Posted by: admin on: November 14, 2010
The best part about No Reservations is how much Anthony Bourdain mixes it up; how he visits somewhere utterly predictable one week (such as Manhattan), then ends up in the most random place you can think of (say, the Azores).
This week fell definitely on the random side, as Anthony headed to Colombo, Sri Lanka, a place we imagine being dusty, war-torn and unbearably hot. Bourdain spends the first half of the episode complaining about how dusty, war-torn and unbearably hot it is, but then of course he discovers the food. We don’t even know how to go about classifying the Sri Lankan food Tony sampled, except that every dish seemed to have about 25 spices, four kinds of fish, eggs, rice, bread, vegetables…well, you get the point, seems like these people will not hesitate to put anything on top of everything. Of course, it all looks delicious, whatever it is.
Bourdain mostly got personal guided tours around the country, and ended the episode by lamenting that Sri Lanka just isn’t safe and accessible enough yet for everyone to visit. Anthony Bourdain shot this episode back in 2009. The war is over in Sri Lanka now and it is safe for travelers to visit Sri Lanka.
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