Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

2013 • CNN
4.7
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Season 1 episodes (8)

1 Myanmar
4/14/13
With the slight relaxation of control by the government of Myanmar, Tony is finally able to explore one of the most fabled and beautiful areas of Asia.
2 Los Angeles
4/21/13
Roy Choi created a Brave New World of gastronomy almost single handedly with his LA based Kogi trucks. A Korean American who grew up on the fringes of Mexican and hip hop culture; his food reflects a new American idea of "natural" fusion--culinary influences that grew up next to and with each other. Bourdain examines the meeting point of Asian, Mexican, Latino culture in modern LA.
3 Colombia
4/28/13
The public face of Colombia has changed immensely over the past ten years and is still changing for the better. Tony will explore several regions of the country from the mountains down to the Caribbean coast to the coca leaf growing inlands formerly controlled by drug cartels.
4 Canada
5/5/13
The two funniest and most brilliant chef/restaurateurs in Canada, Joe Beef's Dave McMillan and Fred Morin, take us across Canada by rail.
5 Morocco (Tangier)
5/12/13
What Burroughs called "Interzone", where artists like Burroughs, Bowles, Rimbaud, Verlaine, the Rolling Stones sought escape from Western moral prohibitions and the possibilities of great empty spaces. But what is it like now?
6 Libya
5/19/13
Libyan hip-hop, Italian restaurants, tribal allegiances and post-war uncertainty in Libya. Bourdain looks at the country through personal stories, food--and the music of anti-Qaddafi rapper expats who returned to fight.
7 Peru
6/2/13
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-Colombian Peru.
8 Congo
6/9/13
Bourdain looks at the Congo as one of the more industrialized powers in Africa now largely crumbled to nothingness and chaos with Tim Butcher author of Blood River.

About this show

The Peabody and Emmy ® award winning CNN Original Series Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown follows the veteran chef and best-selling author as he travels the globe in a celebration of diverse foods and culture.

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4.7
1.27K reviews
flexican77
January 2, 2019
Im not sure why, but I purchased this today and its no longer available. I already reported it and was just wondering if anyone else had or has this issue
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Ezekiel Buchheit
December 1, 2014
Anthony Bourdain is living the dream I never knew I had. He makes me want to visit places that completely off my radar. He is fun articulate, down to Earth, a good host, a good guest, a little curmudgeonly. A dude you want to have a beer with. You can pick any episode at random and you will love it. It is ostensibly a food show - and some episodes are entirely about food But some episodes seem to forget they are a food show and spend half an episode in a stripper/robot/monster/techno show in Tokyo. I want this life.
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John Mayson
September 28, 2016
Tony set a high bar with his previous show and now this one. This episode was very well done. I felt the emotions of the Vietnamese people from their welcoming attitudes to their remembering past wars. Regardless of what you think of the president, that segment was thoughtful. It wasn't overly political. And I share Tony's desire that more Americans have passports and travel more. I know experiencing southeast Asia was life altering, in a good way, for me.
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