Anthony Bourdain Answers Your Questions From Reddit

[Dayberry]

The only way to make something good is to make to your standards and fuck everyone else.

[slb6977]

I think he admitted to trolling food forums. 29:12

[MsTrance1]

Tony is brutally honest. He's the fucking man!!!

[ozzysaxman]

Honestly, who disliked this video?

[djmenez10]

Tony is awesome and love his show No Reservations

[Myopiandeezysays]

Tony, if you get tired of it all I would gladly be the host of your show.

[alchemisted89789]

really from reddit? wtf?

[lordhuck]

The Rome show was the worst No Reservations in years.

[gozags65]

reddit sucks you faggots

[Mluna792]

The last quote was great, you can probably apply that to every aspect of life. If you're not willing to take the bad, you're never going to get the good. Anthony Bourdain is one bad motherfucker.

[Annurgaia]

Yay!! He is coming to Finland!! Too bad that the weather is crap at the moment compared to last year! :P

[LuisMNavar]

This is the kind of guy friend I'd like to have. Someone straight up with no bullshit in between. I don't think he's arrogant, he's just brutally honest. Not like Simon Cowell who is an ass for shock value purposes. Anthony is just transparently engaging. Good piece.

[Praisejah992]

Propagandatechniques

;) *kiss* for you as well your one of my interesting men..<3

[Praisejah992]

YES!!,Tony do what ever the fuck you want!He is one of the most interesting men I've every had a pleasure of Watching!,and he is the only reason I watch TV he makes it!..He's an all around badass!Love you Tony *kiss*;)

[propagandatechniques]

@Praisejah992 Nice language.

[mo28mabini]

I love Anthony because he speaks well and he speaks mainly about food.

[karlitotito]

What's amazing to see in our day and age, is a person that thinks before answering.

[innomind]

You should do a show in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Great genuine interview, thank you Anthony!

[koyo12345]

"Jesus, my life is, like, fucked up." - 27:18

[Neojhun]

@koyo12345 I love / worried about how he came up with that conclusion. Some so serious and grave came from analyse what he eats at home.

[jacqland]

I bet he's a brony.

[roadrcr81082]

Great interview. I really enjoy his points of view. A very honest and upfront person. We need politicians like this in America.

[oilusboyne]

This is the sort of fella tv broadcasters need to pay attention to! give the geezer some credit he's doing what he enjoys and that is what we love to see, people doing what the fuck they want :D

[richie8811]

29:45 nerd fury = picard is better than kirk

[albeanmagz19]

Ok Im gonna take LSD, I've been thinking this for a while now.

[richie8811]

@albeanmagz19 don't man. from what i see, it's a fifty-fifty thing. part of your brain may go out the window

[awwwyeaboyeeee]

@albeanmagz19 recipe for a perfect LSD experience: 1 hit of blotter, do it with a friend, and don't hang out at home. go out in nature, even if it's at a park. it will take about 45min to an hour to hit, and will last for up to 9 hours. have fun!

[neepl8]

he can eat horse shit for all I care. this fheyg is a bitch and ckcscker

[albeanmagz19]

morewhiter hair ei?

[TeiniSlutti]

Welcome to Finland Chef !

[bacharitai]

Love this guy & great show.

[TheTravelfool]

So true what he says about restaurants. I've been to 55 countries and stayed with local friends in each. I remember being in Poland and eating the world's best pierogi (literally) in the smoky basement of a place in Krakow.

[handsintheair4you]

@TheTravelfool 55 countries??? whats your job?

[TheTravelfool]

@handsintheair4you 1 of my jobs is a photographer :)

[TheTravelfool]

Bourdain HAS to visit Lapland when he goes to Finland, it is just stunning!

[snoo333]

tony, the real DC is northern VA. contact me so we can get you to the real DC.

[snoo333]

tony love you brother. I an afghan kid that grew up in Jersey and now live in the DC area. would love for you to come by my area so that i introduce you to some of the best food in the world - Aghan food. come by and we will get some drinks and i will take you to the best afghan food anywhere.

please contact me and i would love to host here.

[SpeedyPerez210]

I'm so glad he said mole poblano as one of the dishes :)

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

you obvoisly portent the individual mirror

yes thr real good stuff lets open a flash in the pan restaurant

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

regarding price point

where would you place the obama job enabler plan you liberal douchebag

blame green fairy of absinthe lovers

eat grubs? if you hold up a smimmering mirror to thine self

um, did you eat in the back of a truck or relive being a young line scrub

i would like more clean kitchen towels too...

damn service industry is off of work now. meet us at later dignity

[drsoandso]

man but this world would be such a better place if we had few guy like this in congress or even the white house... too bad he has more sense that to head the UN or the State Department... in my dreams Tony, your an inspiration!

[gtidan]

Always speaks his mind............love the guy. But I wonder if I saw him in an airport and went up to shake his hand.............would he shake? Don't know.

[dookiee0000001]

Do you wake up every morning and think that you are one of the luckiest persons on the planet ?

[xotkflip]

I been following his show since the first season, and still going strong and satisfied with every single season. Keep it REAL Tony....and if i can ever afford to travel i would definitely travel like you.

[jek21]

Great interview! Anthony is such a cool guy and such an inspiration.

[azz666]

What a great guy!

[sinkryap]

I just discovered this show, and it is incredible on so many levels. Cannot wait to go back and watch prior episodes.

[yld629]

I'd like to see him go and make a show in Mongolia!

[miiiikku]

Anthony hates Finland, that is so cool.

[jamiesydnor]

I normally would be completely opposed the idea of "changing lives" if at all possible with someone else. But I can honestly say, as a 16 year old male, I would love to be Anthony Bourdain.

[kredit787]

kazakhstan is most misunderstood

[prettysakurafl0wer]

The way Anthony articulates and speaks about his experiences makes me yearn I was there experiencing those memories myself. The fact Anthony brings it so raw, my way or no way attitude, with no filters. This is what entertainment is and should be: real, honest, educational with a hint of cruel comedy.

Not to mention he writes killer books.

[daernest]

Love what he has to say about LSD. Exactly my experience.



[supernautistaken]

@daernest I'm kinda glad everyone who ever gave me acid was ripping me off, i never would have found my way back to reality

[sean9820]

1 paula dean fan has been here...

[tr0s3ph]

+1 on crispy corned beef hash. :)

[Skinscorcher999]

Used to I was kind of timid about trying new foods but, when I started watching No Reservations and I saw the people and the cultures behind it I changed. Now I'm a very adventurous eater. Soon I hope to travel more see the world a bit and try some foods I can't get where I am.

[t4nk88]

Who the heck disliked this?? Boo that man! Boooo!

[333assman]

@t4nk88 Probably an angry German or Brit.

[mevales]

YOU SHOULD DO, VIDEO QUESTIONS... LIKE... ALLOW PEOPLE TO MAKE QUESTIONS VIA YOUTUBE... THAT WOULD BE VEEEERY FUNNY

[mita56]

What an amazing interview - so honest and heartfelt. I have a lot more respect for a man that can be so open.

[stratology]

He's dead right about Scandinavia, i travelled with Keith Floyd many times in Scandinavia and we came to the same conclusions.

[lamecasuelas2]

i fuking love this guy!!!!

[harr77]

This was a wonderful interview thanks Tony.

[rxzhang]

"hmmmmm...... processed........." LOL

[paperback333]

Very good response on the second question about drugs.

Not all drugs provide negative effects, just as not all users have negative effects when they use drugs.

[KinmarX]

Pho!

[daryl74]

Finland is not Scandinavia. Not in terms of the language, politics, monetary system or culture. Finland is eastern Europe with some swedes thrown into the mix. But I could see that he didn't fully appreciate Iceland when he was there. :)

[daryl74]

@rufiel6rahteih As far as I know, Iceland is genetically culturally politically and linguistically Scandinavian. They even use a similar unit of currency to Sweden Norway and Denmark. Finland on the other hand uses the Euro.

[daryl74]

@rufiel6rahteih My opinions, unlike yours are based on facts. Most of the inhabitants of Iceland came from Norway, (after kidnapping women from Ireland) during the viking age. Perhaps not yourself, but most Icelanders are proud of their Viking ancestry. Additionally, Iceland was a Danish colony until 1944 when it gained independence. Like Norway Sweden and Denmark, it uses the krona as it's form of currency. The currency and the look of the Icelandic flag is just icing on the cake.

[daryl74]

@rufiel6rahteih This is the first I've heard of this. Including when I visited Iceland many years ago. What is your source?

[daryl74]

@rufiel6rahteih Finland on the other hand, was apart of Russia, during a part of its history. It has businesses that operate out of eastern Europe (Stockman's for example). Uses the Euro. Has a language that is more similar to Hungarian and Estonian. And has very little in common with Sweden, Denmark, The Faroe Islands, Norway or Iceland.

[daryl74]

@rufiel6rahteih If you are an Icelander, I am now concerned for the quality of the education system in your country.

[daryl74]

@rufiel6rahteih I'd love to keep talking to you, but unfortunately, you're an idiot.

[daryl74]

@rufiel6rahteih Well as far as I know Iceland is a parliamentary democracy, much like Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and England. Likely also similar to Norway Sweden and Denmark. The difference with all of those is that Iceland is free of a monarchy. (And America uses a completely different system)

[daryl74]

@rufiel6rahteih The Americans had a base in Iceland up until 2006. And they donated the statue of Leif Erikson. If what you're saying is true, I wonder why America would have rejected such a proposal. And why they didn't impose American money as they have with countries in South America. Or why an independent people such as Icelanders would make such a proposal.

[rufiel6rahteih]

@daryl74 Be concerned for your education, because that is the really thing you should be concerned about, and i doubt your are concerned about education of others.

[Basaltq]

@daryl74 That doesn't give exactly truthful image. Finland was a part of Sweden for almost a thousand years and over that time Swedish culture was merged to Finnish, destroying much of Finnish prehistoric traditions on the way. Even Finnish law is branched off from Swedish law.

[daryl74]

@Basaltq When I was in Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland that is not the impression I had. But I'm sure you are correct that there has been a lot of Swedish influence, in addition to Russian influence from recent (i.e. 20th century) history.

[Basaltq]

@daryl74 Would you elaborate that a bit more what exactly did you find different other than the language? Surprisingly Russian rule didn't end up inflicting Finnish culture that much, mainly due to the fact that Finland acted as autonomous state.

[daryl74]

@Basaltq Other than language. I found the street markets of Finland very similar to those of Latvia. But perhaps Sweden shares that as well. There was also the architecture of Helsinki which reminded me more of East Berlin than Stockholm. There were the haircuts, which were very much punk rock in Finland, and not so much in Sweden. There was the fact that people approached me and talked to me in Finland, which they didn't do in Sweden or Iceland. They did in Denmark, but only in Danish.

[daryl74]

@daryl74 And when they realized I wasn't a local made no effort to speak in English. People only spoke to me in English in Denmark when I was in a store, and they were a sales person. The odd Finn would make an effort to speak to me, and relate on a personal level. I also noticed there was a Temporary employment agency. Which is something I didn't see in Sweden, Denmark or Iceland.

[elliotcarroll]

I started the original thread that got this started, and I would just like to thank everyone and their upvotes for making this possible.

[stereosweetheart]

Hanoi pho! You're my hero!

[JacobB927]

I want to eat a hot pot now... great AMA!

[TheScalawag]

Maybe my standards are shamefully low, but I thought it was excellent he actually answered the questions. He didn't just make a joke and move on, or skip them when he couldn't think of an answer in under 2 seconds.

While I'm sure he enjoys talking about his experiences, it also seems like he genuinely enjoys thinking about the answers to these questions in a way that I wish our politicians and other members of the media would...

[megalenomaniac]

This was a really great video and thank you for answering Reddit's questions. Very insightful and great responses all around.

[AnalNapalm]

I enjoy watching your show every sunday while hungover. I'm eagerly waiting for the finland episode. Keep up the good work mr. Bourdain

[Dmon9055]

Man this is a fantastic AMA.

[Turigamot]

Honestly, I'd say the country most misunderstood by Americans is the United States itself.

[FOADgamers]

I want to be like Anthony Bourdain one day.

[LordArithon]

I find it hilarious as he starts salivating when he talks about Mole Poblano lol

[dmcguriman]

Right on Tony. Good advice on the acid. What's wrong with Romania, it soundedlike you were going to say something bad about it,...you got shitfaced and ate pork So what's wrong?

[dmcguriman]

@dmcguriman oh wait, maybe it was the russian that got drunk. That did seem like an awful time now that Ithink of it. Damn romanians! lol

[RelaxThereIsNoGod]

Thanks for doing this, it was great!

[goddessgonebad]

lmfao "really nasty stuff, like out of the supermarket?" yeah, that stuff will KILL you :) I love Mr. Bourdain :)

[smarzotais]

Yep, alot of Americans need to learn their geography. In school I have to shake my head when some asshat freind of mine laughs off their own inability to locate even the easiest to find things on a map by claiming that "who cares man, geography is gay!"

[dsh1224]

hahaha "nerd fury"

i think that term should replace "nerd rage" from now on

[apmrage71]

Mole FTW!

[i3in4ry42]

Wow that was great, candid and honest.

[zeppelin6601]

27:16 Did he say that his "Life" was fucked up or is "wife?" Hilarious either way, lol.

[NoPantsToma]

@zeppelin6601 Life, and i agree he's very funny

[izorizo]

Tony likes Phineas and Ferb? I adore him even more.

[metalhawj]

i want to see anthony challenge bobby flay on iron chef. lol.

[BigOldMrKnish]

@metalhawj flay would slay him in a cook off but in a shit talking contest?... i got my boy. love this dude.

[metalhawj]

@BigOldMrKnish im not so sure. pretty sure anthony would spank bobbys cocky ass. 

[BigOldMrKnish]

@metalhawj i agree, flay can be a twat at times but, at the end of the day, he's a true chef worthy of the name. bourdain says it in this video himself that he's a good cook but not some great chef (i'm paraphrasing but it was something along those lines). bourdain's charm is his personality and his general discontent; which means he's good for tv. flay could never carry a show like bourdain does; but in kitchen stadium, flay would own bourdain. be cool. knish

[jcassidy13]

Class act. In a lovely crusty way. Bourdain and Craig Ferguson should have a baby.

[Billthebutchr]

21:34....best question of the entire video.

[icntspl]

Thanks Anthony! :)

[groovyapple66]

The entire video was very interesting. I especially enjoyed the last answer. I don't feel so lost now that I know how to do my research. I will definitely be putting this into good use next time I'm hungry and in need of a new dish. Thanks for your honesty. It's one of your best and most admirable assets!

[westfieldwx]

.....also Romania,

[Parker2010]

I enjoyed every minute of that, Thanks Tony!

[TheBeaverpleazer]

reddit is gay

[htavilap]

He is coming to Finland?! Awesome!

[dubsaru]

Very entertaining, thanks for taking the time to post this.

[FetalJuice88]

MY BALLS ARE ON FIRE

[emerni]

interesting indeed,but i dont understand the question about the drugs...i dont see how the drug-experience of anthony is related to no reservation....afterall,he isnt doing drugs on the shows...rite?

but yes,very interesting Q&A in general.

[7BillowingClouds]

lol BBQ psychos

[slipperypete619]

I like how he defines trolling: "Provoking nerd fury."

[7BillowingClouds]

who the heck disliked this?!?!?!?!

[refink33]

@25:33 did he say '8 ball'

[whitacrefan17]

I asked the first question; thanks tony!

[CrA1n4]

@whitacrefan17 Your such a lucky duck!

[whitacrefan17]

@CrA1n4 haha!

[hoyo420]

i love the we enjoyed the show and we dont care if you enjoyed it or not part thats so tony and so why i love him and his attitude :)

[refink33]

Anthony's candor is admirable

[mikvance]

Reddit? I heard that site gives you viruses! Also, the narwhal bacons at midnight. Amidoingitright?

[Hockyluv21]

He had made unsavory remarks about Scandinavia before, but why I respect Bourdain so much is his willingness to be so open to changing his point-of-view despite his prejudices. This is what makes him possibly the best travel host in the last 20-30 years.

[rushmixtape5]

You are my hero!!! I want to one day see the places you see!

[ShamplooTV]

AB and Reddit? Awawaawawesome.

[CrA1n4]

Good.