The Best Episodes of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.4/10(307 votes)

   #1 - Quebec

   S1:E45/5/2013

   Bourdain travels to remote areas within the province of Quebec where he samples local delicacies, explores ice fishing and beaver hunting and spends time with two of funniest and most brilliant chef/restauranteurs in Canada, Joe Beef's Dave McMillan and Fred Morin.

   Director:Michael Steed

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   7.9/10(386 votes)

   #2 - Myanmar

   S1:E14/14/2013

   With the slight relaxation of control by the government of Myanmar, Tony is finally able to explore one of the most fabled and beautiful areas of Asia.

   Director:Tom Vitale

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   7.9/10(238 votes)

   #3 - Congo

   S1:E86/9/2013

   Tony visits Congo, the setting of one of his favorite books, Conrad's Heart of Darkness, and the basis for one of his favorite movies, the classic Apocalypse Now.

   Director:Tom Vitale

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   7.8/10(229 votes)

   #4 - Morocco (Tangier)

   S1:E55/12/2013

   Tony explores the "Interzone", where artists like Burroughs, Bowles, and the Rolling Stones sought escape from Western moral prohibitions and the possibilities of great empty spaces.

   Directors:Jared Andrukanis, Nick Brigden

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   Directors:Jared Andrukanis, Nick Brigden

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   7.6/10(302 votes)

   #5 - Los Angeles

   S1:E24/21/2013

   Tony takes Los Angeles--but with a twist. No Hollywood sign, no Beverly Hills. Instead, he zeroes in on a three square-mile area of the city known as Koreatown, where he finds a tight-knit community still marked by the 1992 Rodney King riots.

   Director:Michael Steed

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   7.6/10(250 votes)

   #6 - Libya

   S1:E65/19/2013

   Libyan hip-hop, Italian restaurants, tribal allegiances and post-war uncertainty in Libya. Bourdain looks at the country through personal stories, food--and the music of anti-Qaddafi rapper expats who returned to fight.

   Director:Tom Vitale

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   7.5/10(202 votes)

   #7 - Peru

   S1:E76/2/2013

   Tony and his friend, world-renowned chef Eric Ripert, explore the far reaches of indigenous Andes in search of a rare variety of wild cocoa that is said to be the "best" in the world. They move from hip, modern Lima back in time into pre-Colombian Peru.

   Director:Sally Freeman

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   7.4/10(265 votes)

   #8 - Colombia

   S1:E34/28/2013

   The public face of Colombia has changed immensely over the past ten years and is still changing for the better. Tony will explore several regions of the country from the mountains down to the Caribbean coast to the coca leaf growing inlands formerly controlled by drug cartels.

   Director:Sally Freeman

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