Comments on: In Defense of Bizarre Foods

By: Cathy

Cathy — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:24:14 +0000

Thanks for publishing this! I was actually googling some of the “bizarre” foods in the episode to look for at my local Asian market when I came across your blog. :) A great example of the locals pulling the wool over Andrew’s eyes with foods EVEN they think are weird is the Ethiopian episode- the women during the coffee ceremony can’t even contain themselves when they offer Andrew the coffee with salt in it and later, the coffee with the unpasteurized butter in it… They don’t even drink it themselves, they just knew that some people did and they thought it was a bit crazy… LoL

By: ZenKimchi

ZenKimchi — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:21:59 +0000

Thank you. I’ve been a fan of Bourdain since the first season of “A Cook’s Tour” back in the day–like when he had brown hair. He was a lot cockier then, and I see the voices as the young cynical Tony battling with the older “the world ain’t so bad” Tony.

By: N

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:04:55 +0000

Thanks for this post. I’m a little late on reading it, but figured it might be worth it for you to hear I was really glad to hear some insider info on the show/Andrew. I really like the show and as such have always had trouble understanding other people’s distaste for Bizarre Foods. Really illuminating post and thanks for eloquently dismembering the Voice’s shoddy arguments.

PS: I also like No Reservations quite a bit and absolutely adore the back to back of the shows, but I have always had trouble reconciling which “voice” of Anthony’s I’m supposed to really believe. Is it his cool confident on screen swagger or is it the incredibly cheesy/geeky voice over we hear in between?

By: Chae

Chae — Tue, 12 May 2009 06:52:07 +0000

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By: johm

johm — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:23:12 +0000

I’ve seen Bizarre Foods: Korea already. It’s available using the “on demand” feature on Verizon FiOS (Virginia, US).

Good episode. Much better than when Tony Bourdain went to Korea. I’m a huge Bourdain fan, but his Korea episode was probably his worst.

I’ve been reading your site for about a year now. Good stuff. Keep up the good work.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:19:48 +0000

Colorado cowboys do get offended if you say Rocky mountain oysters are gross.
Out here in N.E Colorado we take RMO’s serious.
In my restaurant we serve over 5000 lbs a year.
In a town of 400 that is impressive. Out here oyster are not a novelty they are a staple.