Anthony Bourdain - Disappearing Manhattan Special

[twoblink]

I keep telling people that there's a phantom menu, and nobody believes me!

[geraldinebacalso]

It is snowing in the video, I guess it's winter

[hotpants69]

Oh yeah, his accent. I noticed

Not really Italian, just NY

[poolsclosedduetofail]

Hop Kee is now out of business.

[FlushingBoyNY]

@poolsclosedduetofail  no its not i went to Hop Kee yesterday

[wen2669]

@FlushingBoyNY i need to go there next time im in chinatown

[waitingformypopcorn]

Wnaton soup is tha BEST!!

[traveln3]

More love to Anthony Bourdain. We been enjoying your show for years. Rock on dude...

[TomValedro]

bourdain looks like a granny with those glasses

[WarFlare]

I am watching an anthony bourdain video and poeple start talking about jesus and the old testament? whats wrong with you people!

[rumpole33]

i miss the old-fashioned chow mein or lo mein w/ the white sauce & thick noodles. nowadays, it's all thin noodles in a greasy soy-based sauce. anybody in los angeles know where the old fashioned chow mein/lo mein is now?

[aads13]

lol. that stuff is everywhere here in LA. just go the SGV

[jdmk20guy]

@aads13

have you been too won kok near downtown la ?

[aads13]

@jdmk20guy nops. but i dont needa drive like 20 minute for chinese food :D

[carsanookdotcom]

Kool klip

Winter in Manhattan. Now, to the the beer. Can anyone tell me the brand of the beer. It is not Heineken or is it.

Dr John

CaSanook

Bangkok

the land ( Kindgdom) of Singha, Leo and Chang beer)

[bigjallday1]

@carsanookdotcom it's most likely tsing tao.

[HunterMann]

I really like his show & books, but I would not like to see Bourdain's bowel movements.

[madhoyden]

That's just sad. He had the chance to eat decent Chinese food from the Phantom menu and he had to go for the usual trash.

[Alozo16]

watch the whole episode, his friend orders from the phantom menu afterwards

[TheTumboos]

Hey alonzo. Pass me the link aye.

[TheTumboos]

YES, my thoughts exactly! I really hate the stuff that he ordered... it's so 'western'.. bleh... in New Zealand, it's the same thing, It's so hard to find good chinese food, coz all you DO find, is what he ordered... sweet and revolting, and bland... BORING

[mannaRoseBand]

What's on the Phantom Menu?

[louchuis2coo4u]

hey do most chinease people eat pork? cause my mom only eats pork not beef so... i thought it woulda been awesome to know if theres a reason

[snowblazer12]

ehhh maybe she doesnt like beef cuz its high in calories try asking for fish or chicken

my mom does that too

theres been times when its pork and veggies for a whole week straight and i just dont eat it...

[heoquayhp]

there is a saying in china, anything that has its back facing the sky and moves, its food

[iseaall1205]

my parents don't eat it because of religious reasons. beef is a more holy animal than a pig, simply saying if you compare a cow to a pig which is more hardworking you do the math

[madhoyden]

I hate pork. Can't stand the texture or the taste.

[HunterMann]

I hate pork too. I always think it's very freaky that Christians eat dead pigs since it says, like 29 times, in the Bible...don;t eat pork. WTF?

[sazji]

@HunterMann It says that in the Old Testament. Jesus said "it's not what goes into a man's mouth that defiles him, but what comes out of it."

[HunterMann]

I was talking about what comes out the other end, not out of his mouth, but thanks for the jesus quote. What really defiles many christians is the words that come out of their mouths, especially those who quote the old testament. Are you saying you live life by every word of the antiquated, cruel writings in the old testamant? Yikes!

by the way, if you eat pork you are breaking that rule, mentioned 29 times in the bible.

[sazji]

@HunterMann You are arguing my point. :) The 'what comes out' is the words of course and I agree with you 100%. What got Jesus into trouble after all was that he looked beyond superficial rules and regulations to the essence of things. He was the one who asked "why do you call God's creation unclean?"

[BiggestBest92]

what if its a penis going into a man's mouth? is the sin "lust" commited?

[sazji]

@BiggestBest92 What if it's going into a woman's mouth? Or a woman's vagina? :) It could be an act of lust, it could be an act of love. That depends on you, doesn't it? "Nothing is good or bad, but thinking makes it so."

[jameister12345]

Not eating beef could be a practice that some Buddhists follow.

[BiiteSiizeAngel]

Word, this is the best chinese restaurant in chinatown no lie

[buttlord123]

Word

[corvusblue]

----------------->Yummi!

[johnnyb1936]

i don't care how bad it is for you, this stuff is delicious

[wen2669]

i passed that place a whole bunch of times... i need to go in once. lol

[punkerdave01]

Being A native of Manhattan I have been to this place A bunch of times and it is by far the best Chinese restaurant I have ever been to BAR NONE.

[RETROGEMS]

@punkerdave01

I can't wait to eat there soon..Chinese food is my favorite food in the entire world, and I am always on the quest for superb Cantonese.

[kassu09]

im getting so hungry by looking these videos....

[stevefrareyjr]

ME TOO!!!!!!!

[juanpi56]

I was watching this, and my grandparent said to me we are goint to order chinisse. I am in caracas Venezuela. But is bassicaly the same

[Everydayguytv]

definitely one of my favorite spots still to eat in Chinatown....at least once a month

[punkerdave01]

Agreed

[zoe1974]

When my husband and I (both of us very white) go to dim sum, the staff never brings by the chicken feet and the jook. My hubby loves jook. He ate it in... where else... China.

[elmuneco12]

i like the chinese dudes nyc accent! old school guy!

[bluewolfer]

I love Bourdain!

[destroyedjeans]

egg rolls. im cantonese and i dont think my parents or i have ever ordered that to eat.

[enienileg]

"I happen to like MSG....by the way" lol

[shobs76]

hey is it my imagination or is tony looking like richard gere in this episode? in fact i feel like he's beginning to looking more and more like gere.

(of course i have a ongoing crush on richard gere ever since ever)

[sclogse1]

It's the hair...what's interesting is that Gere is getting a more ethnic appearance as he ages...I think his best work will be ahead of him as a character actor, as opposed to a leading man.

[Hipsterrunoff]

That is the most Italian Chinese guy I have ever seen

[Custard]

@Hipsterrunoff only in nyc haha

[muyihuaren]

@Hipsterrunoff He's a real New Yorker.

[porooshat]

@Hipsterrunoff why?!

[nvhieu97]

@Hipsterrunoff exactly :)

[FlushingBoyNY]

@Hipsterrunoff What do yu mean Italian? i dont see any Italians in this video

[theplyr]

damn this remninded me frank Sinatras new york new york, oww man i love nyc, its soo awesome i dont ever want to leave it

[lola2u]

oh how I miss home. born and bred not too far from mott st.

[lilmamaness]

I could watch him all day...

[Galactic123]

Gotta love the chinese guy that talks like Big Don from my old neighborhood in Brooklyn.

[GreenBicLighter]

mannn...i wanted to see whats on the phantom menu :[

this and bizarre foods are my favorite non automotive shows, i would get stoned and watch a episode after work, it would be such a chill ass day. soo good.

[kicktotheballs]

That asian dude sounds like the Shamwow guy.

[Craigmin]

Headset Vince!

[darkseclusion]

Wow I've never heard an asian guy with a new york accent. That's freaking awesome haha.

[OMGitsYux3]

just went to Hop Kee today yumm sooo good

[ALIDPLM]

was that seriously his first egg roll in thirty years?!

[4Timesdafunky]

The 1st restaurant I ever went to in NYC! They have the best soups!

[Chick6517]

It is hard to pick just one prettiest place....BUT I was fortunate enough to see the Nasrid Palace in the Al Hambra AT NIGHT. They are SPECTACULAR at night and since the rest of the Al Hambra is closed, there are no large crowds to deal with....

[Danie450]

greatest episode ever

[sirdukek]

Hop Kee ! My freakin' childhood, le sigh.

I agree about the sea snails, denisefan. Also, their calamari is killer.

[chrisruano]

bourdain is the coolest guy ever

[denisefan]

BTW, if any of you foodies get a chance to go to Hop Kee, be sure to order sea snails, and either blue crab or lobster (with ground pork, scallion, and eggs), these are their signature dishes!

[denisefan]

Bourdain is the only guy I'd say know more about food than I do. Seriously.

[NoRedistribution]

What's wrong with corn starch? I use it all the time and I am not Chinese.

[LOUD7]

Nice video.I watch Anthony Bourdain's show all the time.

[drumaboy013]

cool vid