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Started 3 years ago by lisathewaitress
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lisathewaitress
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I wrote this whole thing about how much I love No Reservations and promptly forgot to save it. . .
That's Lisa for you, busy Lisa, all kinds of out of sorts.
At any rate, the fine folks from No Reservations sent me this exclusive video, just for MY readers.
On Tonight's episode of  No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain goes to Saudi Arabia.; I hope to learn as much as I learned from the heartbreaking Cambodia episode.
Click here to view.
Also, click here to see the promo.
Enjoy!
For those of you who haven't watched it, No Reservations is the best show on television right now.  It's amazing.  And it airs Monday nights at 10pm on the Travel Channel (58 here in Cbus). More info.  Click here to read Tony's blog.

Posted 3 years ago #
vestanpance
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I too love this show and watch it every week... and reruns on lunch at 1.

Posted 3 years ago #
osulew
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We saw this episode last night...very cool.
I would possibly saw off appendages to travel with A.B.
He sort of makes me want to do very bad things... :twisted:

Posted 3 years ago #
michaelcoyote
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between this and another thread elsewhere I started thinking about where I'd take Mr. Bourdain should he ever grace our fair city...
North market on Saturday during the summer. I figure He'd love the farm market and take him to Jeni's to cool off. Side trips to Bluescreek and North Market Poultry and Game.
Alana's - He'd love the local foods he just saw at the farm market served up for him. (Note to producer.. reserve pig head at bluescreek for some sort of cheek dish)
Larry's -- Best dive bar on Campus. Could talk about the history of the bar and talk about OSU and college drinking.
Kihachi -- Talk about the large number of Japanese uprooted from their homes to work in the middle of cow country.. how can they survive? By eating well! (start with side trip to Honda plant/TRC)
Cafe Brioso and Yeah Me Too - yes both coffee shops.. because we can and the coffee scene here is diverse and strong.
Carfagnia's -- cos it rocks and it's old school.
Pistachia Vera and German Village.
Garden party at Bear and Colleen's -- cos that's how we roll.
Any additions or deletions?

Posted 3 years ago #
Bear
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michaelcoyote wrote Garden party at Bear and Colleen's
Heavens! That puts us in some very august company -- thanks! I hope we can live up to it. (Well, we can definitely live up to Larry's....)
I was thinking Diaspora, for the bowl of silkworm pupae. But that's the other food network show, the extreme disgusting food guy.
How about Thurn's? I bet he'd love it.
I almost don't know where to start with restaurants in the Short North alone -- Rosendales, Basi, Tasi, Rigsby's, Bono, etc., etc. -- each chef would probably love to knock his socks off with something. You'd need a week.

Posted 3 years ago #
michaelcoyote
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Before I derail Lisa's thread too much more, I'd like to thank her for posting the preview. I've not had cable for a while so I've not been watching, but I'll have to grab the latest episodes and watch them soon. That show in particular looks great..
Bear wrote
michaelcoyote wrote Garden party at Bear and Colleen's
Heavens! That puts us in some very august company -- thanks! I hope we can live up to it. (Well, we can definitely live up to Larry's....)
I picked you guys because you're such darn good hosts.. For being a bunch of city slickers you sure learned down home hospitality really quickly.
Bear wrote I was thinking Diaspora, for the bowl of silkworm pupae. But that's the other food network show, the extreme disgusting food guy.
How about Thurn's? I bet he'd love it.
I almost don't know where to start with restaurants in the Short North alone -- Rosendales, Basi, Tasi, Rigsby's, Bono, etc., etc. -- each chef would probably love to knock his socks off with something. You'd need a week.
The idea wasn't 1+ Michelin stars all the way. To me the great thing about his show is that he looks for food experiences that sum up the experience of an area..
In No Res he's using food to introduce us to people and show us the viewer how we are similar. This is basically my experience of the world, and why I like his show (and his writing) so much.
I intentionally left a few places out and looking at your list, I see that I've forgotten a few.
I threw on my justifications and some show ideas for the fun of it...
Anyone else?

Posted 3 years ago #
Coremodels
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Thurman Burger or Beanie Burger, Ohio Deli Dagwood, some square cut pizza, Nazareth Deli, maybe a couple of the spots in Little Somalia...hot dog at the Shoe on a cold Saturday game day.

Posted 3 years ago #
drew

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I'd have to add the Hey Hey to the list. The man likes local color, right?

Posted 3 years ago #
Coremodels
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Drew wrote I'd have to add the Hey Hey to the list. The man likes local color, right?
I wish the Hey Hey still had chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast...then it'd be a shoe in!

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Cookie
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michaelcoyote wrote Larry's -- Best dive bar on Campus. Could talk about the history of the bar and talk about OSU and college drinking.
As someone who used to work at and live upstairs from Larry's, I have to say that I just don't think there's anything special about it anymore. It's turned into just another campus bar.

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vestanpance
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michaelcoyote wrote
Larry's -- Best dive bar on Campus. Could talk about the history of the bar and talk about OSU and college drinking.
I'd pick the Dube over Larry's if you wanted something campusy dive bar. Or Mama's pasta and brew.
+1 for thurmans
Flying pizza so he could make some "new york pizza in ohio?" comment? (waiting for the nyc pizza snobs to bash me on that one)

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Coremodels wrote Thurman Burger or Beanie Burger, Ohio Deli Dagwood, some square cut pizza, Nazareth Deli, maybe a couple of the spots in Little Somalia...hot dog at the Shoe on a cold Saturday game day.
I really like the Little Somalia idea. It goes to remind me what I've overlooked.
As far as time of year, I have to say I love the food here in the summer.. All the local veggies are amazing. On the other hand a bonfire party (with braised local pork shoulder in a dutch oven) might be amazing..
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Posted 3 years ago #
Tenzo
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I always have trouble watching him on TV.
In his first book, that made him famous, he goes on and on about how any chef who does TV is a complete hack.

Posted 3 years ago #
Bear
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I guess now we get to revive this thread.

Not that anyone's asking us where to take him when he's here....

Posted 2 years ago #
Andrew Hall
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People have a pretty delusional nature of the level of some places in Columbus which would be mid-tier and unremarkable elsewhere.

In some our ways, I think our lack of exceptionality makes for an interesting story with the noticeable growth of halal butchers, diverse Asian cuisines, Mexican and other LatAm places, Somali diaspora and the like. That is an interesting story.

A.

Posted 2 years ago #
CMH Gourmand
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Um...huh?

Andrew Hall wrote >>
People have a pretty delusional nature of the level of some places in Columbus which would be mid-tier and unremarkable elsewhere.
In some our ways, I think our lack of exceptionality makes for an interesting story with the noticeable growth of halal butchers, diverse Asian cuisines, Mexican and other LatAm places, Somali diaspora and the like. That is an interesting story.
A.

Lack of exceptionality? For a city of our size and demographic composition I would say the inverse is true. There is exceptionality here and very much of the scope of the places that No Reservations explores.

Plus Bear and Colleen's - anyone would be lucky to go there for a couple of Bear's concoctions. Mr. B would be begging to extend his stay.

Columbus Foodcast had some fun discussing where we would take someone for 48 hours of Columbus.... and the ususal suspects were hard pressed to limit our choices to 48 hours. It took three episodes to get started.

http://columbusfood.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=423095

So I will take Details off my list for my 48 hours with Mr. Bourdain and add a raid on Mr. Hall's wine cellar followed by throwing green walnuts all over his yard before we go to places like Alana's, Jeni's, Pistachia Vera and other pedestrian ilk.

Taco Trucks, The Kreama Nut Company, a road trip to Athens, etc. I'll keep "Tony" busy. Mr. Hall is quite right there is a lot of hidden diversity in the capital city.

And 11 months later - no Larrys. My bar of choice is the St. James Tavern.

Posted 2 years ago #
Andrew Hall
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My wine cellar is equally unexceptional. I have no illusions in that regard. Two minutes @Crush (NYC) demonstrates that readily.

Ditto for much else. For example, I love Jeni's and would place her in the upper 10% of ice cream makers in the US, but there are artisanal ice cream makers all over now. Ditto Pistacia and others.

It is about how the food scene in America across the board has upped the game. There is a restaurant in rural Virginia that blows away ANYTHING in Columbus and about 97% of the rest of the US. That is exceptional.

A.

Posted 2 years ago #
Bear
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There's a key distinction here. Jim, you're talking about what's best in the city (and bless you for including me in the list... but Dillman kicks my ass), whereas Andrew is talking about what makes the city unique in global perspective. And I suspect, given that Bourdain eats things like seal eyeball and warthog anus on his show, that he's really looking for what's unique.

So what could we offer that's unique?

This is something I want to explore in more depth for other reasons. Perhaps pawpaws, or spicebush berries, would be Ohio's warthog anus (except that they're not available in November, when he'll be here). We cure the hell out of meats, but so does every other region in the world of mostly German extraction....

Posted 2 years ago #