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Anthony Bourdain Directs a Food Porn

No Reservations was a clip show—er—special this week, as Anthony Bourdain put together a montage of his most orgasmic eating experiences. He approached it as kind of a greatest hits mix, visiting the most celebrated, and honestly, rather predictable eateries around.

Bourdain feasts his eyes on some taco porn at Jose Andres' Oyamel, has Eric Ripert whip him up an off-the-menu sea urchin-caviar concoction at Le Bernardin, gets gooey about the cheese board at Picholine and drools over David Chang's legendary pork buns at Momofuku.

But we were surprised at one far-flung stop. Tony revisited his favorite Vietnamese pho noodle shop, a Ho Chi Minh City hole-in-the-wall aptly named just Pho Noodle Shop. And suddenly Bourdain is a whiny, whimpering mess as he waits with ants in his pants, like a five-year-old, for his bowl of liquid fat to come. No snark, no measured approval, no witty one-liners, but pure unadulterated—genuine!—excitement. We've never seen him like this, and we're thinking we need to get to Ho Chi Minh sometime soon.

Fortunately, Tony is going back to Vietnam for another episode later this season. Definitely setting the Tivo for that one.

· Food Porn Travel Guide [No Reservations]
· Anthony Bourdain travel coverage [Jaunted]
· Vietnam travel coverage [Jaunted]

Photo: [Travel Channel]