I'm probably the only person here in Argentina that has not seen the No Reservations episode (here's a link to it... get it while you can) where Ant'ny comes to our fair burg to sample our burg's fare ...but I don't watch a lot of TV.However! When my pitiful channel surfing does land on an episode of his... my television treaty with My Missus invokes the Anthony Bourdain Clause and all other viewing ceases ...a cease-fire is invoked, as well ...and quiet reigns for the duration.
Ok. Maybe you've seen the episode (or not... I'm not really sure that we have this particular season here on cable yet)...
...but just maybe I have something new for you!
This particular scene looks like it was cut from the episode ...but was good enough to make into something of a promo. Man, am I glad it was. This shows Tony in the venerable El Cuartito ...finding his love for Argentine empanadas. For the love of God, please, don't blame that indescribable commercial on me.
What struck me about the promo is that in something less than 4 minutes, Bourdain travels the length and breadth of my own experience with empanadas!
I love meat-pies of just about any description but, for some reason, I could not fall in love with empanadas here. I don't know why. Argentine empanadas are truly champions among that food group ...but for my first 2 years here, I avoided them as the most pedestrian and uninspiring food in town. Never could explain it to myself nor anyone else. Nowadays, empanadas are my backstop whenever I get bored with local food! Couldn't live without them.
I've always liked and admired Anthony Bourdain's approach and savvy and program. However, seeing him condense my 2 years of personal experience with a touchstone Argentine food ...into what couldn't have been more than 2 hours of shooting ...makes me admire him so very much more.
The guy's not just another talking food head.
6 comments:
Thanks for the link to this episode of No Reservations! I hadn't seen it either. I love Anthony Bourdain's irreverent style. Unfortunately the clip about the empanadas didn't work for me (I could only watch the first 30 seconds).
Waah! The clip is better than the episode, imho.
Try it again later ...pobrecita, you probably didn't get past that HORRIBLE commercial.
besos,
Mike
"ya don't get this in NY."
In case you don't already know it: that's an Olympic medal from a neoyorquino.
I got the clip to work a bit later on. Too bad they cut that scene from the episode. Mmm, empanadas.
I love Anthony Bourdain!....That whole episode was great....especially when he experience a true asado....and then when he drank a whisky with the ice from the Perito Moreno...fantastic!
Por Dios, que programa bizarro, deberia haberse llamado *La Argentina bizarra^. Nunca he visto semejante apologia del mal gusto. Ni Argentina, ni Buenos Aires es lo que se vió. Cualquier bruto que no conoce Argentina ve este video, y se creara a sí mismo la imagen de que comemos todo el dia carne de vaca, en ollas revolviendo, sentados en el pasto, y como animales.El99% consistio en ver como cocinaban carne , y una olla o sobre una parrilla. Un periodista con terrible mal gusto para presentar las cosas, y una seleccion truculenta de vivencias a mostrar. Vivo en Argentina hace 35 anios y nunca vi tantas cosas desagradables como en este video. Hay 1000 escenas ricas e intensas sobre Argentina y no este compendio de preconcepto.
Como se nota cuando los periodistas tiene esa sonrisa falsa, forzada, y de compromiso, cuando por un lado quieren demostrar algo que no sienten en lo mas minimo.
Yo que Ud periodista , vendria a la Argentina nuevamente y haria un video de verdad a modo de disculpas. Argentina no es su cosmovision de la Argentina, ni lo que le gustaria a Ud que fuera la Argentina, para su programa.
Saludos Mike ! y gracias por su blog, que siempre tiene cosas interesantes por leer.
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