S1 E1: Myanmar
In his maiden voyage to the country formerly known as Burma, Anthony Bourdain and his crew discover the fabled beauty and local cuisines of a country that had been up until recently off-limits to outsiders.
42 minutes
Enticed by the opportunity to experience cultures rarely visited by American shows, such as in the Congo, Libya and Myanmar, the chef and author takes viewers to Colombia, Peru, Morocco and, closer to home, Koreatown in Los Angeles.
Cast: David Scott Holloway, Anthony Bourdain
Director: Nick Brigden, Ryan Miller, Thomas Vitale
S1 E2: Koreatown
Tony takes Los Angeles but with a twist: no Hollywood sign and no Beverly Hills. Instead, he zeroes in on a three-square mile area of the city known as Koreatown where he finds a tightknit community still marked by the 1992 Rodney King riots.
42 minutes
S1 E3: Colombia
The public face of Colombia has changed immensely over the past ten years and is still changing for the better. Tony explores the country from the mountains to the Caribbean coast including the coca leaf-growing inlands once controlled by drug cartels.
42 minutes
S1 E4: Quebec
Bourdain travels to remote areas in Quebec where he samples local delicacies, explores ice fishing and beaver hunting, and spends time with two of funniest and most brilliant chef-restauranteurs in Canada: Joe "Beefs" Dave McMillan and Fred Morin.
42 minutes
S1 E5: Tangier, Morocco
Tony explores the Interzone where artists like Burroughs Bowles and the Rolling Stones sought escape from Western moral prohibitions and the possibilities of great empty spaces. Does that "anything goes" attitude still exist?
42 minutes
S1 E6: Libya
Libyan hip-hop Italian restaurants, tribal allegiances, and post-war uncertainty abound in Libya. Bourdain looks at the country through personal stories, food, and the music of anti-Qaddafi rapper expats who returned to fight.
42 minutes
S1 E7: Peru
Tony and his friend, world-renowned chef Eric Ripert, explore the far reaches of indigenous Andes in search of a rare variety of wild cocoa that is said to be the best in the world. They move from hip-modern Lima back in time into pre-Columbian Peru.
43 minutes
S1 E8: Congo
Bourdain looks at the Congo as one of the more industrialized powers in Africa, now largely crumbled to nothingness and chaos.
43 minutes