Valerie Bailey
Valerie is a travel writer currently based in Cleveland, but her favorite destinations are Alaska, London, and Jordan – only one of which Bourdain ever visited! You can find her writing on Lonely Planet, Forbes, and her travel blog, Valerie & Valise.
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Anthony Bourdain in Glasgow: 5 Spots Where Tony Ate
"From my very first time, it was Glasgow, my favorite city in Scotland, one of my favorite cities on Earth," says Anthony Bourdain while the shot follows him walking through the historic streets of the oft-overlooked and underestimated Scottish city of Glasgow. Long known as the darker, grittier, and more violent sibling of Scottish cities, Glasgow isn't on most traveler's radars for a first-time trip – but within the city, there are some incredible meals to have...
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Anthony Bourdain in Laos: 6 Spots Where Tony Ate
Laos is a massively underdeveloped country, even by Southeast Asian standards; this is in part because of the horrors literally rained down on the country by American bombers during a Secret War carried out during American involvement in the Vietnam War...
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Anthony Bourdain in Singapore: 32 Spots Where Tony Ate
If you know anything about great food in Singapore, it's probably that it was home to the first street food stand to receive a Michelin Star (and has kept it in the years since!). For a small city-state-country, Singapore has a lot to offer – especially from a culinary perspective. Unsurprisingly for a guy who loved food, Anthony Bourdain greatly enjoyed his trips to Singapore...
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Anthony Bourdain in Thailand:
The Complete Country GuideAmong Asian cuisines available to North Americans, Thai is perhaps one of the better known; Thai immigrants have settled around the world, and some choose to open restaurants that share their cuisine with the rest of us. For example, did you know that Fairbanks, Alaska, is considered to be one of the Thai food capitals of the world – with one restaurant for every 1,000 residents...
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Anthony Bourdain in Chiang Mai: 16 Spots Where Tony Ate
As the second largest city in Thailand, it's no surprise that Anthony Bourdain felt pulled to visit during his travels. While we can't deny that Tony was a city guy, he also understood that big cities in different parts of a country would have vastly different foods. Compared with more southerly Bangkok, Chiang Mai gives travelers more perspective on the diversity of Thai cuisine and culture – two things Tony always did a great job of showing us...
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Anthony Bourdain in Vietnam:
The Complete Country GuideIt's hard to write an introduction for a country like Vietnam, in the context of Anthony Bourdain's travels there. There was, perhaps, no place on earth that he more enjoyed visiting, more relished in eating its cuisine, or felt more at home outside his own country. Vietnam was special to him... what more can I say?
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Anthony Bourdain in Hội An: 3 Spots Where Tony Ate
To say that Anthony Bourdain loved Vietnam feels like an understatement. It was a place he regularly referred to as one of his favorite destinations in the world – if not the destination he most loved to visit. Over the course of his television career, Tony filmed eight episodes in Vietnam, making it one of the most shown outside his home country. During those trips, he visited different parts of the country, engaged with the challenging history of American-Vietnamese relations, and ate a lot of delicious food...
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Anthony Bourdain in Hanoi: 13 Spots Where Tony Ate
During his career, there are some iconic spots that Anthony Bourdain visited. Beirut comes to might right off the bat. Iran was a particularly special experience since it's so hard for Americans to visit. Congo was a work of art. And, of course, Vietnam – his self-described favorite country, and one where the most important meal of his career took place, with President Obama on little plastic stools...
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Anthony Bourdain in Rome: 18 Spots Where Tony Ate
"I love this city. Middle of tourist season and you can still walk right back in time." So says Anthony Bourdain during his first visit to Rome; unlike some destinations that he only visited once during his television career, Rome kept calling out to him – and he kept returning to discover more of the true Rome, with all its beauty and despair, each subsequent visit...
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Anthony Bourdain in the Philippines: The Complete Country Guide
Made up of over 7000 islands, to call the Philippines archipelago vast would be an understatement. Over the course of his travels, Tony Bourdain discovered that the food on offer in this South East Asian country reflects its sprawling diversity – and all of the places he visited are still waiting to welcome you today...
