I love reading and watching Anthony Bourdain. He is a TV personality, former chef and food lover who had an enviable job of touring the world documenting life lived by locals and the food they ate.
Out of his years of doing so for a variety of media companies he brought a lot of joy and education to a screen near me. So thank you Tony.
He also has an easy going manner about him not like a stuffed up film star, although one could argue he is a star in his own right. His language is simple and factual and the stories he tells of the people of the world are at once relatable and feel unscripted.
One of the remarks about eating a smelly and spiky fruit in Asia called Durian he quotes - it was like eating custard in a toilet .. I like it. Having grown up with jackfruit (also spiky and slippery and sweet when ripe fruit native to S.E. Asia) myself and loving it I admire him for trying a significantly worse smelling fruit than jackfruit.
The analogy though about his candid reaction on eating Durian is what I like best. No sugar coating here. I personally having also tasted Durian would not want to eat it again likening the experience to eating slippery jello from an old paint can.
Out of his years of doing so for a variety of media companies he brought a lot of joy and education to a screen near me. So thank you Tony.
He also has an easy going manner about him not like a stuffed up film star, although one could argue he is a star in his own right. His language is simple and factual and the stories he tells of the people of the world are at once relatable and feel unscripted.
One of the remarks about eating a smelly and spiky fruit in Asia called Durian he quotes - it was like eating custard in a toilet .. I like it. Having grown up with jackfruit (also spiky and slippery and sweet when ripe fruit native to S.E. Asia) myself and loving it I admire him for trying a significantly worse smelling fruit than jackfruit.
The analogy though about his candid reaction on eating Durian is what I like best. No sugar coating here. I personally having also tasted Durian would not want to eat it again likening the experience to eating slippery jello from an old paint can.
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