining room," says Tony
Pappy & Harriet's
🇺🇸
California, United States
Tony met up with Queens of the Stone Age band member Josh Homme. They serve BBQ. Josh had the rib eye and Tony had the ribs
Lord Fletcher's Restaurant
🇺🇸
California, United States
Tony and Josh from Queens of the Stone Age had Yorkshire Pudding with creamed spinach. This restaurant has been around since 1966
Restoran "Balaklava"
🇷🇺
Crimea, Russia
Tony called this restaurant Tatchaninmis. Tony and Zamir drank several bottles of vodka and ate seafood here.
Le Borsch (Closed)
🇺🇦
Kiev, Ukraine
Tony and Zamir went to a restaurant on this street called Le Borsch. It is closed now, the place had 5 kinds of Borscht and Tony had the green borscht.
Kyivska perepichka
🇺🇦
Kiev, Ukraine
Tony got his "meat in tube form" from this place, which deep fries the dough with the meat inside. "It's like a hot dog donut," Tony said.
McFoxy
🇺🇦
Kiev, Ukraine
Fast food that looks very similar to McDonalds except with items called Foxy Balls and Foxy Burger. They got Foxy Nuggets, Foxy Balls, Foxy Fries, and a Chicken bacon sandwich with an "assertive mustard sauce," Tony described.
Abu Shahab City Restaurant
🇮🇶
Arbil, Iraq
Tony ate with soldiers from the US Army who were stationed there. Tony had kebab.
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
🇺🇸
Louisiana, United States
Miss Linda's Yakamein food truck is parked here sometimes. Tony ate this concoction of noodles, beef, egg, and scallions from her truck.
Willie Mae's Scotch House
🇺🇸
Louisiana, United States
Red beans & rice, and the famous fried chicken
Glenda's Creole Kitchen Restaurant
🇺🇸
Louisiana, United States
Popular local spot serving Cajun foods. Crab & shrimp with okra, stuffed turkey wings, catfish.
DBC Bar & Grill
🇺🇸
Louisiana, United States
On his way to the airport, Tony stopped here for a "house special" which includes jungle juice, island citrus, 190 proof vodka and rum.
Nor Joe Import Company
🇺🇸
Louisiana, United States
Tony also stopped here on the way to the airport to pick up a muffuletta sandwich.
Barney Greengrass
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Tony had a platter delivered with Nova Scotia salmon, whitefish salad, smoked sturgeon, capers, and assorted fixings.
El Quinto Pino
🇺🇸
New York, United States
A tiny restaurant specializing in Catalonian food. He ate with the chefs, including: escudella (a boiled dish made during the holidays with beef shank, poultry, turnips, carrots, chickpeas, pig ear, blood sausage, cornbread, cabbage, meatballs called pelota), as well as a brothy soup with galettes with shell pasta, and a canalon (leftover meat from escudella cooked into a new dish with pasta and cheese)
Blaue Gans (Closed)
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Former site of Blaue Gans, an Austrian restaurant that closed in 2018.
The Spotted Pig
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Chef April Broomfield met with Tony at her house (not at this location) to cook a proper English holiday meal. They cooked a duck and some savory pie with veal shank, pig trotter, garlic, chanterelle mushrooms, swiss chard.
Avenue Maïs Gaté
🇭🇹
Ouest, Haiti
This area on the edge of Port-au-Prince has a market with a lot of street food available. Laloo (a leafy green veggie with bits of crab, okra, and peppers), rice & beans, pork & chicken in Creole sauce with picklese (a spicy slaw).
Assiette Creole
🇭🇹
Ouest, Haiti
In the relatively affluent area of Haiti, which was less damaged by the earthquake, Tony ate Creole food with some locals.
Krong Kampot
🇰🇭
Kampot, Cambodia
Somewhere between Angkor Wat and this port city, Tony stopped at a roadside restaurant which served freshly made spring rolls and noodles.
Ta Eou Restaurant
🇰🇭
Kampot, Cambodia
Tony had lunch with Mu Sochua, an ethnic Cambodian-Chinese member of Parliament.
Oudongk
🇰🇭
Kampong Spoe, Cambodia
Tony ate noodles for breakfast at a roadside stand in this town. He then took a lorry (a makeshift traincar made of stacked wood) and stopped at the Soys, a family on a rice farm living in a traditional stilt house. They cooked him chicken with shredded banana flowers, leben, and coriander. Sour beef stew with lemongrass, turmeric, fermented fish, and kantrop leaves. Sticky rice cooked in bamboo, and a dessert made from palm sugar.
Special Happy Pizza
🇰🇭
Phnum Penh, Cambodia
Tony had a "happy pizza" which included "powerful herbs"
Phnom Penh Night Market
🇰🇭
Phnum Penh, Cambodia
Tony had another bowl of noodle soup here
Managua
🇳🇮
Managua, Nicaragua
After their shoot was canceled when authorities did not want them filming street racing, Tony and his driver and friends went to a hamburger stand on the street for burgers and hot dogs.
Terminal de Autobuses Mercado Roberto Huembes
🇳🇮
Managua, Nicaragua
Market, depot, and food court. Tony and his friend Hector ate a platter of beef & onions with rice
Vaho tradicional
🇳🇮
Managua, Nicaragua
Cassava and plantain cooked slowly in banana leaves with marinated beef with garlic, onions, tomato, and bitter orange, layered with green onions and red peppers.
Flor De Pino
🇳🇮
Managua, Nicaragua
Run by a woman who has cooked for nearly every important political figure. No longer open to the public. Some dishes include: Carne de Monte (iguana) and bull nuts.
Leche agria El Ganadero
🇳🇮
Managua, Nicaragua
Tony called this place El Vaquero. A soured milk yogurt drink is supposed to be a hangover cure. Nacatamales is corn masa inside plantain leaves filled with pork, tomato, and herbs. Tony said it was the best meal he ate so far in the trip.
Weingut & Heuriger Zahel
🇦🇹
Wien, Austria
A restaurant with a vineyard attached. Blood sausage, head cheese, bread with schmaltz and onion. Goose liver and onions. Pheasant breast wrapped in speck (proscuitto) and dumplings.
Gut Purbach
🇦🇹
Burgenland, Austria
In the wine country, the chef raises his own sheep to serve at the restaurant
Schönbrunn Palace
🇦🇹
Wien, Austria
Tony went to the Kris Kringle market in front of the palace. He had a spezialpunsch and goulash from a stand called Wiener Spiralkartoffel
Café Sacher Wien
🇦🇹
Wien, Austria
"Sachertorte, a staple for the Viennese coffee and pastry culture."
Gastwirtschaft Wratschko
🇦🇹
Wien, Austria
Traditional Austrian food. Meatballs with gravy and potatoes; tafelspitz (Austrian version of pot au feu with boiled beef shoulder); pan roasted goose breast with quince and red cabbage; beuschel mit serviettenknoedel (cream stew of veal hearts, lungs, liver, and dumplings.
Riesen-Hot-Dog Bratwürstel
🇦🇹
Wien, Austria
In search for a cheese-filled sausage (kasekreiner), Tony and friends stopped at this hot dog stand
Rumors Cocktail Lounge
🇺🇸
Missouri, United States
Arm wrestling tournament. Hunting gear is appropriate wear for this bar.
Fred & Red's
🇺🇸
Missouri, United States
Tony tried the legendary Spaghetti Red., a plate of spaghetti with pickles, onions, and parmesan.
Belle Isle Seafood
🇺🇸
Massachusetts, United States
Clam chowder, fried clams, fried shrimp, lobster, onion rings, fried haddock, etc. Lobster rolls.
Michael's Deli
🇺🇸
Massachusetts, United States
Tony tries the Howie Carr, named after the radio station host. It is a huge sandwich with corned beef and beef brisket. And pastrami knishes.
Galley Diner
🇺🇸
Massachusetts, United States
Corned beef hash.with runny eggs and potatoes. HUGE omelets
Eire Pub
🇺🇸
Massachusetts, United States
They had Guinness and beef barley soup
Rondo's Submarine Sandwiches
🇺🇸
Massachusetts, United States
For a big fat greasy sandwich, "a temple of big sandwich arts" which Tony also describes as "happiness"
O Senhor Ramos (Closed)
🇺🇸
Massachusetts, United States
This used to be the location of O Senhor Ramos, a Portuguese restaurant. Now closed.
Murphys Law
🇺🇸
Massachusetts, United States
Tony had drinks here and played darts
L Street Tavern
🇺🇸
Massachusetts, United States
They had beer and complimentary beef stew
Quencher Tavern
🇺🇸
Massachusetts, United States
A tiny bar where Tony had more drinks and did shots
Aji No Karyu
🇯🇵
Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
Tony had a very untraditional miso ramen that included butter and corn.
Wakakoma Restaurant
🇯🇵
Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
Tony craved sea urchin and salmon roe.
Yakitori Torimatsu
🇯🇵
Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
The master Akihiro Matsuosa grills meats
Rakuichi Soba
🇯🇵
Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
The chef, Master Tatsui Rai, makes the noodles by hand.
Copacabana
🇲🇿
Nampula, Mozambique
Tony had piri piri chicken here. It is a spicy grilled chicken basted with piri piri chili sauce (piri piri peppers, lime, peanut oil, minced garlic, tomato).
Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que
🇺🇸
Kansas, United States
Tony ate here with Zamir and a food blogger. The blogger says this is the best place to get BBQ in the city. It was called Oklahoma Joe's when they attended. Tony loves the ribs and burnt ends.
Jack Stack Barbecue | Freight House
🇺🇸
Missouri, United States
Zamir and Tony ordered bourbon, short ribs, lamb ribs, spare ribs.
LC's Bar-B-Q
🇺🇸
Missouri, United States
No data
Woodyard Bar-B-Que
🇺🇸
Kansas, United States
Tony had BBQ here with The Black Keys
B.B.'s Lawnside BBQ
🇺🇸
Missouri, United States
BBQ catfish, burnt ends
Savoy Grill (Closed)
🇺🇸
Missouri, United States
This used to be the Savoy Grill, but it closed now. Tony and Zamir had a meal here, in a place that used to feed both mobsters and politicians
Rosedale Bar-B-Q
🇺🇸
Kansas, United States
Zamir ordered chicken and ribs (the platter is called The Flying Pig) and Tony had the brisket sandwich
Cigar Box
🇺🇸
Missouri, United States
Zamir and Tony had a night cap here with some bourbon.
Town Topic Hamburgers Baltimore
🇺🇸
Missouri, United States
Drunk late night burgers.
Batelina
🇭🇷
Istarska, Croatia
Tony ate at the MasterChef Croatia winner's restaurant, which serves seafood that are usually seen as "trash fish" and fishermen would cook with it
Boskinac
🇭🇷
Licko-senjska, Croatia
One of the best restaurants in the country. They had octopus stewed in white wine and tomatoes. Slow cooked lamb with hand rolled pasta
Ramiro
🇵🇹
Lisboa, Portugal
A local favorite. Modernizing traditional Portuguese food. They started with seafood: Barnacles, shrimp, crab, clams, they ended with the steak sandwich.
Tasca do Chico
🇵🇹
Lisboa, Portugal
Tony met with a writer and a Fado singer in this bar to discuss the revolutionary period of the country
Sol e Pesca
🇵🇹
Lisboa, Portugal
Tony met with a local band to try food from this fishing store turned restaurant that serves canned seafood from the area.
A Ginjinha
🇵🇹
Lisboa, Portugal
A liqueur made from morello cherries, ginjinha has been sold from this spot for 70 years
Cantinho do Avillez
🇵🇹
Lisboa, Portugal
Tony had lunch here with a famous Portuguese musician. They sampled peixihos da horta (tempura green beans), morcela (blood sausage), pig trotters with cilantro, a golden egg dish with cepes (mushroom) and cheese, and a hazelnut dessert.
Bistro 100 Maneiras
🇵🇹
Lisboa, Portugal
Modern take on traditional Portuguese dishes. They tried deep-fried codfish tripe; game pie with truffles, rabbit, and São Jorge cheese; horse heart and other offal; and cabrito (milk-fed young goat) served on rice mixed with the goat liver and tongue, mushroom, onion, and chicken.
Alma
🇵🇹
Lisboa, Portugal
After shopping at the fish market, Chef Henrique Sa Pessoa makes Tony a meal. Mackerel, pork with sweet potato purée served over bok choy, a semi-salted cod called Bacalhau with chickpea purée.
O Trevo
🇵🇹
Lisboa, Portugal
Tony had beer and bifana, a sandwich with thin slices of marinated pork, with mustard and chili oil.
Ivan Ramen (Closed)
🇯🇵
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Former site of Ivan Ramen, a restaurant that has since closed. The owner opened a spot in New York by the same name.
Unagi Hosakaya
🇯🇵
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Tony and Chef Ivan ate this restaurant that serves grilled eel.
HACHI
🇯🇵
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Chef Rene Redzepi met with Tony to eat here. Spinach with codfish sperm.
Lawson Ningyocho Station Shop
🇯🇵
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
I am not sure if this is the exact location where David Chang introduced Tony to this convenience store, which he later wrote about several times in his future visits to Japan. It is a chain of stores, and both David and Tony loved the egg salad sandwich and the chicken nuggets here.
Hosho Sushi
🇯🇵
Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
Tony attended a meet and greet here for Cook it Raw elite chefs like Rene Redzepi, Albert Adria, Claude Bosi, etc.
Yakitori Ton Ton
🇯🇵
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Tony met up with David Chang again after the Cook it Raw competition and had yakitori.
Lappi Ravintola
🇫🇮
Uusimaa, Finland
No data
Cafe & Pub Päämaja
🇫🇮
Uusimaa, Finland
Tony had a pork stew and listened to folk music
Spårakoff Tram Tour
🇫🇮
Uusimaa, Finland
"The only tram in the world licensed to sell booze." Tony drank a beer on one.
Kafe Moskova
🇫🇮
Uusimaa, Finland
The owner called it a Soviet bar. They ate blood sausage that someone brought, and drank vodka.
Jaskan grilli
🇫🇮
Uusimaa, Finland
Drunken late night munchies brought Tony and his host to this sausage stand.
Mision 19
🇲🇽
Baja California, Mexico
High end Mexican regional cuisine. Very old recipes, reinvented.
Dandy del Sur Cantina
🇲🇽
Baja California, Mexico
Tony had a drink with a guy named Tony who is a nightlife promoter.
La Mezcalera
🇲🇽
Baja California, Mexico
Tony said he felt old here but liked tasting the mezcal
Las Ahumaderas
🇲🇽
Baja California, Mexico
Tony had tacos here
Terraza Vallarta
🇲🇽
Baja California, Mexico
They had micheladas and seafood. "Pescado empapelado (grilled and seasoned red snapper heaped with vegetables). Brochettes of bacon wrapped shrimp stuffed with crabmeat."
TACOS LILY
🇲🇽
Baja California, Mexico
Tony had Baja fish tacos; there is a condiment bar with different kinds of salsas, crema, guacamole, and other toppings
La Guerrerense
🇲🇽
Baja California, Mexico
World famous tostada food cart. Fresh scallop with purple onion; Salt cod with onion, olives, tomato, chiles, abuelita sauce; octopus with red snapper ceviche, and avocado
Corazon de Tierra
🇲🇽
Baja California, Mexico
100% Baja cuisine - local ingredients. Roasted tuna belly with daikon and kohlarbi, nasturtium; leg of lamb braised in black bean with swiss chard, carrot, radish, and turnip.
The Jetty Food Court
🇲🇾
Penang, Malaysia
Tony called this place CF Market. They had Pork Mee: Hokkien Chinese noodles, Penang style; Balitlong (sea snails)
Pasar Air Itam Laksa
🇲🇾
Penang, Malaysia
Tony always had a bowl of laksa when he visited Malaysia. This dish has rice noodles, herbs, red onion, fish broth, chili
Muthu Restaurant
🇲🇾
Penang, Malaysia
Banana leaf curry. Steamed rice with a variety of curry dishes and side dishes placed on banana leaf.
Restoran Nasi Kandar Line Clear
🇲🇾
Penang, Malaysia
"Lots of people, lots of food, lots of cats." A 24 hour food stand. The plate they got had fried chicken, fish roe, beef, shrimp, squid, veggies, sauces, rice.
Barley Swine
🇺🇸
Texas, United States
Local chef making "small, meticulously prepared plates, meant to be shared." Parmesan beer fritters; chilled soup of asparagus and shallots; pickled oyster mushrooms; soft scrambled eggs with grilled broccoli, goat feta, and pine nuts; shrimp with fried heads served over garlic rice; foie gras grilled and served with macerated strawberries; goat neck with carrot and artichoke; chicken fried egg with sweetbreads; brisket; grilled chicken breast
Franklin Barbecue
🇺🇸
Texas, United States
A very long line for this brisket/ribs/sausage spot.
El Taco Rico (closed)
🇺🇸
Texas, United States
Former site of food stand called El Taco Rico, the best tacos in the area
Quality Seafood Market
🇺🇸
Texas, United States
Tony had a huge fish taco, oysters, crack pie, and beer.
El Azteca (closed)
🇺🇸
Texas, United States
Genuine Tejano cuisine. Chicken mole; cabrita (goat), served with rice and beans
Texas Chili Parlor
🇺🇸
Texas, United States
Bar and hangover food. The chili is the specialty.
The Restaurant at Lord Dudley
🇦🇺
New South Wales, Australia
"You can drink in the street in this country, like a civilized human being" Tony said to open this episode.
Porteño
🇦🇺
New South Wales, Australia
Argentinian grilled meats. Upstairs is the Gardel's Bar where Tony watched some hipster band.
Harry's Cafe de Wheels - Woolloomooloo
🇦🇺
New South Wales, Australia
Tony had a curried tiger and a ginger beer. It is a curry beef pie topped with "a heaping scoop of mashed potatoes, a volcano crater full of mushy peas, and an eruption of brown gravy.
Chiswick Woollahra
🇦🇺
New South Wales, Australia
Casual restaurant using local ingredients and growing herbs and veggies on site. "A woodburning oven is central to the rustic menu: flatbreads, slow roasted lamb, and grass fed beef."
Golden Century Seafood Restaurant
🇦🇺
New South Wales, Australia
A restaurant many chefs meet at for after shift meals. Mud crab with ginger and shallots, batter fried lobster with Sichuan peppercorns.
Il Calice Wine Bar and Food Bologna
🇮🇹
Bologna, Italy
Tony shared a Negroni and some thin sliced mortadella with fresh bread with Chef Michael White
Trattoria Fita
🇮🇹
Bologna, Italy
Tony and Michael had housemade proscuitto, ficattola (fried bread), a local cheese, tortelli, gnocchi, and steak
San Domenico
🇮🇹
Bologna, Italy
Michelin starred restaurant. Seared tuna with borlotti bean puree; turbot confit with fresh asparagus; clams; spaghetti di gragnano with mussels, calamari, sea urchin, bottarga, shrimp; gnocchi with lardo, fresh fava beans, black truffle. Tableside prepared roast duck.
Relais des Grands Crus (Closed)
🇫🇷
Cote d'Or, France
Truck stop restaurant with great food.
Le Rendez Vous
🇫🇷
Yonne, France
Ludo's mentor is chef at this restaurant. Tony and Ludo ate, escargot, Beef bourguignon, cheese
Noyers
🇫🇷
Yonne, France
Tony visited a farm where he fed a baby lamb by bottle.
Maison Paillot
🇫🇷
Yonne, France
Tony and Ludo picked a lamb and chefs cooked it for them here and served it to them on the sidewalk table.
L'Espérance (Closed)
🇫🇷
Yonne, France
Former site of restaurant L'Espérance
Bar e Restaurante Urca
🇧🇷
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
This bar serves Fried Sardines, seafood soup, and Pasteles
Barraca Nordestina
🇧🇷
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Tony had lunch at a place called Barraca Nordestina. This is in the wrong location though. He was in the Rochinha favela when he ate chicken feet, black eyed peas, and veggies.
Uruguay Tent
🇧🇷
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Tony drank beer and caipirinhas and ate a grilled pork chimichurri sandwich on the Ipanema beach while his wife is training for a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competition
Adega Cesari
🇧🇷
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Meat, meat, and more meat. Tony and Ottavia ate at this churrascaria.
Galeto Sat's
🇧🇷
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Tony had barbecued galeto (baby chicken), which is popular for this dish. Tony had this with potato chips, broccoli rice, and farofa.
Armazém São Thiago
🇧🇷
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Known to locals as Bar do Gomes, this bar is located in what Tony calls the "most magical neighborhood" in Rio.
Mesón de Bari
🇩🇴
Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
Tony had empanadas and longaniza with Dominican Republic
Boca Chica Beach
🇩🇴
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Tony had Pescado Frito at D'Wendy Sabor, one of the food stands on the beach
Lechonera El Monumento
🇩🇴
Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
Roast pig located across a monument to Trujillo. They break down the pig with a machete.
El Cabito
🇩🇴
Samaná, Dominican Republic
Gorgeous seaside restaurant. Tony had beers, grilled shrimp, conch and cuttlefish salad
Barra Payán
🇩🇴
Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
Payan Especial: Pork with tomato, mustard, and cheese, heated in a sandwich press. A drink made with orange juice and condensed milk.
Gloria's Caribbean Cuisine
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Actor Michael K. Williams accompanied Tony to this Bahamian food place in Crown Heights
Pok Pok NY (Closed)
🇺🇸
New York, United States
This was the former site of the east coast branch of the Pok Pok empire, but now closed.
Sunny's
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Old Red Hook bar.
Randazzo's Clam Bar
🇺🇸
New York, United States
In Sheepshead Bay, clams, fried calamari, lobster fra diavolo.
Roberta's Pizza & Bakery
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Sourcing ingredients from a roof garden, they make their own dough and serve craft beers.
Blanca
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Attached to Roberta's, the chef here does a tasting menu that Tony tried with rapper Talib Kweli. Veal sweetbreads, trucidi with razor clams, and celtuce; raviolo with nduja and hyssop; crispy duck; steak with hearts of palm
Georgian Food
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Tony met with Zamir and got some khachapuri, a fried bread with cheese inside.
Brighton Beach
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Tony and Zamir ate their khachapuri on the beach
Primorski Restaurant (Closed)
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Formerly a Russian restaurant, Tony and Zamir ate a whole roast pig, blintzes with caviar, and more.
Brooklyn Fare
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Ultra exclusive 18-seat restaurant. 3 Michelin stars. 26 courses.
Jay & Lloyd's Kosher Deli
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Tony had chopped liver on rye with a cream soda, coleslaw.
Roma Sparita
🇮🇹
Roma, Italy
Tony had Cacio e Pepe here
KONOBA MONDO
🇭🇷
Istarska, Croatia
Tony ate at this truffle restaurant
Tonys oyster shack
🇭🇷
Inland waters of Croatia, Croatia
Tony had seafood here
Hạ Long
🇻🇳
Quang Ninh, Vietnam
Sailed a boat through 'dragon footprints" which are craggy rocks along the edge of the coast
Les Halles
🇫🇷
Paris, France
Site of the original open food markets in Paris (now a park square)
Batu Caves
🇲🇾
Selangor, Malaysia
Hindu sacred place
Fontana Pretoria
🇮🇹
Palermo, Italy
"Fountain of shame"
Chiesa del Gesù
🇮🇹
Palermo, Italy
Huge baroque church
Salt Museum
🇮🇹
Trapani, Italy
Trapani Salt Flats
Pantelleria
🇮🇹
Trapani, Italy
Caper farm
Lampedusa
🇮🇹
Agrigento, Italy
Squid fishing!
Römisches Amphitheater Taormina
🇮🇹
Messina, Italy
Ampitheater
Mount Etna
🇮🇹
Catania, Italy
Active volcano!
Venetian
🇺🇸
Nevada, United States
Canals and shopping
Fremont Street Experience
🇺🇸
Nevada, United States
No data
New York-New York Hotel & Casino
🇺🇸
Nevada, United States
No data
Neon Museum
🇺🇸
Nevada, United States
No data
Samarkand
🇺🇿
Samarqand, Uzbekistan
No data
Jizzakh
🇺🇿
Jizzakh, Uzbekistan
No data
The Tamerlane's Gates
🇺🇿
Jizzakh, Uzbekistan
No data
Christchurch
🇳🇿
Canterbury Region, New Zealand
Anthony gave a talk here at a food and wine convention
Fox Glacier
🇳🇿
West Coast Region, New Zealand
Glacier climbing
Kisokoma Forest Park
🇯🇵
Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Tony did some hiking and participated in a water purification ceremony
Ise Shrine
🇯🇵
Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Shrine to the forest gods
Hanshin Koshien Stadium
🇯🇵
Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Hanshin Tigers baseball game
Everglades National Park
🇺🇸
Florida, United States
Exploring the swamps
Key West
🇺🇸
Florida, United States
He visited Conchtown Cafe, which no longer exists
BOTANICA NENA
🇺🇸
Florida, United States
Yoruba religious artifacts
Chinchero District
🇵🇪
Cusco, Peru
No data
Tiananmen Square
🇨🇳
Beijing, China
Sightseeing
No.3 Affiliated Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
🇨🇳
Beijing, China
Cupping and acupuncture
Jingfu Temple
🇨🇳
Zhejiang, China
Daoist Temple
Huanglongshi
🇨🇳
Guangdong, China
Old imperial town
Culinary Guild
🇨🇦
Quebec, Canada
Tony taught a lesson at the Culinary institute
Designtorget
🇸🇪
Stockholm, Sweden
Home furnishings
Ponce
🇵🇷
, Puerto Rico
Tony visited Ponce for the Fiesta of Immaculate Conception (held in December). Street food.
Kolkata
🇮🇳
West Bengal, India
Tony watched ritual bathing on the river, went to a flower market, and watched wrestling
Flower Market Kolaghat
🇮🇳
West Bengal, India
Floral arrangements for spiritual ceremonies
Picnic Dodol Garut
🇮🇩
West Java, Indonesia
Dodol garut, a rice candy popular in Indonesia. Tony went on a factory tour and watched workers make the candy by hand
Shanghai Tunnels/Portland Underground Tour
🇺🇸
Oregon, United States
Originally created for "shanghais" which were when men were kidnapped and sold to pirate ships to work
Lost Lake
🇺🇸
Oregon, United States
Tony camped here with Chef Boulud
Alter-Action Sandboarding
🇳🇦
Erongo, Namibia
Sandboarding in the Namibian desert
Topnaars Trail
🇳🇦
, Namibia
Tony visited this small village at the edge of the country
African Kirikara Swakopmund
🇳🇦
Erongo, Namibia
Sheep and cattle farm. They hunted game and found white truffles
Kalahari, Namibia
🇳🇦
Hardap, Namibia
Tony ate his worst meal ever with the Kalahari bushmen: wild boar anus.
Yankee Stadium
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Tony got a tour of the stadium and walked the field
Calvary Cemetery - Paul Gauguin grave
🇵🇫
Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
"He was a cranky pederast and a syphilitic" Bourdain said of Gaugin
Pension Temetiu Village
🇵🇫
Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
They rode horseback to a mountain overlooking this town
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
🇺🇸
Ohio, United States
Tony went to the Hall of Fame with Tommy, the drummer from his favorite band, The Ramones
Obelisco
🇦🇷
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tony visited Marta Minujin, a pop artist who created a model of the famous obelisk, a huge edible model made out of panettone
Zakinthos
,
Tony sailed along the coastline and visited Shipwreck Beach. They grilled octopus and made a seafood stew
Green Grotto Caves
🇯🇲
Saint Ann, Jamaica
"The sensible among you will avoid this activity at all costs," Tony says of the spelunking tour
UCC Craighton Estates
🇯🇲
Saint Andrew, Jamaica
Coffee has been produced on this land for 2 centuries. There is a microclimate that is perfect for growing the coffee
Dracula's Nest
🇷🇴
Brasov, Romania
Estate at the base of the Carpathian mountains
Merry Cemetery
🇷🇴
Maramureş County, Romania
Every person buried there had a vice.
Bailey's Antiques and Aloha Shirts
🇺🇸
Hawaii, United States
Tony bought a $3000 Hawaiian shirt
Luang Prabang
🇱🇦
Louangphabang, Laos
Tony visited a temple in this small town
Mekong River
🇱🇦
Bokeo, Laos
Tony traveled by boat to Ban Xang Hai
Ban Xang Hai
🇱🇦
Louangphabang, Laos
Tony had traditional Laos whiskey (lao-lao) here in this town that translates to "Whiskey Village"
Tierra Bomba
🇨🇴
, Colombia
Fishing village. They ate lobster at the only restaurant on the island.
Plaza Botero - Medellín, Antioquia
🇨🇴
Antioquia, Colombia
The city center was reestablished once the drug cartels were driven out.
Cabo Polonio
🇺🇾
, Uruguay
"A village of fishermen, seekers, and refugees" on government land only accessible by sand ferries. They went to a small dive bar where a blind man had a pet penguin named Pancho.
Estación Central General Artigas
🇺🇾
Montevideo, Uruguay
Tony's brother was a train nut as a kid. They visited this old train station in Montevideo
Bombay Beach Ruins
🇺🇸
California, United States
Tony visited the (mostly) abandoned resorts of Salton Sea
Xochimilco
🇲🇽
Ciudad de México, Mexico
Tony hired a boat to learn the history of the canals here, remnants of the ancient Aztec city that originated here (and later became Mexico City)
Huamantla
🇲🇽
Tlaxcala, Mexico
They happened to be there on the day of a bull fighting event, where the streets are filled with festival goers and food stands. They ate some tacos. Tony said he was not a fan of the cruelty of the bullfighting but recognized it is tradition
Puebla
🇲🇽
Puebla, Mexico
Tony had a homecooked meal with Carlos' huge family. Homemade everything, with Tony's favorites being the tamales and the mole poblano.
Paseo Ahumada
🇨🇱
Metropolitana, Chile
Commercial artery/walkway for pedestrians that runs through downtown Santiago
Samut Songkhram
🇹🇭
Samut Songkhran, Thailand
Tony visited during the Songkhram Festival, a renewal or cleansing festival where everyone throws water on each other. It is very hot so this can be enjoyable, although messy.
Château Val Joanis
🇫🇷
Vaucluse, France
Vineyard
Parque Centenario
🇪🇨
Guayas, Ecuador
Tony and his guide watched iguanas in the park.
Aluva Mahadeva Temple
🇮🇳
Kerala, India
The shiva festival is held here
Baalbek
🇱🇧
Baalbek-Hermel, Lebanon
Some of the best preserved Roman ruins in the world. The town was once called Heliopolis, City of the Sun. They worshipped the Goddess of Love,Venus.
Salvation Mountain
🇺🇸
California, United States
A mountain painted by an artist using thousands of gallons of paint
Anthony Vineyards Inc
🇺🇸
California, United States
Tony was invited to the crew meal for the vineyard workers cooking real authentic Mexican food
Voyenno-Istoricheskiy Muzey Fortifikatsionnykh Sooruzheniy
🇷🇺
Crimea, Russia
Balaclava Naval museum where nuclear submarines were stored
Chornobyl
🇺🇦
Kiev, Ukraine
Tony and Zamir visited this site where the nuclear disaster happened
Pryp'yat'
🇺🇦
Kiev, Ukraine
Tony and Zamir visited this company town which is still radioactive. They were instructed not to touch anything.
Kyiv
🇺🇦
Kiev, Ukraine
Tony and Zamir attended the Victory Day parade in Kiev
Bakhchisaray
🇷🇺
Moscow City, Russia
Tony and Zamir visit Zamir's hometown. They went to a restaurant Tony called Salashihk which I could not find on the map
Angkor Wat
🇰🇭
Siem Reap Province, Cambodia
Tony visited and reminisced about his first time at Angkor Wat, when he gave up taking pictures during his traveling, because it was so awe-inspiring it could not be captured on film.
Palacio Nacional
🇳🇮
Managua, Nicaragua
Tony met with a journalist here where Congress meets.
Laguna de Tiscapa
🇳🇮
Managua, Nicaragua
"The highest lookout point in Managua, it was once home to former dictator Somoza's palace and personal prison grounds. A notorious site for political prisoners."
Biratori Choritsu Nibutani Ainu Culture Museum
🇯🇵
Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
The Ainu people were indigenous to Japan, much like the Native Americans in the US.
Takinoya Bekkan Tamanoyu Ryokan
🇯🇵
Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
A high end resort in quiet countryside, "where one lives, and eats, and meditates on a tree or the movement of water over rocks for a couple of days… you lose all sense of time." The innkeeper also served robatayaki
Lalaua
🇲🇿
Nampula, Mozambique
I am not sure if this is the village that Tony visited, but he said he was with the Makua people, which are in this area. He called the village Buahle, but I could not find it on a map. Tony ate stewed goat, banana curry, and cassava, among other traditional foods
Island of Mozambique
🇲🇿
Nampula, Mozambique
Tony took a boat out to this island, where he ate lots of seafood like crab cooked in coconut milk, fried calamari, giant crayfish, and other fish.
The Garden Of Memory
🇲🇿
Nampula, Mozambique
A memorial garden to the slaves who were traded and sold on the island
Beira
🇲🇿
Sofala, Mozambique
Tony visited during the Day of the Armed Forces, the day the country gained its independence from Portugal colonizers
Grande Hotel
🇲🇿
Sofala, Mozambique
Whole families live in this old hotel, known as deslocados (the displaced). There are about 3,000 people living here
Leila's Hair Museum
🇺🇸
Missouri, United States
Zamir went by himself (with a cameraman) to this weird museum
Vézelay Abbey
🇫🇷
Yonne, France
Before the meal, the chef brought them to this basilica where he talked about the perfection of the architecture.
San Carlos de Bariloche
🇦🇷
Rio Negro, Argentina
Swiss settlement. Tony says, "I'm frightened of the Swiss" and felt uncomfortable
Moreno Glacier
🇦🇷
Santa Cruz, Argentina
Tony went to El Calafate and took a tour to the glacier.
Bobolink Dairy & Bakehouse
🇺🇸
New Jersey, United States
Cheesemakers
Mitsuwa Marketplace - New Jersey
🇺🇸
New Jersey, United States
Asian Market. Bubble tea and food court
Rungis International Market
🇫🇷
Val-de-Marne, France
Large food market
Ballaro Market
🇮🇹
Palermo, Italy
Open air food market
International Specialty Produce, Inc.
🇺🇸
Florida, United States
No data
Liubiju Pickles
🇨🇳
Beijing, China
Pickled veggies
Street Foods
🇮🇳
Maharashtra, India
Tony ate street foods
Noryangjin Fisheries Wholesale Market
🇰🇷
Seoul, South Korea
Huge fish market
Akosnachi Enterprise Gh.
🇬🇭
Greater Accra, Ghana
Tony tries street foods like fried bananas
Pike Place Market
🇺🇸
Washington, United States
Seafood, produce, meats, cheeses, etc.
Beecher's Handmade Cheese
🇺🇸
Washington, United States
He makes Beecher's Flagship Cheese and sells others
Salumi
🇺🇸
Washington, United States
Gnocchi, cured meats. Sandwiches too.
Osu Night Market
🇬🇭
Greater Accra, Ghana
Open 5pm to 2am. Food market selling many different foods. Tony's guide buys different ingredients from the street food vendors and assembles a plate with roast pork, spinach, beans, and rice.
Market Paulista
🇧🇷
São Paulo, Brazil
Get the mortadella sandwich. His favorite.
Oshetu Community Market
🇳🇦
Khomas, Namibia
Street food market
Вернисаж в Измайлово
🇷🇺
Moscow City, Russia
The Izmailovo Market - a huge flea market. Also has food stands with grilled meats on a stick
The State Tretyakov Gallery
🇷🇺
Moscow City, Russia
Very high end shopping
Gorki
🇷🇺
Moscow Oblast, Russia
Very high end restaurant
Dyagilevo
🇷🇺
Smolensk, Russia
Dance club
Marché de Papeete
🇵🇫
Windward Islands, French Polynesia
Produce and meat
Sausage Shoppe (Closed)
🇺🇸
Ohio, United States
Location of the Sausage Shoppe. Permanently closed in 2018 (the owners retired), Tony visited to watch them make sausage
West Side Market
🇺🇸
Ohio, United States
Sprawling indoor farmer's market opened in 1912
Temple Street Night Market
🇭🇰
Central and Western, Hong Kong
Lots of food stands. Tony met with a local food blogger Josh Suh and ate claypot rice
Tai Po Cooked Food Centre & Podium Garden
🇭🇰
Central and Western, Hong Kong
Food stand market
Buenos Aires Market
🇦🇷
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cuts of meat for every budget
Al Lardo Al Lardo
🇮🇹
Massa-Carrara, Italy
Cured fat of the pig made in the Apennine mountains. Where Dante came to write.
Old Butcher Cecchini
🇮🇹
Firenze, Italy
He quotes "Heat" by Bill Buford, who calls this place "a museum of Tuscan cooking"
Rogacki
🇩🇪
Berlin, Germany
Traditional German food
Hasir
🇩🇪
Berlin, Germany
Doner kebab in a pita.
Bangkok Market
🇺🇸
California, United States
Thai market
Fish Market
🇬🇷
Crete, Greece
Fish market
Smithfield Market
🇬🇧
Greater London, United Kingdom
800 year old meat market
Food Market at Kingston
🇺🇸
Washington, United States
Public market with fresh produce, street food
Phonsavang Market
🇱🇦
Viangchan, Laos
They ate soup for breakfast (Khao Pia). It has chicken, duck, and pork with Vietnamese noodles.
Plaza De Mercado De Cartagena
🇨🇴
Bolívar, Colombia
Fresh fish, outdoor produce market
Plaza Minorista José María Villa
🇨🇴
Antioquia, Colombia
Food market with tons of produce. They had empanadas.
Souq Minara - سوق المنارة
🇸🇦
Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Tony and Danya ate an offal breakfast at a place called Abu Abdullah's. Tony liked it more than she did.
Mercado del Puerto
🇺🇾
Montevideo, Uruguay
Lots of food stands with lots of parillas (grilled meats)
Khan el-Khalili
🇪🇬
Cairo, Egypt
Oldest spice market in the Middle East
Eden Center
🇺🇸
Virginia, United States
120 store complex with Vietnamese cuisine. Restaurants, food stands, produce
Mercato di Rialto
🇮🇹
Venezia, Italy
Fresh fish market
Calumet Fisheries
🇺🇸
Illinois, United States
Smoked fish, shrimp, fried smelt
Chinatown
🇵🇭
National Capital District, Philippines
They went to food street in Chinatown. They had chicken balls and pancit palabok
Dampa Sa Farmers Market
🇵🇭
National Capital District, Philippines
A seafood market where you can buy ingredients and someone will cook it for you. They had pinakbet, shrimp adobo, and coconut chili crab
Esposito Meat Market
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Tony used to live in this neighborhood and come to this old school sausage store
Vega Central
🇨🇱
Metropolitana, Chile
Food market, founded 100+ years ago. Staggering abundance of local produce, meat, fish
Mercado Puerto
🇨🇱
De Valparaiso, Chile
Fresh seafood close to the source.
Angelmo
🇨🇱
De Los Lagos, Chile
Tony ate fresh uni and seafood at this market
Queen Victoria Market
🇦🇺
Victoria, Australia
Sprawling indoor market of produce, meat, fish, dairy. Tony and his chef friend Paul ate bratwurst for breakfast
Ferry Plaza Farmers Market
🇺🇸
California, United States
Fresh produce and food stands. Tony had a pork tamale with red chile.
Mae Klong Railway Market
🇹🇭
Samut Songkhran, Thailand
A market made on top of an active railroad. They have to move and pause the market every time the train comes through.
Amphawa
🇹🇭
Samut Songkhran, Thailand
A floating market where Tony ate fried shrimp cakes and a mixed salad plate.
Taling Chan
🇹🇭
Bangkok, Thailand
Salted and grilled snakefish.
Marché des Lices
🇫🇷
Ille-et-Vilaine, France
Tony shops the farmers' market with chef Olivier Roellinger
Picholine
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Terrence Brennan, artisanal cheese maker.
La Cave aux Fromages
🇫🇷
Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Cheese shop
Boucherie Chevaline
🇫🇷
Gard, France
Tony and guide bought proscuitto and sausage here
Sana Sana Las Palmeras
🇪🇨
Pichincha, Ecuador
Tony ate grilled meats from a food stand right outside this market.
Duala Market
🇱🇷
Montserrado, Liberia
Tony shopped here for palm nuts, hot chilis, snails
Roscioli Salumeria con Cucina
🇮🇹
Roma, Italy
Tony and his friend went to the back of the shop to try fresh buffalo mozzarella and prosciutto
Souk El Tayeb
🇱🇧
Beirut, Lebanon
Bringing together different regions of artisanal and organic foods in a market. "Southern coastal bread bakers, kibbeh specialists from the mountains, wild herbs & vegetables from the Bekaa Valley, and pastries made from almost forgotten recipes. It's all here," Tony says.
Vadorin Maurice
🇫🇷
Paris, France
Meat shop selling offal.
Hugo Desnoyer
🇫🇷
Paris, France
Butcher shop with charcuterie
Rue Mouffetard
🇫🇷
Paris, France
Open air market. Tony went there with Eric Ripert and Joel Robuchon
Mercado de San Miguel
🇪🇸
Madrid, Spain
A century old market with fresh produce, seafood, locally made goods
Avenida de Bélgica
🇨🇺
La Habana, Cuba
Mercado Egido, a fresh produce market
Bessarabsky Market
🇺🇦
Kiev, Ukraine
100 year old market selling fruits, veggies, meat, fish. Tony and Zamir shopped there for a picnic. Tony bought the good caviar, which he implies is sturgeon caviar from Caspian Sea which is illegal.
Dali Shijiagong
🇨🇳
Shanghai, China
Street market every month.
Qardaran Tea Shop
🇮🇶
Arbil, Iraq
The market near the citadel is "a dizzying maze of alleys and vendors" where you can buy everything from guns to food. Tony had tea at this shop
Central Market
🇰🇭
Phnum Penh, Cambodia
Tony was upset that this market he went to 10 years ago was now more commercialized. He went to a smaller local and less touristy market and had Ka Tiew, a noodle soup (they did not say where this was)
Crab Market
,
Tony met Madame Kek, a humanitarian, in this seaside town that used to be a resort town for rich people before 1970 and is now in ruins. They went to the crab market and bought crabs, shrimp, rice, and rambutan.
Naschmarkt
🇦🇹
Wien, Austria
At Naschmarkt, they stopped at this butcher with a small kitchen in the back room to make cordon bleu. Tony and host bought the ingredients in the market
Urbanek
🇦🇹
Wien, Austria
Cured meats and cheeses in a food market called the Naschmarkt.
Ver-o-Peso Market
🇧🇷
Pará, Brazil
Tony tastes many fruits here not found anywhere else. He also has fish called Filhote, a 600 lb. freshwater fish.
Belém
🇧🇷
Pará, Brazil
A market on the river has fruits, vegetables, and fish found in this area
Captain Gourmet
🇻🇨
, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Tony picked up food supplies here for a boat trip
CENTRAL WHOLESALE SEAFOOD MARKET
🇯🇵
Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
Huge seafood market with crab, fish, and more.
Mercado de Peixe
🇲🇿
Maputo, Mozambique
They bought seafood here, then brought it to Esplanada Belinha to have it cooked. Clams steamed with garlic; prawns grilled and basted with butter with nshima (thick porridge made of ground maize).
Market Alvalade Norte
🇵🇹
Lisboa, Portugal
Large fish market where Tony and Chef Henrique Sa Pessoa visited. They also have produce, cheese, and meat.
TSUKIJI FISH MARKET
🇯🇵
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Fresh fish market
New Lane Street Foodstalls
🇲🇾
Penang, Malaysia
"Street by day, food wonderland by night." Tony had Char Koay Teow, a fried rice stick with bean sprouts, chili, and prawns.
Red Garden Food Paradise
🇲🇾
Penang, Malaysia
A food court full of stands. Tony and guide had fish head curry.
Boucherie Charcuterie Volailles
🇫🇷
Cher, France
Butcher breaking down meats the old school way
Victor Churchill
🇦🇺
New South Wales, Australia
"One of the most beautiful butcher shops in the world"
Formaggeria salumeria gastronomia Cavallotti
🇮🇹
Bologna, Italy
Local cheese shop. Tony's chef friend made uvo raviolo.
Quadrilatero
🇮🇹
Bologna, Italy
Tony met with Chef Michael White in this food market
Tre Monti Azienda Agricola srl
🇮🇹
Bologna, Italy
Vineyard. The chef in the vineyard's kitchen made tagliatelle. They ate it outside with a Sangiovese made at the vineyard.
Rocinha
🇧🇷
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Tony visited this favela where he was tricked into trying a "natural Viagra" by his guide.
Municipal Market RJ - CADEG
🇧🇷
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Many stands were closed when he visited this food market
Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands
🇮🇸
Capital Region, Iceland
Spa
Blue Lagoon
🇮🇸
Southern Peninsula, Iceland
Hot springs
Beauty Bar Las Vegas
🇺🇸
Nevada, United States
Spa
Satin Dolls
🇺🇸
New Jersey, United States
Strip Club
Aldo Coppola Жуковка
🇷🇺
Moscow Oblast, Russia
Spa treatments
BBQ Box
🇸🇬
Singapore, Singapore
This was the location of Master Soon Reflexology where Tony was treated. Not there anymore.
Garut Regency
🇮🇩
West Java, Indonesia
Watched ram fights. Visited the snack bar and had some nasi goreng (Indonesian fried rice)
Madame Marie
🇺🇸
New Jersey, United States
Fortune Teller
Sewers Museum
🇫🇷
Paris, France
Public Sewer Museum
Anogia, Rethymno
🇬🇷
Crete, Greece
Roast lamb in the country
Corso Calatafimi, 922
🇮🇹
Palermo, Italy
Cuci Lampo - tailor
Machu Picchu
🇵🇪
Lima region, Peru
No data
Mole National Park
🇬🇭
Northern, Ghana
The crew are scolded by the guide for spooking the elephants, which is very dangerous.
Tambopata River
🇵🇪
Puno, Peru
No data
Quincaillerie Dante
🇨🇦
Quebec, Canada
Kitchen supply store
Concordia Stinger Stadium
🇨🇦
Quebec, Canada
Tony plays hockey
Stockholms Glasbruk
🇸🇪
Stockholm, Sweden
No data
Lulea Swedish Lapland
🇸🇪
Norrbotten, Sweden
Tony hunted reindeer
Mondo
🇸🇪
Stockholm, Sweden
Rock concert
Pozo de Jacinto
🇵🇷
, Puerto Rico
No data
Lima
🇵🇪
Lima region, Peru
No data
City Palace
🇮🇳
Rajasthan, India
The maharana cooked Tony a royal meal of goat curry
Sant Shree Asharam ji Bapu Ashram, Pal goan, Jodhpur
🇮🇳
Rajasthan, India
Tony skeptically went to an ashram named Sunil.
Jaisalmer
🇮🇳
Rajasthan, India
Tony took a bus through the desert out to Jaisalmer, a walled city known as The Golden City. Was a major trade route point in the past
K-타이거즈
🇰🇷
Kyeongki-Do, South Korea
Tae Kwon Do school
Le Royal Hotel Beirut
🇱🇧
Mount Lebanon, Lebanon
Tony cooked in the hotel restaurant. The airport was on fire and the there were bombs going off everywhere, but he felt relieved to be able to cook
Black Taxi Tour Belfast
🇬🇧
Belfast, United Kingdom
Tony went on a tour including the Oliver Crowell mural
Sundays Well Boating & Tennis Club
🇮🇪
Cork, Ireland
Rugby
Gubbeen Farm House Products Limited
🇮🇪
Cork, Ireland
Farm with dairy, meat, produce
Velveteria: The Museum of Velvet Art
🇺🇸
California, United States
Very strange velvet art; Tony wanted to buy the Mr. T portrait
Himalayas
🇳🇵
, Nepal
Tony had yak milk tea and yak at someone's house
Westside Rifle & Pistol Range
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Tony shot rifles
Trapeze School New York - Pier 40
🇺🇸
New York, United States
No data
Edgewater Pier
🇺🇸
Ohio, United States
Not sure if this is the park where they surfed, but close enough. And it was cold.
Willard Park
🇺🇸
Ohio, United States
They went to see the "Free Stamp" sculpture
Zubal Books
🇺🇸
Ohio, United States
A very special bookstore with endless shelves of books. Tony visited with Harvey Pekar, comic book writer of American Splendor fame
Hong Kong Jockey Club Happy Valley Racecourse
🇭🇰
Central and Western, Hong Kong
Tony lost money betting on horses here
New Territories
🇭🇰
Central and Western, Hong Kong
Jackie Chan's stunt team helped Tony learn some martial arts stunts. Then they ate Poon Choi: a large bowl layered with vegetables, prawns, fish, mushrooms, pork, and chicken. A thousand year old dish
Estancia Los Corrales
🇦🇷
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cow ranch
Marina di Pisa
🇮🇹
Pisa, Italy
Tony's friend Nico invited him to eat at his family home in Marina di Pisa. They cooked a bunch of fresh seafood.
Restaurant Pizzeria Zum Tor
🇩🇪
Bayern, Germany
Not sure if this is the same Zum Tor. On the show it was a "gentlemen's club" where men gather, drink and, play games. They played Okey, a Turkish game with numbered tiles
CHAMÄLEON Theater GmbH
🇩🇪
Berlin, Germany
Cabaret dancing
Derby Dolls
🇺🇸
California, United States
Roller derby
Electronic Arts Canada
🇨🇦
British Columbia, Canada
Tony was made into a video game character
Vancouver Film Studios
🇨🇦
British Columbia, Canada
Tony filmed a short skit in this film studio
Banzai Pipeline
🇺🇸
Hawaii, United States
Tony rode around on a jet ski here, the best surfing place in the world
Lavalleja Department
🇺🇾
Lavalleja, Uruguay
Tony and his brother head into the interior, the country. Met the Anrich family, who live on a ranch called Estancia los Morteros. They eat many things including an armadillo caught by the son
Punta del Este
🇺🇾
Maldonado, Uruguay
Tony spent time on the beach while his brother did sightseeing
Shields Date Garden
🇺🇸
California, United States
Date farm with café, gift shop, and gardens. Tony had a date milkshake
Rio Chama
🇺🇸
New Mexico, United States
Tony went whitewater rafting on the Chama River
Cavender's Boot City
🇺🇸
Texas, United States
Tony bought cowboy boots here
Nippon Budokan
🇯🇵
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Kendo master Tadao Todo did a kendo demonstration for Tony
Rokkokuda Temple
🇯🇵
Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
The birthplace of Ikebana (the art of flower arranging). Tony learned how to make a flower arrangement
Sakai City Industrial Promotion Center
🇯🇵
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Not sure if this is the correct address. Morimoto buys his knives from Inotada Knife Productions in Sakai City.
El Bullilab
🇪🇸
Barcelona, Spain
Tony visited the El Bulli lab where Adrian tests out ideas for the restaurant
Enric Rovira Chocolates
🇪🇸
Barcelona, Spain
Chocolate factory of a famous chocolatier who is inspired by Gaudi
International Spy Museum
🇺🇸
District of Columbia, United States
Tony talked with a retired spy and visited the museum
D C Central Kitchen Inc
🇺🇸
District of Columbia, United States
Training facility that gives second chances to convicted felons out of prison. They take leftover ingredients from restaurants and hotels and make food for the needy
Latin American Gym
🇲🇽
Ciudad de México, Mexico
Wrestling
Sant'Erasmo
🇮🇹
Venezia, Italy
Some of the best fruits and vegetables are grown here due to the great soil. Tony raved about a tomato, "It's nice to be reminded of how good a tomato can be" and "a near religious experience." They also drank Fragolina and sliced salami, good cheese, and crusty bread.
Azores
🇵🇹
Azores, Portugal
Tony's guide Carlos lives in the Azores and his wife makes a Portuguese feast called Terresmos de vinha de alhos, "basically a panorama of delicious pork products, blood sausage, boiled sweet potatoes, and red peppers
Furnas
🇵🇹
Azores, Portugal
Tony was not a fan of the hot spring he said smelled "like a wet fart"
Pico Island
🇵🇹
Azores, Portugal
Tony visited a home on this island. Octopus and octopus stew, pico wine, moray eel, locally raised potatoes, local tuna cooked on an open fire.
São Jorge
🇵🇹
Azores, Portugal
Best cockles on earth, but located in a VERY isolated area that is VERY hard to get to.
Tom Tom Tamale
🇺🇸
Illinois, United States
Tamale on a hot dog covered in chili
Rifka Catering Company
🇱🇰
Colombo, Sri Lanka
They had biryani
Sinigama
🇱🇰
Galle, Sri Lanka
Tony visited this area that had been devastated from a tsunami
Foundation of Goodness MCC Centre of Excellence
🇱🇰
Galle, Sri Lanka
A man named Kushil opened up his home after the flooding from the tsunami and this evolved into an entire network of services including a medical center, a preschool, a business & services center, and recreational facilities free for everyone to use. They also feed Tony red rice, yellow lentil curry, claypot simmered tuna, jackfruit curry, and coconut sambal during the visit
Chilaw
🇱🇰
Puttalam, Sri Lanka
Tony visited a home here where he was served many authentic Sri Lankan dishes, including the spiciest dish in Sri Lanka, crab curry
Buddhist temple
🇻🇳
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Tony paid respects to Mom Gow by visiting her ashes in this Buddhist temple
Viña Casa Silva
🇨🇱
Del Libertador B Ohiggins, Chile
Winery featuring Carmenère wine (local). There was a rodeo on site and dinner of beef, pork, and chicken.
Trugo
🇦🇺
Victoria, Australia
Some kind of weird game with a donut puck and a mallet like croquet
Cadieux Cafe
🇺🇸
Michigan, United States
Feather bowling: a Belgian feather bowling place with mussels and fries, and live music
Dan Bailey's Fly Shop
🇺🇸
Montana, United States
Tony bought some fly fishing gear
Del Maguey Single Village Mezcal
🇲🇽
Oaxaca, Mexico
Ron Cooper makes mezcal here
The Culinary Institute of America
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Tony returned to his alma mater with Mark Ruhlman
Milo
🇺🇸
Maine, United States
Tony stayed in this little town with his cameraman for the show. They did woodsman things like chop down trees and eat venison , rabbit, and bacon
Yabuli Ski Resort
🇨🇳
Heilongjiang, China
Tony went to this resort just as it opened, so there were very few people around. He did some skiing on the icy mountain.
Schoolcraft College
🇺🇸
Michigan, United States
Tony visited Chef Brian Polcyn here where he teaches charcuterie and other cooking classes
Carey Street
🇱🇷
Montserrado, Liberia
Somewhere on this street is the Alpha Haitai Social & Athletic Club. Chinese gunpowder tea served here, where intellectuals meet and play scrabble!
47 Gurley St
🇱🇷
Montserrado, Liberia
World Resurrection Ministries, where Tony attended a church service
Robertsport
🇱🇷
Grand Cape Mount, Liberia
Tony had food poisoning when he went to the beach here for surfing
Mall of the Emirates
🇦🇪
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tony went SKIING in this mall. In the middle of the desert.
Estadio Latinoamericano
🇨🇺
La Habana, Cuba
Home of the Industriales. It was a dream of Tony's to watch a baseball game in Cuba.
Grand Lisboa hotel
🇨🇳
Guangdong, China
Tony won $3,000 at the Baccarat tables in the casino
Coloane Karting Track
🇨🇳
Guangdong, China
Kart racing
Macau Tower Convention and Entertainment Center
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No data
Porto di Cetara
🇮🇹
Salerno, Italy
Tony watched as a diver/chef jumped off the cliff and harvested sea urchin. They ate it fresh out of the ocean.
Sky Village Outdoor Marketplace
🇺🇸
California, United States
Tony and Josh from Queens of the Stone Age went to this swap meet. They bought some things and ate at the Sky Cafe.
Rancho de la Luna
🇺🇸
California, United States
Tony visited the studio where Josh from Queens of the Stone Age made some songs for the show. Tony cooked some food: asparagus risotto with black truffle and pecorino. At the end of the episode, they return to the studio where Tony makes spaghetti pomodoro; Dave makes jalapeno cheese cornbread and collard greens; B.O.C. makes veggie wraps with a soy peanut dipping sauce; Josh makes a red cabbage salad with vinegar, cracked red pepper, and crumbled Roquefort dressing; Hutch makes pulled pork.
Dara
🇹🇷
Mardin, Turkey
Tony visited this small town in Turkey where they are celebrating a new child. They slaughter a sheep for the meal.
Breaux Bridge
🇺🇸
Louisiana, United States
Tony went to a backyard boil at a chef's house in this area known for its crawfish. There was also roast corn hash with tasso, venison, stuffed wild wood ducks. The next day, he attended a boucherie, which is a pig slaughter where teams of people quickly work on processing different parts of the pig to make products such as andouille sausage, boudin, ribs, cracklings, and more.
International Culinary Center
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Originally called the French Culinary Institute (during this taping), Tony visited Dave Arnold to ask what would Jesus eat for the Holiday Special episode.
Tent City
🇭🇹
Ouest, Haiti
Tony visited artists making art in the Tent City, as well as a mass grave that was created after the earthquake. He also met up with actor Sean Penn, who is doing humanitarian work while living in a tent there. They ate chicken pies filled with spicy chicken, picklese, and tomato and deep fried.
Phnom Penh
🇰🇭
Phnum Penh, Cambodia
Tony got a haircut on the street where the guy shaved it closer than Tony would have liked.
Bahia bar de kep cocktail bieres belges les pieds dans l rau
🇰🇭
Keb, Cambodia
Tony and Madame Kek took their food they bought at the market to an area along the beach with thatched huts under which they could eat.
La Chureca
🇳🇮
, Nicaragua
Home for "churaqueros," this is a trash dump that over 300 families live on (picking through the waste for recyclables). Tony was really disturbed by going there.
Ybbsitz
🇦🇹
Lower Austria, Austria
Tony went hunting in the mountains near here. They did not catch anything but his host's family made dinner with venison for him.
Joh. Springer's Erben
🇦🇹
Wien, Austria
Tony went shopping for hunting clothes
Viennese Giant Ferris Wheel
🇦🇹
Wien, Austria
Oldest ferris wheel in existence.
West Plains
🇺🇸
Missouri, United States
Author Daniel Woodrell lives here, one of Tony's favorite authors. His buddy made some squirrel pot pie, venison steaks.
Ilha do Cumb
🇧🇷
Pará, Brazil
They went here to find acai berries.
Ilha Mexiana
🇧🇷
Pará, Brazil
Tony and crew took a frightening small plane flight to this island
WRKO
🇺🇸
Massachusetts, United States
Tony did an interview on a right-wing station here. The Friends of Eddie Coyle is Tony's favorite crime novel, and this impresses the radio host.
South Boston Candlepin
🇺🇸
Massachusetts, United States
Tony played candlepin bowling, where the ball is smaller and the pins are much thinner and harder to knock down.
Niseko Ski Lodge - Hirafu ニセコスキーロッジ - ひらふ
🇯🇵
Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
Tony skiied while his companions snowboarded down this mountain, It had a been a dream of his to someday ski here
Green Dirt Farm Creamery
🇺🇸
Missouri, United States
Local chefs prepared a stuffed lamb for Tony and Zamir. They served it with potato salad with pork jowl and pickled onions, cider vinegar coleslaw, and cornbread.
Kansas City Chiefs Football
🇺🇸
Missouri, United States
Tony and Zamir went to a Chiefs tailgate party
Rovinj
🇭🇷
Istarska, Croatia
Tony went on a boat to see mollusk alley, where mussels are harvested the old fashioned way. There are also oysters.
Motovun
🇭🇷
Istarska, Croatia
Tony went with a truffle hunting dog and its owner to find some white truffles in this mountain town. They then cooked with it.
BIBICh Winery
🇭🇷
Sibenik, Croatia
Tony tasted wine at this winery that has the same altitude as the Tuscan region. The owner's wife cooked a 12-course meal for them (although it is not a restaurant)
Konoba Sandra
🇭🇷
Sibenik, Croatia
This restaurant allowed Tony and his host to cook their fish they caught on the grill. They ate the fish on the boat along with some cheese and bread.
Doca de Alcântara / Doca do Espanhol
🇵🇹
Lisboa, Portugal
They launched a boat near here to fish for octopus. Tony seemed miserable and cold with his "inappropriate footwear." The crew members then prepared the freshly caught octopus and they ate it with some cold beer.
Chinquilho Junqueirense
🇵🇹
Lisboa, Portugal
Tony played a game called Chinquilho which involves throwing a 7-lb weight at a small explosive
Sauna Arla
🇫🇮
Uusimaa, Finland
Everyone told Tony he should do a sauna when he visited Finland. He did it while drinking beer and putting sausage on a grill. He also gets some treatment that causes you to bleed bad toxins out of your back. :/
Hyvinkää Speedway
🇫🇮
Uusimaa, Finland
Tony went folk racing here in the snow in a VW Bug
Popotla
🇲🇽
Baja California, Mexico
Seafood cooked on the beach in this small town. Fishermen bring in fresh catch and cook it for you. They had a huge lobster and a crab, Puerto Nuevo style. They chop it lengthwise, fry it and serve with beans & rice.
Monkey Beach
🇲🇾
Penang, Malaysia
Tony went to a tiny remote island called Monkey Beach with lots of macaques. They grilled some fish they bought at a floating seafood market. The island is only accessible by boat.
Austin
🇺🇸
Texas, United States
Tony went to a crab boil at a band's house while in town for SXSW
Greenhill Farm
🇦🇺
New South Wales, Australia
Lamb and beef raised grazing on the land in the farm.
Sydney Olympic Park
🇦🇺
New South Wales, Australia
Tony saw his first Australian rugby game here: The Rabbitohs vs. the Roosters
Auxerre
🇫🇷
Yonne, France
Ludo Lefebvre and Tony went there to visit Ludo's mom in his childhood home.
Peter Welch's Gym
🇺🇸
Massachusetts, United States
Tony visited a boxing gym.
Shark Dive Xtreme
🇦🇺
New South Wales, Australia
Tony scubadived with 350 lb gray nurse sharks.
Antica Corte Pallavicina Relais
🇮🇹
Parma, Italy
Culatello is made here, made from pork butt.
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
🇮🇹
Bologna, Italy
Tony drove a Ferrari on this famously difficult racing track
Az.Agr. Pedroni Di Pedroni Giuseppe
🇮🇹
Modena, Italy
Modena Balsamic Vinegar. They had lunch in the attached restaurant: chicken thighs braised in lambrusco; spare ribs slow cooked in white wine with cippolini onions; frittata. All served with droplets of the vinegar
Gracie Barra Rio Matriz
🇧🇷
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Tony watches Ottavio's jiu jitsu match, which she wins!
Playa Rincon
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Tony took a helicopter to this beach where they had grilled lobster, rice and beans, fried sweet potatoes. For dessert, pina coladas served in a pineapple.
Zona Colonial
🇩🇴
Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
Tony was invited to a neighborhood birthday party here where he had sancocho, a stew with chicken, beef, yucca, plantains, sliced avocado.
Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi
🇻🇳
Ha Noi, Vietnam
Hotel where he started
Le Bar de L'Hotel
🇫🇷
Paris, France
Oscar Wilde died here
The Lodge at Mudbrick
🇳🇿
Auckland Region, New Zealand
Tony went boar hunting and then cooked it at the lodge where he was staying.
The Raleigh Hotel
🇺🇸
Florida, United States
No data
Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge
🇵🇪
Cusco, Peru
No data
Devi Garh
🇵🇰
Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan
Tony stayed with his guide at this 18th century fort palace (where the guide worked)
Kampung Sampireun Resort & Spa
🇮🇩
West Java, Indonesia
Resort where everyone gets a lakeside cottage. A man in a boat delivers a breakfast of rice pancakes with brown sugar and coconut milk in the morning.
Grand Hyatt Singapore
🇸🇬
Singapore, Singapore
This is where the crew and Tony are staying but he raved about how great the food is in the hotel, and he normally hates hotel food
Hazlitt's
🇬🇧
Greater London, United Kingdom
This is the hotel Tony always stayed in. He signed a copy of Kitchen Confidential and put it in his room. It's an author hotel
Galle Face Hotel
🇱🇰
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Tony stayed here. In the open air restaurant, a man scares away the birds from eating guest's breakfasts by shooting them with a slingshot
The Cliff Preserve
🇨🇱
De Los Lagos, Chile
Tony stayed at this resort in an area nicknamed Patagonia, a mythical land of giants. There is a 5-star restaurant on site that serves ingredients from the property. Steak a la pobre, potatoes, quail eggs, Conger eel from a local fisherman, and a Chilean version of polenta made from corn grown on the premises called chuchoca
The Historic Murray Hotel
🇺🇸
Montana, United States
"I like a hotel with a past," says Tony. He had a drink in the hotel bar with writer Jim Harrison
The Heathman Hotel
🇺🇸
Oregon, United States
Tony stayed here, the hotel is rumored to be haunted. Someone jumped off the roof and haunts all the rooms on the way down (all floors with rooms ending in "03")
Sorgente Su Gologone
🇮🇹
Nuoro, Italy
Hotel and restaurant that locals eat at
Mohonk Mountain House
🇺🇸
New York, United States
"A weirdly wonderful place" built by Quakers in 1870 by Alfred and Albert Smiley (twins). "Strange, but fabulous," Tony says
Ace Hotel
🇺🇸
New York, United States
A nice but discreet hotel in NYC
Hôtel Oloffson
🇭🇹
Ouest, Haiti
Tony stayed here for a week while visiting Haiti and said it seemed like a spooky fairy tale. He had a rum punch at the hotel bar. He also spoke with the owner of the hotel and they shared some fried shrimp fritters and conch in Creole sauce later in the episode
Marajó Park Club
🇧🇷
Pará, Brazil
Tony stays here in this remote eco-resort. He goes on a boat and catches a huge pirarucu fish and the hotel staff cooks it for him over a grill with tomatoes, onions, and cilantro.
Feel Myanmar
🇲🇲
Yangon, Myanmar
Tony met with culinary writer Ma Thanegi. They had pig’s-head salad with Kaffir lime leaf, long-bean salad with sesame and fish sauce, pennywort-leaf salad, a salad of Indian-style samosa.
Min Lan Seafood (Parami Branch)
🇲🇲
Yangon, Myanmar
Tony had prawn curry here and cringed at the local cultural norm of making kissing noises to call a waiter over.
Sofaer & Co
🇲🇲
Yangon, Myanmar
"Once one of the swankest department stores in Rangoon," says Tony. "Now people live here."
Seit Tine Kya
🇲🇲
Yangon, Myanmar
Tea shop where Tony had morning tea with U Thiha Saw, a journalist. They had the hot black tea with a dollop of sweetened condensed milk and a fish soup.
Taung Htate Pan Street
🇲🇲
Yangon, Myanmar
Tony had a meal with Philippe Lajaunie, restaurateur, former owner of Brasserie Les Halles. They had chicken necks and cold beer.
Yangon
🇲🇲
Yangon, Myanmar
Tony visited this town during Thadingyut, the Full Moon festival celebrated by Buddhists at the end of October. He ate street food and watched the human-powered ferris wheels
Morning Star Tea House
🇲🇲
Yangon, Myanmar
Not sure if this location still exists, the CNN site says it is on Saya San Road, but not showing up on the map. Tony met with San Zarni Bo and had fermented tea leaf salad, which is served with peanuts, lime, and chilies.
Old Bagan
🇲🇲
Mandalay, Myanmar
Tony and Philippe traveled on a train through the Burmese country to Bagan. They bought snacks from locals at the train station. The train ride was very bumpy.
Sarabha Restaurant
🇲🇲
Mandalay, Myanmar
Tony ate at a small food stand near the Bagan Palace ruins and called it the best restaurant in the country so far. He had chicken curry and raved about all the small accompaniments served.
Bagan Palace Ruins
🇲🇲
Mandalay, Myanmar
Tony and Philippe visited the palace ruins and admired the structures
19th Street Night Market
🇲🇲
Yangon, Myanmar
Tony met with a local punk band at this night market.
Kaung Myat Restaurant
🇲🇲
Yangon, Myanmar
Tony and the punk band ate barbecue at this stand in the night market.
Koreatown Plaza
🇺🇸
California, United States
Tony and Roy Choi viewed Koreatown from the roof of this building, and talked about the 1992 Rodney King riots that took place below.
Dong Il Jang Restaurant
🇺🇸
California, United States
Tony ate with Roy Choi and Roy Kim, the grandson of the founder of the restaurant. They had banchan, bulgogi, sliced ribeye, kimchi bokumbap (fried rice)
Kogi Taco Truck
🇺🇸
California, United States
Roy Choi's Korean taco truck. Tony had the Kogi short rib taco, a Korean barbecue short rib on corn tortilla with salsa roja, cilantro, and onion, slaw, and a chili soy vinaigrette.
Chego
🇺🇸
California, United States
At the time of filming, this was a food truck, but has since been made into a brick & mortar establishment. Roy Choi took Tony there and he ate a Kimchi Spam Bowl.
A-Frame (Closed)
🇺🇸
California, United States
Former site of Roy Choi's A-Frame restaurant.
Sizzler
🇺🇸
California, United States
After meeting at David Choe's secret studio where David painted Tony's portrait, the two went to Sizzler to eat. David introduced Tony to his creation, the Salad bar meatball taco.
Swadesh Restaurant and Grocery Store
🇺🇸
California, United States
Tony had curried goat, samosas, tandoori chicken, fish curry with chilis in this area called Little Bangladesh
Jollibee
🇺🇸
California, United States
Tony and Roy had an Aloha burger, Spam Little Big Bite sandwich, and Halo-Halo, which Tony described as an “oddly beautiful” dessert with sweet red beans, white beans, red and green jello, young white coconut, flan, ice cream, and shaved ice.
David Choe's parents' house
🇺🇸
California, United States
David Choe bought his parents a house in Los Feliz. Tony and David visited the home and Jane Choe, David's mom, cooked for them. She made beef ribs stew, kimchi, chestnut rice, stuffed peppers, seaweed and jellied mung bean, japchae with shiitake, avocado eggrolls, fried squid, potato pancake.
Myung In Dumplings
🇺🇸
California, United States
Tony and David Choe had Wang mandu king dumplings (with pork and kimchi inside), mandu dumplings (smaller with thinner dumping skins), and sweet dumplings.
Monte Carlo Bar
🇺🇸
California, United States
Tony and David Choe went to this dive bar that Tony loved.
Beverly Soon Tofu Restaurant
🇺🇸
California, United States
Tony and Roy Choi visited this place that Roy said was one of his favorites. They serve a soup called Soon Dubu, described by Tony as "a fiery, tongue-searing, ass-burning tofu soup that will make you forget every bad thing you ever thought about tofu."
La Vanguardia Airport
🇨🇴
Meta, Colombia
"On first inspection, this is an airplane boneyard, where unwanted props from Romancing the Stone corrode artfully. But in reality, this sleepy hangar is an important gateway to the more impenetrable parts of the country," Tony says.
Miraflores
🇨🇴
Guaviare, Colombia
The plane landed here in Miraflores, a jungle outpost in the southern province of Guaviare in the Amazon Forest Preserve. Tony talked with a guide there about the cocaine trade of the past.
Paloquemao
🇨🇴
Bogota D.C., Colombia
A large market, where Tony met with a guide to have some fresh carrot and orange juice. They also ate corn arepas. In the back corner of the fish market, they had Caldo de Costilla, a traditional breakfast soup from the Andean region, which has beef short ribs in a broth with potatoes and scallions.
La Puerta Falsa
🇨🇴
Bogota D.C., Colombia
Tony met with Hector Abad, a writer. They ate tamales with chicken and pork belly.
Tábula
🇨🇴
Bogota D.C., Colombia
Tony met with chef and musician Tomas Rueda, and they had crab salad, handmade pasta, stuffed with labneh cheese with a chorizo sauce; braised osso buco (with beef shank) over vegetables, wine and broth in a wood-fired oven.
Social Club Los Amigos
🇨🇴
Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Tony met with a band called On the Tropica to play tejo, a game involving "alcohol and explosives." They also ate a Colombian picada, "a huge selection of fried pork, pork rib, steak, cassava, potatoes, and deep fried plantain."
Sevicheria Guapi
🇨🇴
Valle del Cauca, Colombia
The Cali version of ceviche: cooked shrimp, slathered in mayonnaise, ketchup, and Worcestershire sauce; rock mollusk with rice; steamed shrimp with green tomatoes; beer; sugar cane (viche), plantains.
Goat vendor
🇨🇴
La Guajira, Colombia
Tony met Chef Juan Pablo Mayorga in this town in La Guajira. They ate Frichi, a traditional dish from the Wayuu people, includes the offal of the goat. They then rode ATVs.
Mayapo beaches
🇨🇴
La Guajira, Colombia
Tony rested on the beach after crashing on his ATV, had beer, and ate at a restaurant called Mar Azul (which I could not find on the map). They had cazuela, which is a fish chowder made with lobster, fish, shrimp, clams, and conch.
Ice Fishing on the St. Lawrence
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Tony visited in the winter time and met up with chefs Fred Morin and David McMillan of Joe Beef. They went ice fishing on the St. Lawrence River, then ate a fancy meal in the small cottage on the ice.
Chef Martin Picard's home
🇨🇦
Quebec, Canada
Tony ate beaver at Chef Martin Picard's home.
Vinet Park
🇨🇦
Quebec, Canada
Tony watched a game of "shinny hockey," a pickup game of street hockey played on the ice. Meanwhile they ate Choucroute garnie a l'alsacienne (lots of meats and sausages piled on a plate).
Gare Centrale Train Station
🇨🇦
Quebec, Canada
Tony, along with chefs Fred Morin and David McMillian, traveled by train to Quebec City. The chefs brought along a gourmet meal including foie gras and truffles.
Le Continental
🇨🇦
Quebec, Canada
Old style restaurant. Lots of tableside service including caesar salad, beef tartare, and shrimp cocktail. David McMillian had the filet mignon, Fred had the Scampi Newberg, Tony had the Dover Sole
L'Affaire est Ketchup
🇨🇦
Quebec, Canada
The restaurant name means "Everything's Cool" in local slang. They had razor clams, a cream of haddock roe, Coqui St. Jacques, terrine of foie gras, head cheese with cassis mustard, truffled sweetbreads, goose hearts persillade, salt cod.
Bistro M Sur Masson (Closed)
🇨🇦
Quebec, Canada
Tony met with journalist Patrick Lagacé at this restaurant (closed in 2016). They discussed "pastagate" which is the scandal that happened when a restaurant got in trouble for using the word "pasta" which is Italian
Wilensky's Light Lunch Inc
🇨🇦
Quebec, Canada
Open since 1932, Tony had the "special,” a beef bologna and salami sandwich with mustard heated on a sandwich press, an egg cream.
Cabane à Sucre Au Pied De Cochon
🇨🇦
Quebec, Canada
Tony had a meal here that started with a tower of maple desserts. It had a lot of courses which would be too many to list!
Liverpool House
🇨🇦
Quebec, Canada
Sister restaurant to Joe Beef. Tony met with the chefs and ate Pakistani food by Chef Omar. "Butter chicken crab; little eggplants braised with anar seeds, pomegranate; mushrooms; rabbit korma; fingerlings with fenugreek and fennel; donkey nahari; goat biryani; and more.
Canadiens de Montréal
🇨🇦
Quebec, Canada
Tony went with the chefs to watch the Montreal Canadiens play the Carolina Hurricanes at the stadium
Café Tinjis
🇲🇦
Tangier-Tetouan, Morocco
Tony had espresso with Jonathan Dawson, British journalist
Saveur de Poisson
🇲🇦
Tangier-Tetouan, Morocco
Restaurant serving tagine. Tony had fresh olives; roasted walnuts; warm bread; tagine with baby shark, calamari, and monkfish with fresh mountain spinach; shark kebabs; strawberries, pine nuts, and honey
Café Baba
🇲🇦
Tangier-Tetouan, Morocco
A cafe serving hashish. "There is one particular cafe in the heart of the kasbah that's drawn in foreign dignitaries, rock stars, aristocrats, and artists since it opened its doors in 1943," Tony explained. Afterward they went directly across the street to a vendor selling spanish omelets filled with potatoes, eggs, ketchup, and mayonnaise.
Grand Socco
🇲🇦
Tangier-Tetouan, Morocco
Tony met with photographer Cherie Nutting and went to this outdoor food market. Tony bought fresh goat cheese wrapped in palm leaves and some flatbread for breakfast.
Boutique Majid
🇲🇦
Tangier-Tetouan, Morocco
Antique shop Tony visited and bought a mortar & pestle style tool from the Gond tribe in Mali for $300.
Restaurant Andalus
🇲🇦
Tangier-Tetouan, Morocco
Tony ate lunch at this locals only place, with Majid, the owner of Boutique Majid. Tomatoes brushed with local olive oil, garlic, and coriander; beef liver kebabs grilled over charcoal; swordfish; orange roughy.
Tangier
🇲🇦
Tangier-Tetouan, Morocco
Tony visited Christopher Gibbs' house (antiques dealer and expat) for a garden dinner party with other expats.
Bocadillo Abdelmalik
🇲🇦
Tangier-Tetouan, Morocco
Tony had a tuna bocadillo here: Spanish style sandwiches with tuna, veggies, and hard-cooked eggs, a healthy wad of mayo, and a crispy layer of french fries in the sandwich.
Martyrs' Square
🇱🇾
Tajura' wa an Nawahi al Arba, Libya
Tony watched as kids skating, fireworks being set off, motorcycles drove around as people celebrated the Prophet Mohammed's birthday and freedom after 50 years of oppression.
مطعم بركودا 1
🇱🇾
Tajura' wa an Nawahi al Arba, Libya
Barakoda Restaurant, a seafood restaurant just outside of town on the Mediterranean. The menu is not printed, you select fish from the daily catch on ice and they cook it for you the way you specify. Tony ate fish, shrimp, and stuffed calamari
Tripoli
🇱🇾
Tajura' wa an Nawahi al Arba, Libya
Tony went to a men-only coffeehouse called Yahzakem Coffee where people smoked hookah and drank local coffee.
Tripoli Libia
🇱🇾
Tajura' wa an Nawahi al Arba, Libya
Somewhere in Tripoli, Tony ate at a place called Uncle Kentucky (or Kentaki) Fried Chicken. Could not find it on any maps.
Bab al-Azizia
🇱🇾
Tajura' wa an Nawahi al Arba, Libya
Former site of Gadhafi's palace, destroyed by rebels in 2011. They were told to leave while they were filming this scene.
Fashloum
🇱🇾
Tajura' wa an Nawahi al Arba, Libya
Somewhere in this neighborhood, Tony had a breakfast of sfinz, a donut with an egg on top.
Radisson Blu Al Mahary Hotel
🇱🇾
Tajura' wa an Nawahi al Arba, Libya
The hotel where Tony and the crew stayed while in Tripoli.
Misrata
🇱🇾
Misratah, Libya
Tony and crew headed to this town to film, but it was on full lockdown as they approached. They walked around the ruins of the town which showed the damage done when the rebellion took down Ghadafi. Afterward, they killed a lamb and barbecued it on the coast of the Mediterranean
Leptis Magna
🇱🇾
Al Khums, Libya
They stopped to get a liver sandwich at a stand on the way to this spot. Leptis Magna, "arguably the most intact remains of a Roman city in the world."
Pucusana
🇵🇪
Lima region, Peru
Coque Ossio, one of the most successful chefs in Peru, spends weekends in Pucusana, a small fishing village. His mom, Marisa Guiulfo, is like Peru's Julia Child. They made food and pisco sours for Tony and Eric Ripert. Marisa opens the house every weekend for a large group to visit and eat.
Chez Wong
🇵🇪
Lima region, Peru
Tony and Eric visited this restaurant where the chef uses a wok to cook. They had octopus and flounder ceviche; tiradito of flounder with pecan, lime, ají limo chili peppers, and sesame oil.
ámaZ Restaurante
🇵🇪
Lima region, Peru
Tony and Eric visited this restaurant run by Chef Pedro Escofino, highlighting Peruvian ingredients. They started with a lime cocktail with culantro; breadfruit with tuna and cashew sauce; scallops with wild almond and freshwater shrimp dashi; Inchcape soup made of ham, peanuts, and corn; patarashca (catfish wrapped in leaves and cooked on hot coals); paiche (a type of fish from the Amazon River) atop a palm fruit purée with a fermented yucca sauce and a chili pepper sauce made with nuts and ants. Eric did not like the ants.
Larco Museum
🇵🇪
Lima region, Peru
Tony and Eric visited this museum of pre-Columbian Peruvian artifacts. While there, they went to the erotic gallery and looked at erotic pottery.
Anticuchos Doña Pochita
🇵🇪
Lima region, Peru
Tony and Eric stopped at this food stand specializing in beef heart, marinated with garlic, cumin, onion, and vinegar and grilled.
Chiclayo
🇵🇪
Lambayeque, Peru
The staging area for Tony and Eric's visit to the mountains to find cacao for their company making chocolate bars.
Mercado Modelo De Chiclayo
🇵🇪
Lambayeque, Peru
Eric took Tony shopping in this market to find supplies for a shaman they will visit later in the episode.
Marañón Province
🇵🇪
Huánuco, Peru
Tony and Eric stopped at a roadside stand in the Marañón canyon to have sopa de gallina, a Peruvian hen soup. After they went to the cacao plantation, they had dinner at Don Fortunato's home: juane (rice dumplings with boiled egg, chicken, and achiote) and roasted cuy (guinea pig) in a cacao sauce
Mercado Municipal Huacrachuco
🇵🇪
Huánuco, Peru
Unsure if this is the correct location. There was a scene on the show where Tony and Eric visited Mercado Central on Calle San Martin in the Marañón Canyon where they bought food to cook to feed their host, Don Elioberto, and his family. They made chicken and shrimp with peppers and onions, along with mashed potatoes and traditional Aztec hot chocolate. I could not find a Mercado Central on a street with this name on the map.
Fatimata Restaurant
🇨🇩
Maniema, Democratic Republic of the Congo
This restaurant is supposed to be in Goma, Rwanda, called Village Fatimata. It specializes in Congolese cuisine like grilled piri piri chicken and gugali. This is the only restaurant with the same name, cannot find it in Goma.
Meal with locals
🇨🇩
Eastern Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tony visited the Wagenia tribe which live in this region. He had steamed tigerfish limboke: steamed in a banana leaf.
Kisangani
🇨🇩
Eastern Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tony ate at a BBQ kiosk in the city where he had goat stew.
Meal with locals
🇲🇦
Tangier-Tetouan, Morocco
Tony visited this small village town at the base of the Rif mountains and had dinner family style with Bachir Attar, leader of The Master Musicians of Jajouka and his family. Braywine (handformed dough filled with seasoned beef, baked until golden, then crisped in oil); chicken tagine; a wild mountain spinach dish with garlic, cilantro, hot and black peppers, lemon, and olive oil; dessert of fruit and mint tea.
Kisangani Railway Station
🇨🇩
Eastern Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tony visited this rail station that the Belgians built during their occupation of the Congo. About 200 volunteers still work at the station to keep it running. Tony took a ride on the train
Congo River
🇨🇩
Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tony had a dream to travel on the Congo River. He cooked some coq au vin on the boat. Later he and crew were stuck here due to technical issues with transportation
Yangambi
🇨🇩
Eastern Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
National Institute for Agronomic Study of the Belgian Congo is located here and Tony met with a man who works to save the library of thousands of books here.
Western Wailling Wall
🇮🇱
Jerusalem, Israel
Tony is not a religious person, half Jewish and half Catholic, he felt uncomfortable here at the Wall.
Damascus Gate
🇮🇱
Jerusalem, Israel
Writer Yotam Ottolenghi took Tony to East Jerusalem, where Palestinians live. They had falafel from a street vendor
West Bank
🇵🇸
West Bank, Palestine
Tony visited the Palestinian side, referred to as the West Bank or the Samaria, Palestine, or Judea.
Eli
🇵🇸
West Bank, Palestine
Tony and guide stopped to view this settlement and talked about the conflicts between Palestinians and Jews
Meal with locals
🇵🇸
West Bank, Palestine
Tony had dinner of salmon marinated in pomegranate juice at a home in this town with Amichai Luria and Amiad Cohen
Ramallah
🇵🇸
West Bank, Palestine
On the edge of this town, Tony visited an all-women racing team
Alrowwad Cultural and Arts Societyجمعية الرواد للثقافة والفنون
🇵🇸
West Bank, Palestine
Palestinian children from the Aida Refugee Camp participate in a theater production here
Bethlehem
🇵🇸
West Bank, Palestine
Tony visited Aida Refugee camp and had a meal at the martyr center.
Majda
🇮🇱
Jerusalem, Israel
"It feels like an alternate universe..." Tony says of this restaurant run by a couple, where the husband is Muslim and the wife is Jewish. He ate fried eggs with peppers from the garden; roasted tomatoes, okra, onions, and mint; grilled zucchini covered in fried yogurt sauce; fresh zucchini with mint and tiny sweet apricots
Gaza
🇵🇸
Gaza, Palestine
Tony had a meal with Laila El-Haddad and her family. They ate maqluba (a traditional Palestinian dish made of layers of fried eggplant, tomato, potatoes, caramelized onions, and chicken, sautéed then simmered in a broth with nutmeg, cinnamon, cardamom, and rice). They traveled just outside Gaza City to a gathering place for elders where they had fatit ’ajir (roasted baby watermelon, eggplant, tomatoes, squash, chiles, and olive oil) served with unleavened bread.
מידס
🇮🇱
Southern, Israel
Tony spoke with the owner of this restaurant whose daughter was killed. They discussed both sides of the conflict.
Bar Aliatar Los Caracoles
🇪🇸
Granada, Spain
Tony and his Director of Photography Zach Zamboni (who lives part time in Andalucia with his wife), ate a lunch of snails in almond sauce at this eatery with seating outdoors.
Hacienda La Marquesa
🇪🇸
Jaen, Spain
Tony visited La Marquesas Ranch, the private bullring of star matador David Fandila. Tony tried it himself with a calf. They then ate bull stew with local herbs, onions, and potatoes; ham; homemade chorizo; Spanish cheese; bread with olive oil
El Tabernaculo
🇪🇸
Granada, Spain
Tony visited during the Holy Week and stopped here to have some sausage and drinks
Museo de La Zambra - Cueva de Curro
🇪🇸
Granada, Spain
In Sacromonte, a neighborhood made of cave structures. Tony watched a an jeurga "informal, intimate, and spontaneous performance"
Taberna La Tana
🇪🇸
Granada, Spain
A little place for tapas. Tony went with Zach and Fuen. They had salmon with tomato, caviar
Restaurante Oliver
🇪🇸
Granada, Spain
Bar #2 for Tony, Zach, and Fuen. They had mussels steamed in butter and olive oil.
Bar Gallardo
🇪🇸
Granada, Spain
Bar #3 for the group. They ate cheese, fried smelts, picarones (fried pastry), chulatitas (baby lamb chops).
Beach barbecue
🇪🇸
Almeria, Spain
Tony went to a moraga (a beach barbecue) with chefs Juan Andres Moria and Rafael Luca, and friends. They had dried tuna on toast with spicy olive oil, fish, cheese, pate, grilled octopus, sea bream, pork tenderloin, and morcilla (blood sausage).
Casa Pasteles Albayzin
🇪🇸
Granada, Spain
Cafe con leche and a small breakfast like toast with tomato.
Meal with locals
🇪🇸
Granada, Spain
Zach's wife's family invited Tony for dinner. Iberico ham, remojon granadino (eaten during holy week, it has salt cod, egg, black olives, oranges, and tomatoes dressed in olive oil), migas (sardines, chorizo, melons, and peppers)
El Taco Loco
🇺🇸
New Mexico, United States
Taco truck where Tony ate carne asada, al pastor, and lengua tacos
Ghost Ranch
🇺🇸
New Mexico, United States
Tony went horseback riding in this area near where Georgia O'Keeffe spent her last years. Bourdain helped with a red canyon cook-out.
Santa Fe Plaza Inc
🇺🇸
New Mexico, United States
A mish mash of trinkets and souvenirs for sale, including Native American jewelry.
Five & Dime General Store
🇺🇸
New Mexico, United States
Tony bought a Frito Pie and a soda
Horseman's Haven Cafe
🇺🇸
New Mexico, United States
This place has a strain of chile grown specifically for the restaurant. Tony ate enchiladas with carne adobada (pork marinated in red chile sauce), beans and rice, pozole (hominy), sopapilla (fried bread) and green chile salsa (level 3 of spiciness, which Tony said was painful).
Kirtland Air Force Base
🇺🇸
New Mexico, United States
Two members of the New Mexico UFO & paranormal forum, Norio and James, met Tony outside here to talk about America's first rocketships.
Dead Horse Ranch
🇺🇸
New Mexico, United States
Margaritas and beer, and a whole roast pig is cooked underground in a barbecue known as a matanza.
Noma
🇩🇰
Hovedstaden, Denmark
Tony visited Chef Rene Redzepi at this restaurant, which is known to many as "the best restaurant in the world." Tony came to Denmark solely to visit this restaurant.
Tivoli Gardens
🇩🇰
Hovedstaden, Denmark
The second oldest amusement park in the world. Tony and Rene visited and rode on the ferris wheel.
Funchs Vinstue
🇩🇰
Hovedstaden, Denmark
Tony tried a local drink called Gammel Dansk (Danish bitters)
John's Hotdog Deli
🇩🇰
Hovedstaden, Denmark
Tony had the deluxe: sausage made with bacon and garlic, homemade mustard, onions pickled in beer.
Monaci delle Terre Nere
🇮🇹
Catania, Italy
Agri tourismo - a working farm, hotel, restaurant. Produces olive oil. On his last day in Sicily, he had a meal here made from ingredients on the farm: penne with sundried tomatoes and zucchini; a rabbit dish; agridolce greens
Spiaggia libera di Isola Bella
🇮🇹
Messina, Italy
The beach where they launched the boat to go "fishing" and then dropped dead fish, octopus, and shellfish into the water around Tony. He described his feelings on this experience saying he slid "quickly into a spiral of near hysterical depression." After this scene he gets really drunk.
Osteria Nero d'Avola
🇮🇹
Messina, Italy
Tony had dinner here after the disastrous "fishing" expedition. It's his birthday and he doesn't remember any of the meal because he drank so much. Tomaso and his wife (locals) had the meal together. They ate white olives, bread, olive oil, abalone served raw in the shell, baby sardines called neonata with citrus and salt, octopus, tuna tartare, cuttlefish crudo, pasta alfino querta (a true Sicilian classic made with fennel, pine nuts, saffron, and anchovy. Served with anchovy curing in chestnuts and salt for days, then lightly fried in oil.
Trattoria Piccolo Napoli
🇮🇹
Palermo, Italy
Tony met with food writer Mary Taylor Simeti, food writer, for lunch. They had panelli (fritter made from chickpeas), caponata (sweet and sour eggplant), spaghetti al nero di seppia (spaghetti in cuttlefish ink), casarecce al pescespada (pasta with swordfish, eggplant, and tomatoes)
D'Antone
🇮🇹
Catania, Italy
Tony tried horse meat here. They grilled it outside on the street. Tony enjoyed it.
Parco dei Nebrodi
🇮🇹
Messina, Italy
Tony went to a free range pig farm located in this national park. They cooked one of them, using the lungs and liver in a stew with garlic, chili pepper, red wine. They also make blood sausage and serve it with homemade cured meats, local cheese, and homemade wine.
Catania Market
🇮🇹
Catania, Italy
Very old market selling meats, produce, cheese, and other local goods. The market is best known for its seafood.
Meal with locals
🇮🇹
Catania, Italy
Tony had dinner at Tomaso's mother's home. They had caponata; bread and tomato salad; shrimp sautéed in garlic, butter, and herbs; sardines fillet sautéed in garlic, oil, and red pepper
Soweto
🇿🇦
Gauteng, South Africa
Tony watched a soccer game at Mawilies Inn (could not find on the map) in Soweto, a suburb of Johannesburg. The town name derives from an abbreviation of Southwestern Township. They ate lamb's head; mieliepap (sticky porridge made from maize); stewed beef, dumplings, stewed greens, carrots, beans, gravy.
The Yeoville Dinner Club
🇿🇦
Gauteng, South Africa
Chef Sanza cooked for Tony: A Nigerian dish of egusi and beef (cooked with melon and pumpkin seeds) futu (crumbly cornmeal porridge); basmati rice with rose water; achar (pickled eggplant and mango); Congolese cassava; and falafel. Menu changes daily.
Hillbrow
🇿🇦
Gauteng, South Africa
"A notoriously dangerous district" where Tony met with DJ Les.
Sympathy's Restaurant
🇿🇦
Gauteng, South Africa
Tony and DJ Les had fried chicken, greens, mieliepap, beets, and coleslaw.
Pretoria
🇿🇦
Gauteng, South Africa
Administrative center of South Africa and once "the heart of apartheid"
Maders Slaghuis
🇿🇦
Gauteng, South Africa
A butcher that sells biltong, a salted dried meat. Afrikaner paraphernalia hangs in the shop, which bothered Tony. For restaurant, you can go to the meat counter and order cuts of meat with "monkey gland sauce" on the side (barbecue sauce).
Meal with locals
🇿🇦
Gauteng, South Africa
Tony ate iftar (meal at sundown when fasting for Ramadan has broken) with the Rasdien family. Malaysian family, they prepare panang curry with beef, a chicken pie, traditional ramadan shake.
Neighbourgoods Market
🇿🇦
Gauteng, South Africa
Tony ate a Balkan burger here. It is a flattened ground beef patty with tons of cheese and your choice of toppings. There is a rooftop with a view where you can sit and eat.
Robot Restaurant
🇯🇵
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Tony said this was the greatest show he's ever seen, better than Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and David Bowie live. He saw the show called Robot Wars.
Bar Albatros
🇯🇵
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
"Definition of a hole in the wall," says Tony.
Toshima City
🇯🇵
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
There used to be a boxing gym in Toshima called Yurakura Gym, but I could not find it on the map.
Yasuda
🇯🇵
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Tony loves Yasuda in NYC, and wanted to find out why the chef, whom the restaurant is named for, would suddenly move back to Tokyo. Yasuda said that Japan is the origin of sushi, so he wanted to return to where it was created. Yasuda is also a karate master.
Daitoryo
🇯🇵
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Tony meets with Tamika (a professional dominatrix; Kinoko Hajime, a shibari (Japanese form of rope bondage) artist and Tamika’s partner; and Naga, a translator also joined) at this Izakaya restaurant. They have Kusaia, which is grilled fermented fish, yakitori, and motsunabe (intestine stew with miso).
Mienoumi
🇯🇵
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Tony had a meal with Toshio Maeda, the manga illustrator credited with inventing tentacle porn. They ate katsuo no tataki (seared bonito with daikon, fresh greens, sprouts, and ponzu) and tomato nabe (a hot pot of meat and vegetables favored by sumo wrestlers).
Mahakala
🇯🇵
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Tony had a meal with Chef Yasuda, they had kushiage (fried skewers of shrimp and basil, lotus fruit, octopus, and quail eggs) and okonomiyaki (egg-batter pancake stuffed with squid). Yasuda lives near here and loves this place.
Packard Automotive Plant
🇺🇸
Michigan, United States
Tony visited Al Hill, who lives on the site of the 3.5 million sq ft auto plant that is no longer in use.
Duly's Place Coney Island
🇺🇸
Michigan, United States
This place has been around for over 90 years. Open 24 hours. The Coney dog has chili, cheese, onions, and mustard atop a hot dog.
Cutters Bar & Grill
🇺🇸
Michigan, United States
Tony met with Adolph Mongo, a political strategist, and had a vodka.
The Heidelberg Project
🇺🇸
Michigan, United States
Tyree Guyton created this "delightfully loony outdoor community art project that began in 1986 and now attracts 35,000 visitors per year from around the world."
MT. Elliott Charlevoix Market
🇺🇸
Michigan, United States
Tony visited this liquor store to pick up some alcohol.
Greedy Greg's Soul Food
🇺🇸
Michigan, United States
A backyard BBQ serving soul food. Tony had smoked pork loaded collards and mac & cheese.
Engine 23 Squad 3
🇺🇸
Michigan, United States
Tony visited this fire department to eat with the firefighters. They made crabcakes, broccoli salad, and steak.
1301 Broadway St
🇺🇸
Michigan, United States
Former site of Guns & Butter, where Tony ate with Charlie Leduff, a journalist, at a pop-up restaurant with Chef Craig Lieckfelt.
Pupuseria Y Restaurante Salvadoreno
🇺🇸
Michigan, United States
Home cooked Salvadoran meals. Tony ate here with Chef George Azar and friend Joe. They had tamales, pupusas, and shrimp with garlic butter.
Pritam Dhaba
🇮🇳
Punjab, India
"Get used to eating a lot of vegetarian. India is one of the few places on Earth where, even for me, that's not a burden," Tony says. He had chickpeas, saag, and lots of naan.
Golden Temple
🇮🇳
Punjab, India
Tony called this the "Sikh equivalent of the Vatican." He attended a festival called a gurpurab where feet are cleansed and people of all religions all take part in a simple meal
All India Famous Amritsari Kulcha
🇮🇳
Punjab, India
Iconic dish of Punjab. "A perfect little flavor bomb of wheat dough pressed against the side of a very, very hot clay oven, slathered with butter and served with a chickpea curry on the side."
Beera Chicken House
🇮🇳
Punjab, India
Tony had tandoori chicken and fresh baked naan
Tea Stall And Snacks Stall
🇮🇳
Himachal Pradesh, India
Tony had some snacks at this train station on his way to the Himalayas.
Shimla
🇮🇳
Himachal Pradesh, India
"Here the colonials created England in miniature," Tony says of this hill town.
Chapslee
🇮🇳
Himachal Pradesh, India
Tony stayed at this place where a maharaja once lived. He ate some of the food such as mulligatawny soup.
Bootlegger Italian Bistro
🇺🇸
Nevada, United States
A locals' joint with live entertainment.
Raku
🇺🇸
Nevada, United States
Japanese Izakaya that is fancy and pricy, but casual. Tony met with Penn Jillette and ate sea urchin, tuna, Japanese river crab, hasaki sashimi, hasaki belly, juicy deep-fried chicken, hamachi belly, and fish collar
Marquee Nightclub & Dayclub
🇺🇸
Nevada, United States
Tony met with EDM DJ Jason Lima to talk about Vegas nightlife, which he admitted he is too old to understand.
Oscar's Steakhouse
🇺🇸
Nevada, United States
Tony met with former mayor and mob lawyer, Oscar Goodman.
eat.
🇺🇸
Nevada, United States
Tony had a meal with artist Anthony Bondi at this breakfast and lunch spot.
Lotus of Siam
🇺🇸
Nevada, United States
Tony ate here with Chef Jet Tila, who said this place has the "best Thai food in Vegas by far." You MUST have northern Thai food here. Tony says DO NOT order the pad thai. They had nam prik (a composed room temperature salad); nam kao tod (a puffed crispy rice salad with preserved pork sausage); hung lay (pork curry braised with garlic and ginger); and Northern larb.
é by José Andrés
🇺🇸
Nevada, United States
Tony ate Iberico ham and bean soup with roasted garlic; nitro almond cup, a frozen shell made from a puree of Marcona almonds, filled with almond milk espuma and finished with Andalusian caviar; mussels, olives with an escabeche “air;” truffle egg, a gelee of truffles formed into an egg shape with an actual yolk suspended in the center; crispy chicken skin escabeche; salt-roasted foie gras and clementine sauce; secreto de cerdo en papillote.
Huntridge Tavern
🇺🇸
Nevada, United States
Dive bar where Tony drank some Jameson Black
Reynon
🇫🇷
Rhône, France
Tony ate sabodet (sausage made from pig’s head, tongue, and beef) with Chef Georges Reynon and Chef Daniel Boulud.
L'Institut Restaurant
🇫🇷
Rhône, France
One of the nation's greatest culinary schools, started by Paul Bocuse. Tony and Daniel Boulud tried the poulet en vessie (chicken cooked inside a pig’s bladder).
Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu
🇫🇷
Rhône, France
Tony visited Chef Boulud's childhood school in this town, where Chef Boulud explained the fresh, healthy meals students are given here. They had pumpkin soup, fish with couscous, cheese with chocolate and orange segments.
Café Comptoir Abel
🇫🇷
Rhône, France
Tony ate here with Chef Boulud and Bill Buford, a former fiction editor at The New Yorker. They had quenelle de brochet en gratin maison (gratin dumplings)
Bouchon Comptoir Brunet
🇫🇷
Rhône, France
Bill Buford called this "a very male tradition," called the Franc Machon. They ate Blanquette de Veau (slowly stewed neck and shoulder of veal with mushrooms served over rice); bread, Beaujolais wine.
Troisgros
🇫🇷
Loire, France
Chefs Michel and Cesar Troisgros carry on the family tradition of nouvelle cuisine. Tony had salmon in sorrel sauce, a dish that he says changed the world.
Paul Bocuse Restaurant
🇫🇷
Rhône, France
Tony said it had always been his dream to eat here. Paul Bocuse is considered the father of modern French cuisine. They ate soupe aux truffes noires V.G.E. (black-truffle soup named after former French President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing); loup en croûte feuilletée (sea bass in pastry crust); choron (béarnaise or hollandaise sauce made with tomato purée); pot-au-feu (French beef stew); lièvre à la royale (roasted hare).
Escuela de Box Rudy Perez
🇲🇽
Ciudad de México, Mexico
Tony visited this boxing gym to speak with boxer Jorge Lacierva
MIGAS La Guera
🇲🇽
Ciudad de México, Mexico
Located in a large public market in the neighborhood of Tepito, which is known to be a rough area to live in. Tony and hosts had migas: Cracked ham bones stewed with garlic, onion, cascabel chiles, and epazote; thickened with stale bread and served with tortillas.
Máximo Bistrot
🇲🇽
Ciudad de México, Mexico
Tony ate in Chef Eduardo Garcia's kitchen at this restaurant, one of the hottest places in Mexico. He ate abalone with chiles, lemon, and brown butter; confit of suckling pig, "topped with grandma’s salsa and served on a tortilla."
Monte Albán
🇲🇽
Oaxaca, Mexico
The Zapotec ruins are here. Tony and his guide drank mescal here.
Central de Abastos Oaxaca
🇲🇽
Oaxaca, Mexico
Chef Alejandro Ruiz Olmedo and Tony visited this Central Market where they ate barbacoa tacos, consommé, and tlayudas (perhaps best described as a Oaxacan pizza).
Restaurante Tlamanalli
🇲🇽
Oaxaca, Mexico
Tony visited a small town called Teotitlán del Valle and met Abigail Mendoza, a descendant from pre-Spanish Mexicans. She cooked a Chicken mole for him, using 35 kinds of chiles. The dish takes 2 weeks to prepare. She also made cow and pork brains cooked with chiles, tomatoes, and yerba santa.
Espacio Zapata
🇲🇽
Oaxaca, Mexico
Tony spoke with street artist Yescka about revolutionary art.
Cantina El Danubio
🇲🇽
Morelos, Mexico
Tony had drinks with poet and activist Javier Sicilia.
Metropol Hotel
🇷🇺
Moscow City, Russia
Tony met up with Zamir and ate Astrakhan caviar, salted cucumber with honey, Baltic sprat with beetroot, muksun (white fish with maldon salt), and vodka (of course)
Yornik (Closed)
🇷🇺
Moscow City, Russia
Tony and Zamir had a meal with Boris Nemtsov, one of the main critics of Putin, who served as an advisor under Yeltsin (he has since been assassinated in 2015, and this restaurant is now closed).
Meal with locals
🇷🇺
Moscow City, Russia
Tony met with Alexander Lebedev, businessman and owner of opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta, at his home. They had fresh potato chips and Scottish salmon with cherry-tree sawdust.
16 Tonn
🇷🇺
Moscow City, Russia
Tony had drinks with Travis Link, manager of punk rock band Louna, and Rouben Kazariyan
Kazansky railway station
🇷🇺
Moscow City, Russia
Tony and Zamir took the luxury Grand Express train from Moscow to St. Petersburg. Aboard the train, they had blini with caviar and cold pickled herring, and vodka.
The Loft Club (Closed)
🇷🇺
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Tony met with Xena Robrek, an openly gay artist and filmmaker, and Darya Tarasova, a local fixer and translator at this club to have drinks.
Cococo (Closed)
🇷🇺
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Former site of restaurant called Cococo. Tony and Zamir had a meal with Sergey Shnurov and Matilda Shnurova, co-owners of Cococo.
Petropavlovskaya Krepost'
🇷🇺
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Former site of a fortress built to protect the city from marauding Swedes, it was taken over by Bolshevik rebels.
Big Apple Inn
🇺🇸
Mississippi, United States
Tony ate smokes (smoked-sausage sandwich) and ears (pig’s ear sandwiches), both served with housemade hot sauce and coleslaw; hot tamales.
Soul Wired Cafe
🇺🇸
Mississippi, United States
Tony met with Pyinfamous, a local hip hop artist, to have drinks.
Quapaw Canoe Company
🇺🇸
Mississippi, United States
Tony went on a canoe tour on the Mississippi River.
Buck Island
🇺🇸
Mississippi, United States
Tony and the canoe guide stopped here to cook food on a fire.
Doe's Eat Place
🇺🇸
Mississippi, United States
Opened in 1941. Tony had a Delta dinner of Doe’s famous salad, hot tamales, fries, shrimp, and porterhouse steaks.
The Senator's Place
🇺🇸
Mississippi, United States
Tony ate classic Southern soul-food buffet of collard greens, fried okra, mac ’n’ cheese, lima beans, red beans, neck bones, rice and gravy, a piece of fried chicken.
Lusco's
🇺🇸
Mississippi, United States
Tony had the special salad with Italian vinaigrette, steak, shrimp, onion rings, and pompano (a huge Delta fish).
Rowan Oak
🇺🇸
Mississippi, United States
The home of writer William Faulkner. Tony visited this house with Jack Pendarvis (animated series creator of Adventure Time).
City Grocery
🇺🇸
Mississippi, United States
Tony went to this writer/journalist bar where they had snacks and drinks
Lamar Lounge (Closed)
🇺🇸
Mississippi, United States
Former location of Lamar Lounge, a whole hog barbecue place.
Chiang Mai
🇹🇭
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Tony met Andy Ricker (Pok Pok restaurants) in a small village in this region.
Him Tang Pig's Blood Soup
🇹🇭
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Tony and Andy Ricker visited this small but popular restaurant. They had grilled pig tail, Northern Thai herbal pork sausage, pig's brain, and pig's blood soup.
Laap Kao Cham Chaa
🇹🇭
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Tony and Andy ate fried frog with crunchy fried garlic.
Zoom Bar
🇹🇭
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Tony and Andy had grilled pork intestine and drinks.
Chang Phuak Gate Night Market - Food Stalls
🇹🇭
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Known as the Khao Ka Moo Cowboy Hat Lady, where they ate Khao kha moo (stewed pork leg).
Gia Tod Teing Keun
🇹🇭
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Tony and Andy had deep fried chicken and fish, Thai chili dip nam prik noom, Thai pork sausage
Chiangmai Cabaret show
🇹🇭
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Ladyboy cabaret show
Krapao
🇹🇭
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Andy and Tony ate Pad kee mao (drunken noodles) here, a spicy dish that has no noodles for some reason. They also ate kra pao gai (Thai basil chicken), pad cha talay (seafood stirfry).
Khao Soi Lam Duan
🇹🇭
Chiang Mai, Thailand
For breakfast, Tony had Khao soi (curry coconut milk noodle soup), som tam (green papaya salad), Thai iced tea.
Pa Daeng Jin Tup
🇹🇭
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Andy and Tony had their last meal at this place which serves hammered meat. The owner also presented a special dish to them, "a bitter soup with buffalo tendon spiked with bile," which Tony described as addicting.
Sak Yant Tattoo
🇹🇭
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Tony and Andy both got sak yant tattoos (traditional Thai tattoos)
Bistrô Brazfood Drink Bar (Closed)
🇧🇷
Bahia, Brazil
Tony had capirinhas, chorizo, and other snacks at this outdoor restaurant.
Streetside bar in Pelourinho (Closed)
🇧🇷
Bahia, Brazil
Tony met with Claudio Madureiro and Marília Hughes Guerreiro Costa, at a streetside cafe/bar on a big music and party night in the storied neighborhood of Pelo.
Mercado da Sete Portas
🇧🇷
Bahia, Brazil
Tony met with famous Brazilian artist, Belo Borba in this public market. They ate a fish that can kill you if not prepared properly, served in a spicy stew.
Acarajé da Dinha
🇧🇷
Bahia, Brazil
A food stand that always has a line. Tony had acarajé, "a falafel-like wad of crushed black-eyed peas, seasoned with brown brine shrimp and onions, deep-fried until crispy and golden, with chili spice in dendê oil"
Praia do Rio Vermelho
🇧🇷
, Brazil
Tony relaxed by the beach and had caipirinhas and fried cheese on a stick.
Fuchun Xiaolong
🇨🇳
Shanghai, China
Tony had xiao long bao (soup dumplings), fried pork chop with brown sauce with Professor Zhou Lin, Dean at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Chun Restaurant
🇨🇳
Shanghai, China
"Classic, homestyle Shanghai meals," Tony described of this restaurant that is a favorite of Yao Minji, chief feature reporter for SHINE. No menu, no waiting list. Tony had you bao xia (wok-fried shrimp); hong shao rou (braised pork belly); yan du xian (clay pot soup with bean curd stock, pork belly, tofu, and bamboo)
The House of Roosevelt
🇨🇳
Shanghai, China
Tony had a meal with Roosevelt China Investments President Tim Tse. They had French oysters with champagne, New Zealand shrimp, Australian Wagyu beef
Erguang Wonton (Zhaozhou Road)
🇨🇳
Shanghai, China
Tony's dinner guest, English teacher Bill Wang, says this is the best place to get wontons. Minced pork, bok choy, rice wine in a wonton dough, served with a mixture of soy sauce, vinegar, chili sauce, sesame oil, and peanut butter. "YOU NEED THIS," Tony exclaims.
Di Shui Dong
🇨🇳
Shanghai, China
"Hacker turned entrepreneur Thomas Yao" met with Tony at this place, where they ate ziran paigu (cumin-rubbed ribs).
Constellation Bar
🇨🇳
Shanghai, China
Tony and Thomas Yao pregamed here before crashing a wedding. They had moscow mules
Moodies Records
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Tony met with the record store owner to talk about the birth of hip hop in the Bronx.
188 Bakery Cuchifritos
🇺🇸
New York, United States
"Old school, Puerto Rican goodness," Tony said of this place which serves cuchifritos (deep-fried pig parts), morcilla (blood sausage), plantains, rice and beans.
Pelham Bay Park
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Tony had a fish coconut stew in this park.
Sundial Herbal Product
🇺🇸
New York, United States
No data
Barry's restaurant
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Tony had pig-tail soup and rum drinks.
Lammy's Restaurant
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Tony had goat curry, stewed oxtail, rice, peas, collards, mac ’n’ cheese.
Sea Shore Restaurant
🇺🇸
New York, United States
"Cape Cod of the Bronx." Tony had steamed clams, boiled striper, snow crab, beer.
Liebman’s Deli
🇺🇸
New York, United States
One of the only Jewish delis in the Bronx. Tony had hot pastrami, chopped liver on toast, potato pancakes with applesauce, pickles, Dr. Brown’s Cel-Ray (celery-flavored soda).
White Castle
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Tony had the famous sliders here
Bronx Academy of Letters
🇺🇸
New York, United States
Tony visited this school. They talked about chopped cheese.
Lido Bar
🇵🇾
Asunción, Paraguay
"Ladies in orange vests cook and serve old school Paraguayan working class food to people from every walk of life," Tony explains. They ate empanadas de carna (beef, onion, and hard-cooked egg).
Mercado Cuatro
🇵🇾
Asunción, Paraguay
A food market with food stands, known as the largest and most popular food market. Tony ate a catfish soup, gnocchi and stew, sopa de Paraguayan.
Paraguay River
🇧🇷
Mato Grosso Do Sul, Brazil
Tony took a boat up the river to see New Bordeaux. While on the boat, they ate grilled dorado fish topped with a mango salsa and catfish
Iglesia Divino Niño Jesus en Asuncion Paraguay
🇵🇾
Asunción, Paraguay
Tony visited this old cemetery to see if he could find his great great great great grandfather's grave. He did not find it but historians said it might have been overbuilt. While in Paraguay he learned that his ancestor came into the country as a hat maker but also sold fireworks, which could have been made into weapons.
Dong Ba Market
🇻🇳
Thura Thien-Hue, Vietnam
Tony had bún bò Huế (bone broth with lemongrass), fermented shrimp paste with rice noodles, tender beef shank, crabmeat dumplings, pig’s foot; huyết (blood cake)
Nhà hàng Duyên Anh
🇻🇳
Thura Thien-Hue, Vietnam
Tony met with his old friend Dinh Hoang Linh and had grilled eel with lemongrass, green chili, and pepper. And lobster
Meal with locals
🇻🇳
Thura Thien-Hue, Vietnam
Tony ate at Boi Tran’s home and gallery with Boi Tran, painter; Nguyen Qui Duc; Hương Lan, writer and food blogger; art collector Jean-François Hubert, and Philippe Damas. They had bird’s nest soup, made of swallow’s nests and served with crabmeat, crab roe, red onion, pepper, and seasoned steamed lotus seeds; lobster with red onion, ginger, lemongrass, and chiles, cooked and presented in a bowl with lime leaves and the stock poured over it
Quán bánh O Lé
🇻🇳
Thura Thien-Hue, Vietnam
Tony had lunch here: bánh xèo (rice-flour pancakes), steamed and topped with fried shallots and cassava paste and crumbled fried shrimp; bánh bột lọc (cassava or tapioca with pork and shrimp wrapped in a banana leaf); fried sticky-rice dumplings filled with shrimp
Jaw's Corner
🇹🇿
Zanzibar West, Tanzania
Tony had coffee and a pastry at an outdoor cafe here
Jambiani
🇹🇿
Zanzibar South and Central, Tanzania
Tony visited this coastal town, which was an important site to raise the support of revolution for equal rights. A family cooked a meal for him. Coconut rice, freshly caught tasi fish, simmer with garlic and lime, topped with umngqusho (a fresh salad of chopped tomato, eggplant, cucumber, potato), and another fish which is a type of mackeral, marinated in lime and garlic and fried. Served with various breads, cassava, and rice.
Forodhani Gardens
🇹🇿
Zanzibar South and Central, Tanzania
Street foods galore! Tony had octopus and masala lobster with chili mango, grilled on a skewer. He also had Zanzibar pizza (beef, tomato, onion, cheese, egg, and mayo rolled up in a dough and fried)
Stone Town
🇹🇿
Zanzibar West, Tanzania
Somewhere on the outskirts of Stone Town, Tony visited a vendor that specializes in meats on skewers. He had beef on a stick, chicken (prepared with garlic, lime, coriander, ginger, salt, and pepper), tamarind-chili sauce, fries.
Arusha
🇹🇿
Arusha, Tanzania
Tony flew to this small town before heading into the Serengheti.
Ngorongoro Crater
🇹🇿
Arusha, Tanzania
"An entire ecosystem within an ecosystem" Tony said of this volcano crater. He had breakfast at his hotel overlooking the crater lake.
andBeyond Ngorongoro Crater Lodge
🇹🇿
Arusha, Tanzania
"Idyllic natural setting and good plumbing? Pretty much paradise," Tony describes.
Lake Magadi
🇹🇿
Arusha, Tanzania
They had lunch by the lake after driving around looking at zebras, hyena, lions, giraffe, and elephants. There was pesto pasta and brownies involved.
Ndutu Camp
🇹🇿
Arusha, Tanzania
Tony and wildlife biologist visited this area where tribal people called Maasai people live and share land with the lions
(Tabbakhi Neshat) طباخی نشاط
🇮🇷
Tehran, Iran
Tony had sheephead stew and bread at this cafe.
DiziBar Persian Cuisine
🇮🇷
Tehran, Iran
Tony had a dish called Dizi, named after the vessel it is cooked in
Tehran
🇮🇷
Tehran, Iran
The best food in Iran is made at people's houses. Tony's host cooked him a huge meal in her house. They had chicken cream soup, Fesenjan (a stew of fried chicken, onion, ground walnuts, pomegranate, dried apricot, tomato paste), Mahia Halva (tilapia), Ghemieh (beans and meat), Tahdig (crispy rice).
Bethlehem Church
🇮🇷
Esfahan, Iran
Tony visited this church in the Isfahan province
Haaj Mahmoud Shefa'at Beryani
🇮🇷
Esfahan, Iran
Tony had Iranian biryani here.
Abbasi Great Mosque
🇮🇷
Esfahan, Iran
The second largest public square in the world
Meal with locals
🇮🇷
Esfahan, Iran
Tony had more Persian food in someone's home. They ate Boz Ghormeh (slow cooked lamb in yogurt, saffron, and egg yolks), sour cherry rice, koofteh tabrizi (a very large meatball with ground beef, onion, cooked rice, walnuts, dried apricots, boiled eggs, and barberries).
Milad Tower
🇮🇷
Tehran, Iran
A symbol of national pride, the tallest building. Tony visited the observation deck. During the shoot, a huge sandstorm rolled through the area, causing parts of the building to fly off. This was all captured on film.
Spiritus Pizza
🇺🇸
Massachusetts, United States
John Yingling owns this place and helped to mentor Tony in his young days when he was not yet a chef. Tony used to sleep on top of the walk-in at Espiritus' old location.
The Lobster Pot
🇺🇸
Massachusetts, United States
Tony had Portuguese Kale Soup with linguisa, and crab-stuffed cod.
A-House
🇺🇸
Massachusetts, United States
America's oldest gay bar (built in 1798). Tony had drinks here.
MacMillan Pier
🇺🇸
Massachusetts, United States
Tony rode on the Sea Hunter, a sea scallop fishing vessel
Old Colony Tap
🇺🇸
Massachusetts, United States
Fishermen bar. They also ate Wellfleet oysters.
Greenfield
🇺🇸
Massachusetts, United States
Tony visited this small New England town to talk about heroin and opiate use.
Shelburne Falls Bowling Alley
🇺🇸
Massachusetts, United States
The second oldest bowling alley in the US, where pin bowling is the game.
Shady Glen
🇺🇸
Massachusetts, United States
Old school diner specializing in many pies. Tony had corned beef and cabbage and raspberry cream pie.
Recover Project
🇺🇸
Massachusetts, United States
Tony visited this drug recovery center where people shared their stories.
Turners Falls Schuetzen Verein
🇺🇸
Massachusetts, United States
Tony went to this local's only shooting club where they had a good old fashioned clam bake
Piggy's Jerk Centre (Closed)
🇯🇲
Portland, Jamaica
Tony ate at a jerk stand called Piggy's in this town. Unfortunately it burned down in 2019
Trident Hotel
🇯🇲
Portland, Jamaica
Tony was the only guest in this "expensive, luxurious" hotel. Tony had dinner with the owner of the hotel, one of the richest men in the world, local billionaire Michael Lee Chin.
Dr. Hoe Rum Bar
🇯🇲
Saint Mary, Jamaica
Tony had a traditional fisherman’s breakfast, and a Steel Bottom (one part rum, four parts beer).
GoldenEye
🇯🇲
, Jamaica
Ian Fleming's cottage (British author known for creating the James Bond character). It is now a resort.
Chris’s Cook Shop Main Street
🇯🇲
Saint Mary, Jamaica
Tony had oxtail, curried goat, callaloo, rice and pigeon peas.
Cynthia’s on Winifred
🇯🇲
Portland, Jamaica
At this public beach, this food stand sells ackee, banana, and salt cod.
Chef Choi Biryong’s U.S. Army barrack-converted studio
🇰🇷
Seoul, South Korea
Tony and Chef Biryong make budae jjigae on his TV show called Mukbang.
Junco Music Town
🇰🇷
Seoul, South Korea
Much to Tony's horror, his business friends decided to go to this karaoke bar
Gwangjang Market
🇰🇷
Seoul, South Korea
Tony has ddukboki (spicy rice cakes), japchae (sweet-potato noodles), and soondae (blood sausage)
Jeongdaepo
🇰🇷
Seoul, South Korea
Korean BBQ with a group of Korean businessmen
PeaK PC Bang Yeoksam
🇰🇷
Seoul, South Korea
Tony played a video game in this PC video game cafe
Garak Market
🇰🇷
Seoul, South Korea
No data
Islas Canarias Restaurant
🇺🇸
Florida, United States
Cuban coffee and food. Tony met with chef Michelle Bernstein and had a medianoche sandwich (roast pork, ham, Swiss cheese, pickles, and mustard)
Mac's Club Deuce
🇺🇸
Florida, United States
Tony met the owner, Mac Klein, who was 100 years old in 2014 (he died in 2016).
Captain Jim's Seafood Market & Restaurant
🇺🇸
Florida, United States
Tony met with documentary film producers Billy Corben and Alfred Spellman to have stone crab claws.
Yardbird Southern Table and Bar
🇺🇸
Florida, United States
Tony had a meal with Questlove here. They had deviled eggs; fried green tomatoes with pork belly; chocolate chip pancakes with bourbon maple syrup, banana compote, and peanut butter; fried chicken with chilled watermelon; cheddar-cheese waffles; and shrimp and grits
MLK(My Little Kitchen) Restaurant
🇺🇸
Florida, United States
Tony met with Miami bass pioneer, Uncle Luke. They had fish and grits.
B & M Market
🇺🇸
Florida, United States
A market in Little Haiti with a 4-seat cafe selling cow foot soup.
Pepito's Plaza
🇺🇸
Florida, United States
Tony and Chef Michelle Bernstein had a HUGE burger here called the Doralzuela (beef patty with ham, egg, six varieties of sauce, crispy potatoes, and cheese)
Miami River
🇺🇸
Florida, United States
Tony visited Captain Bob who lives on a boat on this river.
Oolite Restaurant (Closed)
🇺🇸
Florida, United States
Tony ate health food with his punk hero Iggy Pop
Mother India Restaurant
🇬🇧
City of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Tony met with former police chief John Carnochan and had lamb curry simmered in spicy tomato gravy and naan
Rogano
🇬🇧
City of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Tony met with Janey Godley, a comedian, and had Scottish oysters and lobster thermidor
Tactical Edge
🇬🇧
Angus, United Kingdom
Tony met with former bouncer defense expert Mark Davies at his close combat knife defense center
The University Cafe
🇬🇧
City of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Tony had fish and chips (haddock), covered in shredded cheese and curry sauce; deep fried haggis with curry sauce
Letterewe
🇬🇧
Inverness, United Kingdom
Tony had a home cooked meal made by Fiona Cullinane here with A.A. Gill, a restaurant critic. They had roasted grouse with bacon and bread sauce, and served with watercress, parsnips, and beetroot. The next day they went hunting and shot a deer, then had a meal of venison seared in duck fat and served with a pan sauce of red wine, butter, and currant jelly.
New York Café
🇭🇺
Budapest, Hungary
Over 125 years old, it was the nicest cafe in the world at the time it was built where artists and writers gathered. Nowadays, they have lots of foie gras on the menu. Tony had the pork throttle stew.
Bufe Falatozo
🇭🇺
Budapest, Hungary
"A smoky, chilly working class joint," Tony describes of this restaurant. "A golden pancake, heaped with chicken livers, and covered, nay, drowned, with a rich, deeply satisfying sauce with bone marrow." He also tried the venison stew and the HUGE schnitzel this place is famous for.
Belvárosi Disznótoros
🇭🇺
Budapest, Hungary
Tony tried the blood sausage with braised red cabbage and pickles.
Gellért Thermal Bath
🇭🇺
Budapest, Hungary
A huge and beautiful thermal bathhouse Tony went to with Vilmos Zsigmond, a cinematographer who worked on movies like Close Encounters of the Third Kind. (He died in 2016.)
Old Kőrössy Fish Restaurant
🇭🇺
Csongrád, Hungary
Tony went to a restaurant from Vilmos' childhood, where they ate this fish chowder called halászlé made from pike from the river and seasoned with paprika and other spices.
Vígszínház Street
🇭🇺
Budapest, Hungary
Tony saw a gypsy band called Budapest Bar play and then ate with the musicians. They had chicken paprikash, whole perch roasted in bacon, stuffed cabbage filled with goose meat and slow-cooked, goulash.
Muguet
🇲🇬
Antananarivo, Madagascar
Tony met with Darren Aronofsky here to begin their journey
Look's Andravoahangy
🇲🇬
Antananarivo, Madagascar
Tony and Darren Aronofsky visited this restaurant where Tony ate pork and Darren (a vegetarian) had veggies and beans.
Chez Mariette
🇲🇬
Antananarivo, Madagascar
Tony had a famous goose dish, served with broth made from chicken and ginger, rice, and a salad
Ranomafana National Park
🇲🇬
Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
Tony and Darren got to see golden lemurs. There are only 500 alive in the world. Tony then watched the village people butcher a cow while Darren took photos and relaxed by a stream.
Sahambavy train station
🇲🇬
Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
Tony and Darren took a very old train to Manakara.
Manakara
🇲🇬
Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
Tony ate shark, lobster, shrimp, zebra, lots of veggies (Darren just had veggies) on the beach with some locals.
Hiram's
🇺🇸
New Jersey, United States
Tony calls this his "happy place" because his father used to bring him here in the 50s. He ate a cheeseburger, fries, and a ripper hotdog
Barnegat Light
🇺🇸
New Jersey, United States
Tony and his brother drove out to this shore town to relive old memories.
Kubel's
🇺🇸
New Jersey, United States
Tony and Chris had lunch here and talked about their childhoods on the beach. They had clams in drawn butter, which he says no matter where in the world he ate them, it reminds him of this spot. They also had fried clams and fries.
Knife and Fork Inn
🇺🇸
New Jersey, United States
Tony ate pretzel-crusted swordfish over lump crab meat with Vicki Gold Levy, a local historian. She had pan seared scallops.
Dock's Oyster House
🇺🇸
New Jersey, United States
Tony ate with Brian Donohue, a NJ journalist. Tony had oysters and stuffed lobster.
Borgata
🇺🇸
New Jersey, United States
Tony watched a comedy show featuring comedian couple Rich Vos and Bonnie McFarlane, then ate a meal with them.
Tony's Baltimore Grill
🇺🇸
New Jersey, United States
Tony had dinner with the comedian couple. He ate spaghetti with meatballs. Tony says he is not a fan of Trump and says he looks ridiculous.
Tony & Ruth Steaks
🇺🇸
New Jersey, United States
Tony met with Tawanda Jones, founder of a youth empowerment advocacy to talk about her drill team group. He ate eggs, meat, rice and soup for breakfast.
Donkey's Place
🇺🇸
New Jersey, United States
Tony says the cheesesteaks here are better than Philly, but it's not a typical cheesesteak. It's on a round kaiser poppyseed roll with steak, fried onions, and American cheese
Lucille's Country Cooking
🇺🇸
New Jersey, United States
Tony had eggs and meat here with Paul Pederson, a musician from the Pine Barrens
Frank's Deli & Restaurant
🇺🇸
New Jersey, United States
Tony had a Jersey sandwich with sliced ham, salami, pepperoni, provolone, tomato, onions, shredded lettuce, roasted peppers, and oil & vinegar.
James' Original Salt Water Tfy
🇺🇸
New Jersey, United States
Tony is not a sweets guy, but he and Chris visited this salt water taffy place, which is a nostalgic place for them
Town
🇺🇸
Hawaii, United States
Tony had pan roasted mahi mahi in this local seafood restaurant
Ethel's Grill
🇺🇸
Hawaii, United States
Tony went to this small eatery with 2 chefs, Andrew Lay and Mark “Gooch” Noguchi. They ate miso soup, pigs feet soup, tripe, taco rice (taco toppings and an over-easy egg on top of rice, which is an Okinawan specialty).
Kalaeloa Harbor
🇺🇸
Hawaii, United States
Tony went diving with a fisherman for some octopus off the coast of Moloka'i, which they hunted with the spear.
Keawanui Fishpond
🇺🇸
Hawaii, United States
A sacred place in the community on Moloka'i, which is known as "The Friendly Place," but has a reputation for being unwelcoming to outsiders on other islands. They had slow roasted pig, grilled kala fish, mullet cooked lavalu style, octopus, poi, and freshwater clams from the mountains.
Tasty Crust Restaurant
🇺🇸
Hawaii, United States
Tony met with a Hawaiian journalist, Daniel Ikaikaito. They had a plate lunch, a Hawaiian specialty of a protein with white rice and potato-mac salad. They ate theirs with chicken katsu, hamburger steak in “sinister” gravy, seared ahi with nori and sesame seed.
Rizk Chicken
🇱🇧
Beirut, Lebanon
"Broasted" chicken shawarma
Radio Beirut
🇱🇧
Beirut, Lebanon
Tony met with a rapper named Chino to talk about this radio station that hosts all types of musicians.
Al Rawda - Shatila - Restaurant
🇱🇧
Beirut, Lebanon
Tony had fish, a meze of hummus and salads, Laziza nonalcoholic beer.
Al Falamanki Sodeco
🇱🇧
Beirut, Lebanon
Tony had tabbouleh, kofta with yogurt sauce and cranberries, stuffed grape leaves, kibbeh.
MusicHall Starco
🇱🇧
Beirut, Lebanon
This huge night club has many different kinds of acts. Tony met with the owner.
Abou Elie Pub
🇱🇧
Beirut, Lebanon
No data
Santy Pescador
🇨🇺
La Habana, Cuba
Tony had sushi with Hugo Cancio, a Cuban born entrepreneur
Fábrica de Arte Cubano
🇨🇺
La Habana, Cuba
Nightclub, performance space, and art gallery highlighting artists and DJs from around the world.
Restaurante Tien Tan
🇨🇺
La Habana, Cuba
Tony had a meal with Jon Lee Anderson, a writer for the New Yorker. They had steamed dumplings and "Sichuan chicken that is about as Sichuan as I am"
Meal with locals
🇨🇺
La Habana, Cuba
Tony ate at local's home, she is a journalist for Havana Times. They had pork marinated in garlic, onion, and sour orange, served with rice.
Cafeteria a la BBQ
🇨🇺
La Habana, Cuba
Tony ate with internationally renowned author Leonardo Padura. They had fried pork and plantains with flan made out in a cut down beer can.
Caribeño Restaurante (closed?)
🇨🇺
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Could not find this restaurant on the map. Tony had dorado, rice, beans, plantains, and rum.
Café de l'Abbaye
🇫🇷
Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Tony and his best friend Eric Ripert ate at this outdoor cafe.
Le Petit Nice Passedat
🇫🇷
Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Marseilles' only Michelin starred restaurant when this was filmed. They had bouillabaisse and a cheese course that Bourdain was obsessed with
Restaurant Fémina
🇫🇷
Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Restaurant known for their couscous. Tony had the royale, which is served with veggies, merguez sausage, chicken, chickpeas, lamb, and meatballs.
Chez Georgiana (Closed)
🇫🇷
Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Tony ate at this restaurant with Eric Ripert and many women in the restaurant business, who discussed how it is to be a female chef in the male-dominated business.
U Mio Paese
🇫🇷
Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Tony and Eric had some fantastic charcuterie at a patio table outside of this charcuterie shop
The Champ De Mars
🇫🇷
Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Tony and Eric had drinks at this bar with a local filmmaker & sports writer, Gilles Rof
Le Bar de la Plaine
🇫🇷
Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Tony, Eric, and Gilles Rof (local sports writer) played foosball here
Ishikawa Dome
🇯🇵
Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Tony watched bull sumo, or Tōgyū, while eating yakitori.
Urizun
🇯🇵
Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Tony had pork belly (cooked with stock, heavily infused with bonito flakes), pork ears thinly sliced and dressed in rice-wine vinaigrette, slow-roasted ribs brined in sake and seasonings.
Gettouan
🇯🇵
Oita Prefecture, Japan
"A private home turned restaurant serving very traditional Okinawan dishes," Tony describes.Tony had "tundaabun" or multiple bite-size portions served in a lacquered dish of "sliced squid; swordfish wrapped in seaweed and simmered in stock and fermented sake; dried sea snake, slow-simmered; burdock root wrapped in pork loin, slow-cooked in hot sauce; taro flash-fried and dressed with sugar and soy; pork shoulder dredged in black sesame, then steamed."
Makishi Market
🇯🇵
Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
A public food market where you can pick out the fish and they will cook it for you. Tony had snapper and parrot fish sashimi; sea grapes dressed in vinegar; gurukun (unofficial national fish of Okinawa) battered and deep-fried; porcupine fish, battered and deep-fried.
Lawson Kokusai Street kumoji
🇯🇵
Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
A mini market. Tony is obsessed with the egg salad sandwich. In the behind the scenes episode in season 12, the crew explained that the location they shot at ran out of egg salad sandwiches and there was a mad rush to find one at nearby Lawson stores.
The DOJO bar
🇯🇵
Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Tony had drinks, horse meat and goat sashimi, pork belly, pickled pig’s ears, baked yam
Sinbad’s Pier 2 Restaurant (Closed)
🇺🇸
California, United States
Now closed, Tony had a meal here with John Birdsall, a food writer.
Ralph Gracie Jiu Jitsu
🇺🇸
California, United States
Tony trained here every morning while he was filming this episode. He trains at the sister school in NYC, and planned this entire episode just so he could train here.
Swan Oyster Depot
🇺🇸
California, United States
This was one of Tony's regular stops when he visited San Francisco. He had crab and oysters.
Trader Vic's Emeryville
🇺🇸
California, United States
Tony had ribs and mai tais with author Sean Wilsey.
4505 Burgers & BBQ
🇺🇸
California, United States
Tony had a meal with Richie Nakano, a chef. They ordered the Presidential Platter, which is a sampler platter of brisket, hog, jalapeño and cheddar sausage, frankaroni (macaroni around a hot dog), ribs, chicken, beans, potato salad, coleslaw, bread, fries.
Miss Ollie's
🇺🇸
California, United States
Tony ate here with Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party. They ate skillet-fried chicken, rice and peas, greens
Juhu Beach Club
🇺🇸
California, United States
Tony met again with John Birdsall, author, to have Indian food. Chef Preeti Mistry described the dishes to them and discussed Indian food in America. They ate Manchurian cauliflower which Preeti described as “vegetable candy”, bhel puri (puffed-rice dish), chili paneer, yogurt-marinated chicken curry served on rice, Indian Scotch egg (the Scotch egg was invented in India).
Minato Japanese Restaurant
🇺🇸
California, United States
Tony and author Curt Fukuda discussed how the Japanese internments during WWII while eating tempura and Japanese curry tonkatsu.
COI
🇺🇸
California, United States
A two-Michelin starred restaurant. They had veggie burger, beet rose with yogurt and rose petal ice (signature dish), California sturgeon caviar, egg yolk poached in smoked oil, wild king salmon wrapped in yuba with charred cabbage in wild ginger sauce, beef tenderloin, black sesame mocha bun with strawberry kumquat.
Kategna Restaurant
🇪🇹
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tony met with chef Marcus Samuelsson and his wife Maya. They had beyaynetu, a platter of various stews including goman (sauteed greens), shiro wat (chickpea stew), tikil gomen (sauteed white cabbage); all served with injera bread.
Mesi Grocery store/መጠጥ መሸጫ
🇪🇹
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tony had shekla tibs, which are chunks of fried beef or lamb served in a clay pot with Ethiopian skateboarders and Marcus Samuelsson.
Local Tej Bet
🇪🇹
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tony, Marcus, and Maya had tej, a light alcoholic drink made of fermented barley and honey
Meal with locals
🇪🇹
Southern Nations Nationalities and People's Region, Ethiopia
Tony, Marcus, and Maya went to this small village where Maya grew up. They were served coffee. Later they had a feast where they barbecued 2 goats.
Wong Ah Wah Restaurant
🇲🇾
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
After a very long plane ride, Tony had char kway teow (dish made with rice noodles), spicy pork noodles, black pepper crab, beer.
Restoran Seetharam Family Curry House
🇲🇾
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tony ate here with a tattoo artist that did his ouroboros tattoo, Eddie David of Borneo Ink.
Aunty Aini's Garden Cafe
🇲🇾
Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
Tony sat with the chef and ate roast beef, poached egg, chicken rendang.
Choon Hui Cafe
🇲🇾
Sarawak, Malaysia
Tony calls Sarawak laksa "a magical dish," it has chicken, prawn, coconut, chili, and noodles in a complex broth. “Best breakfast ever.”
Kuching
🇲🇾
Sarawak, Malaysia
Tony returned to the small village of Kuching nearly a decade since his last visit. “When I first went up this river, I was sick with love—the bad kind, the fist around your heart kind. I ran far, but there was no escaping it. It followed me up river, all the way. That was 10 long years ago. … Yet here I am again, heading up to that same longhouse in the jungle.”
Poyraz Sahil Balık Restaurant
🇹🇷
Istanbul, Turkey
Tony had whole fried fish and an alcoholic beverage called raki
Karpi Trabzon Pidesi Ve Akçaabat Köftesi
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Tony had Pide, the Turkish version of pizza, with ground meat, cheese, and onions
Mutfak Dili Ev Yemekleri (Closed)
🇹🇷
Istanbul, Turkey
Former site of Mutfak Dili Ev Yemekleri, where Tony had some traditional food.
Akar Lokantası
🇹🇷
Istanbul, Turkey
Tony's friend the taxi driver recommended this restaurant. They had Işkembe çorbası (tripe soup).
Princes Islands
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Tony had a meal with a local poet on Princes Islands
Mikla
🇹🇷
Istanbul, Turkey
Tony had drinks at the rooftop bar of this restaurant/hotel.
The Griffon
🇺🇸
South Carolina, United States
Tony met with local chef Sean Brock to have beer, Jägermeister, Brock’s 1991 Stitzel-Weller bourbon
Waffle House
🇺🇸
South Carolina, United States
Chef Sean Brock introduced Tony to the wonders of the Waffle House, the only place for late night eats in the area. They had pecan waffles, patty melt cheeseburger, green salad with Thousand Island dressing, thin-cut pork chops, T-bone steak, hash browns
Charleston RiverDogs
🇺🇸
South Carolina, United States
A feeder team for the NY Yankees, Tony met with Bill Murray who is an owner of the team, to watch a game
Husk
🇺🇸
South Carolina, United States
One of Chef Sean Brock's restaurants, Tony and Billy Murray had a meal here. "Husk directly addresses Southern culinary traditions using the best of modern techniques, but always, ALWAYS respecting the originals and who made them," Tony says. They had old country ham made from a pig brought over from Spain in the 1500s called asabal, and aged 3 years. They also had oyster pie (a pre-Civil war recipe), shrimp & grits, hoppin john with Carolina gold rice, grilled whiting, suckling pig, creamed corn, and cornbread.
Meal with locals
🇺🇸
South Carolina, United States
Chef VJ Dennis cooked some gullah classics here at Mosquito Beach on James Island, home of Ashley Green. They had local blue crab, garlic shrimp, softshell crabs & conch in a peanut stew with sauteed Carolina squash and zucchini
FIG
🇺🇸
South Carolina, United States
Tony ate with Chef Glen Roberts, owner of heirloom grain company Anson Mills. He ate in season soft-shell crab with pasta and shaved bottarga ("which frankly, I'd slit my best friend's throat for"), heirloom rice and peas with suckling pig and chicken confit over Carolina Gold rice
Atlantic Game & Tackle
🇺🇸
South Carolina, United States
Tony shopped here to prep for a turkey hunt.
Meal with locals
🇺🇸
South Carolina, United States
Tony ate with Fig owner and executive chef Mike Lata, Rebellion Farm owner Jeff Allen, and Sean Brock. They had barbecued turkey, pickled pigs’ feet and collard greens, barbecue coleslaw, potato salad with ramps, baked red peas, mac and cheese
Scott’s Bar-B-Que
🇺🇸
South Carolina, United States
Out in the middle of the country, Sean Brock brought Tony to this traditional whole hog pit barbecue, a place that has been in business for over 40 years. They do burn barrel barbecue that requires tending to all night long.
Mad Dog Motorcycle Club Philippines
🇵🇭
National Capital District, Philippines
Tony watched cover bands at this biker bar
Jollibee Bluebay Walk
🇵🇭
National Capital District, Philippines
Tony loves this local fast food joint, even though he said "I hate myself" as he was finishing his meal. He had Jolly Spaghetti (with hot dogs in it) and Chicken Joy with a brown sauce.
Pearl Garden Hotel
🇵🇭
National Capital District, Philippines
Tony crashed a holiday party here, the Seven Continents Travel & Tours corporate Christmas party. They had lechon, a whole pig roast pork that is traditional during the holidays.
Alvie
🇵🇭
National Capital District, Philippines
Tony had halo halo, which translates to "mix mix." It is an "icy, milky, technicolor concoction of sundry sweet mung beans, candied fruits, and gelatins." Also has banana, condensed milk, and sweet young coconut.
Super Six
🇵🇭
National Capital District, Philippines
Tony came here to eat his favorite Filipino street food, which he describes as "possibly the best thing you can ever eat with a cold beer." The dish he is talking about is sisig, a sizzling dish of pig face with a runny egg on top.
Oarhouse Pub of Manila
🇵🇭
National Capital District, Philippines
Tony met with journalist Mark Navales to have drinks at this bar.
Meal with locals
🇵🇭
National Capital District, Philippines
Tony met with the local band Keystone. They made him the national dish, adobo. They had adobo with pork and chicken.
Meal with a local
🇵🇭
National Capital District, Philippines
Tony had another meal with a local, the nanny of one of the show's directors, Erik Osterholm. She made kare kare, or oxtail soup. After living abroad for over 30 years, Aurora is finally back home living with her kids and grandchildren, although many still live abroad to send money home to support the family. They talked about the sacrifices Aurora and many other Filipinos make to send money for better lives for these poor families.
Old Town Ale House
🇺🇸
Illinois, United States
Tony had a beer here with the owner of the bar. The owner also creates X-rated drawings of famous people and hangs them on the wall, including political figures, athletes, actors
Valois Restaurant
🇺🇸
Illinois, United States
Cafeteria style restaurant where Tony ordered meatloaf and macaroni & cheese. He ate there with Bruce Cameron Elliott, who owns the Old Town Ale House. Bruce told Tony that he often saw Barack Obama having breakfast at this restaurant
The Second City
🇺🇸
Illinois, United States
Legendary improv comedy theater where John Belushi, Gilda Radner, and others got their start.
Longman & Eagle
🇺🇸
Illinois, United States
Tony ate here with comedian Paul Jurewicz. They had beef tartare, roasted bone marrow, tete de cochon with blue cheese and celery relish, confit of beef tripe, slow roasted cauliflower with caramelized onions and lentils.
Sze Chuan Cuisine
🇺🇸
Illinois, United States
Tony ate here with Chef Stephanie Izard and Chef Peter Wong. They had pork dumplings in chili oil, mapo doufu, and fish hotpot.
Lunch at Lupe Fiasco's home
🇺🇸
Illinois, United States
Tony had a meal at Chicago-based rapper Lupe Fiasco's house with his extended family. His mother made macaroni and cheese, collard greens, and other soul food.
Ricobene's
🇺🇸
Illinois, United States
Tony met with musician, producer, and sound engineer Steve Albini. They had the famous breaded steak sandwich, which Tony said was "at least 4 pounds" and required lots of napkins.
Topo Gigio Ristorante
🇺🇸
Illinois, United States
Tony had veal saltimbocca with Bruce Cameron Elliott and a pal from the Old Town Ale House whose nickname is Buzzkill. They discussed the Cubs and White Sox rivalry. His dining companions had scallops in pesto cream sauce and squid ink pasta with shrimp.
The Ocean Club
🇬🇷
South Aegean, Greece
Not sure if this is the beach bar where Tony had some raki to start the day. It was a ocean side bar near where the boat dropped them off.
Souvlucky
🇬🇷
South Aegean, Greece
Tony had lunch with local fisherman and discussed the economy. They had souvlaki, fries, and other Mediterranean goodies, and Mythos beer.
Bluefin divers Naxos Diving Center-Padi 5 Star Resort
🇬🇷
South Aegean, Greece
Tony took a diving tour to see a sunken ship that sunk in 1982.
Taverna Platanos
🇬🇷
South Aegean, Greece
Naxos style pork called rosto in a small village in the mountains.
Meal with locals
🇬🇷
South Aegean, Greece
Tony ate with a family on a local farm, including the Aegan governor. They had stuffed peppers, slow-cooked rooster, rabbit in a wine sauce, and potatoes.
Μαρίνα Νάξου / Naxos Dock
🇬🇷
South Aegean, Greece
Tony had a meal on a boat with some fishermen. They had octopus, grilled salatouri (skate), marinated anchovies, grilled rofos (grouper), and mashed fava beans.
Medicine Tail Coulee
🇺🇸
Montana, United States
Tony met with Crow indian Kennard Real Bird, who ranches horses in the same location where General Custer "had the worst day of his life." There is also Indian relay racing, a dangerous sport involving jumping from moving horses.
Lydia's Supper Club
🇺🇸
Montana, United States
Tony had pickled beets, sweet potato salad, salami and cheese, side salad, pickled peppers, breadsticks, large scallops in white wine sauce, extra thick tenderloin of beef
Silver Dollar Saloon
🇺🇸
Montana, United States
Tony discussed the history of Butte as a union town with former congresswoman, Amanda Curtis
Orphan Boy Mine
🇺🇸
Montana, United States
Tony did some mining with miners.
Montana Pheasants Forever
🇺🇸
Montana, United States
Tony went hunting with a guide and stand-up comedian Joe Rogan. They cooked bird they shot over a fire, with a conservationist and a journalist from Field & Stream.
Mint Bar and Grill
🇺🇸
Montana, United States
Tony had beers at this bar that opened in the 1920s.
Meal at Jim Harrison's house
🇺🇸
Montana, United States
Tony ate with renowned poet Jim Harrison, who also wrote books about food. Jim's friend Dan cooked some spatchcock Hungarian partridge, liver loaf with elk meat, beets, quail in aspic, elk carpacchio, smoked trout.
Clouds Bar & Restaurant
🇬🇪
Ajaria, Georgia
Tony and Zamir met up at this bar on the top floor of the Radisson to drink chacha, a traditional Georgian moonshine
Peace Casino
🇬🇪
Ajaria, Georgia
Tony and Zamir gambled (and lost) at this casino. They played blackjack and roulette.
Dilber Gentlemen's Club
🇬🇪
Ajaria, Georgia
Tony and Zamir went to this strip club after they lost money at gambling.
Sazandari
🇬🇪
Ajaria, Georgia
"One of the city's older, more traditional joints" Tony said. Tony and Zamir are both hungover from the previous evening's shenanigans. They had a hangover cure, khashi which Zamir explained is made of beef broth from bones and joints. Tony did not think it worked. He did enjoy the chashushuli, "a stew of slow-cooked veal with onion and tomato, heavily seasoned with coriander, fennel, garlic, and chilies."
Gabriadze
🇬🇪
Tbilisi, Georgia
Tony ate here with Paul Rimple, Tbilisi bureau chief for Culinary Backstreets. They had "salad with orange, almonds, and honey; grilled lamb ribs with pomegranate sauce; slices of fried eggplant wrapped around a walnut filling; chkmeruli, chicken slow-baked in an oven and then simmered in garlic and milk."
Sofia Melnikovas Fantastiuri Duqani
🇬🇪
Tbilisi, Georgia
Tony had a meal with activist and journalist Tamara Chergoleishvili, founding director of Georgia’s Tabula Media. They had khinkali which Tony describes as “big, fat, juicy soup dumplings filled with spicy cumin-jacked minced beef in a hot, rich, potentially scalding broth”.
Culinarium (moved)
🇬🇪
Tbilisi, Georgia
Tony ate here with chef Tekuna Gachechiladze, who is trying to modernize Georgian cuisine. I have also mapped the current location of this restaurant.
Culinarium Khasheria
🇬🇪
Tbilisi, Georgia
New site of chef Tekuna Gachechiladze's restaurant.
Patara Khurvaleti
🇬🇪
Shida Kartli, Georgia
Tony headed out to this border agrarian town of only 9 families, to have a traditional supra. A supra is a Georgian feast. Tony ate with journalist Dima Bit-Suleiman, and Ushangi & Makvala Kokashvili. They had three varieties of khachapuri, a traditional cheese-filled bread, stuffed here with potato, beet leaves, or stewed cabbage; korma made from a roasted pig; homemade bread.
Pheasant's Tears Winery
🇬🇪
Kakheti, Georgia
The chef, Gia Rokashvili, uses local ingredients and serves the food with local wines. Tony had boiled beets in wild plum sauce, freshly foraged mushrooms with chili pepper, mint, and tarragon; baby lamb stewed with cumin, cooked with wild rice; fresh tonis puri, bread made in a tandoor-like clay oven. He ate with Keti Bochorishvili, former Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, and Tamuna Gvaberidze, gallery owner.
Meal with locals
🇬🇪
Tbilisi, Georgia
Tony had a meal prepared by Meriko Gubeladze, a star chef at Tbilisi’s Black Lion Restaurant. They had spinach with walnuts and wild capers; pickled carrots; cheese curds with roasted hazelnuts and mint; roasted eggplant seasoned with coriander; kharcho, a stewed chicken cooked slow with ajika chili sauce, onions, marigold flower powder, and blue fenugreek, and cooked & served in a pumpkin.
Marche Kermel
🇸🇳
Dakar, Senegal
Tony met at this bustling food market with NPR West Africa correspondent Ofeibea Quist-Arcton.
Meal with locals
🇸🇳
Dakar, Senegal
Not sure if this is the correct location. Tony said the beach was called "Coeur. de Cassazione" but I could not find this on the map. He ate with Pierre Thiam, a renowned chef and cookbook author. They had yassa, made with a local fish called ciof, "cooked simply on the bone, wrapped in foil, and steamed over the fire, served with a mignonette style sauce with onions; grilled mussels, sea urchin."
Huitres De Sokone
🇸🇳
Dakar, Senegal
Tony met with a group of women (Fama Diof, photographer; Umi Nador, journalist and TV presenter; Minyel Tal, entrepreneur) to discuss gender roles in a mostly Muslim country. They ate clams, sea urchins, and thiof fish.
Restaurant le BAZOFF
🇸🇳
Dakar, Senegal
Tony watched local musician Youssou N’Dour perform at this restaurant. They also ate beef mafe served with rice, a stew thickened with ground peanuts. Tony says, "there are similar preparations throughout West Africa, but the Senegalese version is particularly great."
Boulangerie SMBIS
🇸🇳
Saint-Louis, Senegal
Tony had a street food dish called ndambe, a spread of spicy lentils on a baguette. You buy the baguette from this bakery, then go to the woman on the street who has the lentils to spread on it.
Meal with locals
🇸🇳
Saint-Louis, Senegal
Tony had a meal with locals. They ate mulet farci, a stuffed baked local fish called mullet, stuffed with bread and vegetables and baked.
Le jardin de l'Amitié
🇸🇳
Dakar, Senegal
Tony met with a group of entrepreneurs to discuss the economy of Senegal to have drinks.
Dibiterie Le Mboté
🇸🇳
Dakar, Senegal
Tony ate with rapper Djily Bagdad. They ate dibi, roasted meat served on paper with grilled onions and mustard.
Lac Rose
🇸🇳
Dakar, Senegal
The pink lake, as it is called, is a site for harvesting salt, but is also known as the finish line "for a legendary trans-African endurance race." Tony sat with a driver as they did some offroading then had a meal together.
Meal with locals
🇸🇳
Dakar, Senegal
Tony ate the Senegal national dish with some locals. The national dish is called ceebu jen (meaning rice with fish). The fish they used was "Senegalese grouper, scored and stuffed with a mixture of garlic, parsley, and peppers, then slow simmered in a hearty tomato broth, infused by a funkatizing goodness brought by fermented conch and salt fish, served over rice and vegetables."
Brauerei zur Malzmühle
🇩🇪
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Tony met with Heinz Grüne, beer expert, to have some kolsch, a style of pale ale created in Cologne. They ate a halve hahn, "Gouda cheese on rye" and Mettbrötchen, or raw minced pork on a roll. They also had himmel und erde (blood sausage, fried onions, mashed potatoes, applesauce), and cured pork
Bei Oma Kleinmann
🇩🇪
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Tony met with Tracey Gudwin (friend and former producer for No Reservations) and Anke Lönne, a resident of Cologne. They had schnitzel, which Bourdain describes as “surfboard-sized slabs of veal and pork filled with many wonderful things, dredged in breadcrumbs and fried in magical, magical deep fat.”
Artistanbul Restaurant
🇩🇪
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Tony met with Melek Yaprak, aTurkish-German whose grandparents were among the first wave of Turkish immigrants in Cologne in this Turkish restaurant. They had Raki and mezze of "spicy mashed vegetables, tzatziki, hummus, beetroot and olive dip, fried eggplant, pastries with feta, meatballs with tomato sauce and mint"
Ox & Klee
🇩🇪
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Tony met with former rock star Irmin Schmidt of the Krautrock band Can. They had grilled scalllop with black salsify served with a consomme of burned hay, lemon gelee, and walnut oil; grilled lobster with a dashi of eel, marinated algae, fermented kale, and yuzu froth; braised ox cheeks with marrow, beet roots with mustard, gratin potatoes, black truffle.
De Fressbud
🇩🇪
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Tony met with the chef from Ox & Klee, Daniel Gottschlich and his friend Demetri to have grilled bratwurst with curry sauce.
Kleine Glocke
🇩🇪
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
"A hangout for Cologne's artist community since the first World War." Tony ate sauerbraten (pot roast of horse meat) with chef René Stessl
Uerige
🇩🇪
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Serving beer and pork products since 1862. Tony met with Heinz and his friend Judith drank alt (a dark beer) and ate pickled eggs, cabbage and mettwurst, and spicy pork goulash with rye bread.
Bar Trattoria Celentano
🇩🇪
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Tony had a meal with Maurizio Arca, a Sardinian-German. They had wine, antipasti (carpaccio, tomatoes with pepper and parmesan, grilled zucchini, mortadella), spaghetti with white clam sauce
Habibi Köln
🇩🇪
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Tony met with Syrian immigrant Sakher Al Mohamad to talk about the unrest Cologne faced when middle eastern terrorists attacked Cologne residents on New Year's Eve 2015.
Don Carlos
🇦🇷
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tony had a meal with Argentina's most famous chef, Francis Mallmann. They ate empanadas, grilled beef, and blood sausage
Los Talas del Entrerriano
🇦🇷
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tony met with therapist Marianna and had parrilla, a traditional Argentine meal called achuras, including kidney, chorizo, morcilla.
Bar Sur
🇦🇷
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tony met with a career server named Mario and had drinks and snacks.
Club GON
🇦🇷
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tony came to this soccer club to drink beer and eat chorizo with Chef Soledad Nardelli, and watch kitchen staff of 2 rival restaurants play soccer at 1 am
Meal with locals
🇦🇷
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tony met with Nico (lead singer of band Octafonic) to have a meal at a construction site. In Argentina, construction workers often have barbecued beef together at work once a week.