I have a new Travel Channel love. His name is Adam Richman, his show is called Man Vs. Food, and all Adam does is travel around the country partaking in any and every eating challenge he can find. He swears, he flirts, and he acts like a complete goober and I find him to be utterly charming. Plus, he likes food! He’s attempted (and in some cases succeeded) to down anything from a 72 oz. steak in Amarillo to five giant milkshakes in St. Louis to a 12-egg omelette at Beth’s.
Swoon!
I will add to all the other correct opinions and say it: Anthony Bourdain is the ONLY travel/food host worth watching, and probably one of our best food writers out there.
@fnarf: Nah. Watched it. Repeatedly and often. Follow him into Morimoto’s restaurant? Maybe his expose on uni pasta and beluga caviar? At the same time going “this is poor people food!” about the tongue tacos and chilaquiles that cost in excess of $10 a pop. Maybe visiting Lola? So, yeah, I disagree.
For all his snuggling up in dung huts and eating fried rat intestines off a shaved palm skewer while extolling the “it’s only REAL if poor people eat it!” I can’t mesh it with the $400+ meals he scarfs down.
Tomato/tomato, eh?
Anthony Bourdain is a real muthafucka! He can be in a 5 star restaurant or in a ghetto with gangbangers eating, and he acts the sames, stays the same. Tony Bourdain is truly a free soul and that my friends, is living.
Rich, Anthony and Andrew are probably my three favorite shows on the Travel Channel. The new ones like Bridget’s Sexiest Beaches suck hard (if I wanted to watch hot naked chicks without stimulating narration, I’d watch porn). Man v. Food is a much more straight forward show – he eats and either finishes or doesn’t.