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>> peru is a country thats historically driven men mad, mad for gold, for coca, for its magical, ancient history. but now, theres something else drawing outsiders to its hidden mountain valleys. we love this stuff. we obsess about it, gorge on it, and fetishize it. im talking about chocolate. once a common treat, its now becoming as nuanced as fine wine, making the pursuit of the raw, good stuff all the more difficult. im joining that hunt in remotest peru, but not before ive re-immers...

>> coque: the -- the street food in peru is starting to disappear, really disappear, yeah. >> anthony: really? why? >> coque: because, you know, the neighbors, they -- >> anthony: oh, the neighbors complain? >> coque: complain. >> anthony: our friend coque brought us to this place. [ coque speaking spanish ] >> anthony: to dona pochita, a street stall named for the lady who runs the joint. [ coque speaking spanish ] [ anthony laughs ] >> anthony: they specialize in one thing. >> coque: beef hear...

Youre not loving that, are you? >> eric: no. >> anthony: imagine you took a lot of acid and then you ate that whole bowl of ants, and then you go home and you experience violent diarrhea. and, like, youre tripping and its like, 4:00 in the morning, and you turn around and you look at the toilet and like, all these ant heads floating around in there. itd be cool. >> eric: yeah, it would be super cool, tony. i cant wait. [ anthony laughs ] >> anthony: so now that weve confirmed what we already kne...

>> fred: yeah. >> anthony: and a 2-year-old and a 4-year-old. >> fred: they dont -- they dont make it to the end. usually i have to, like -- [ anthony laughs ] >> fred: i have to, like -- >> anthony: eat the pruneau. >> fred: prematurely open the -- open the -- >> david: you dont like pruneau? >> anthony: you know what, im thinking this and im thinking, "oh, thats really [ bleep ] up." but im also thinking, you know, "i gotta do that. im gonna do that." and actually my daughter would totally be ...

Fred morins perfect world we would all travel by rail. it would still be the golden age of rail travel. so, uh, tell me about the great canadian rail system. >> fred: its purely emotional. >> anthony: really? >> fred: theres nothing rational about it. >> anthony: fred it what one might call, conservatively, an aficionado. how extreme is your railroad nerdism? >> david: this is how bad it gets. operating manual -- >> anthony: for this model of train? >> david: this is -- yeah. this model. >> fred...

Now were talking. youre gonna love this dish, my friend. >> go: yeah, thats a -- find the chicken in the pile of chili. >> anthony: lao sze chi literally means "spicy chicken," but the dish, in practical terms, is a game of finding the bits of chicken in the mountain of ass-burning goodness. cmon, its fun for the whole family. "is that a tiny nubbit of hacked chicken? or a nuclear cluster of chili seeds?" the sichuan peppers are the, for me, like, the really, super addictive. >> eric: oh yeah, i...

And one must not, under any circumstances, bring shame on our house. now, the next round its one by one? >> man: yeah. >> anthony: so, how does that work? oh no! oh. i mean, we may as well get started. >> man 3: thank you very much. hope you enjoy it. >> eric: thank you very much. >> man 4: welcome to chengdu. >> anthony: thank you so much. in business how often do you entertain like this? >> man: two -- two, three days a week. [ anthony laughs ] >> man 2: and then sometimes in one day three tim...

Like my eyes are in a different position. right? >> anthony: i got news for you. it -- yeah, you better look at yourself in the mirror, man. >> go: just slow down. dont rush. >> eric: slow down, right? >> go: yeah, slow down a little bit. >> anthony: man, those, those peppercorns are awesome. >> eric: ah. i need towels. holy cow. whoa. [ anthony laughs ] >> eric: theyre all looking at me from the kitchen. they are like, "this guys gonna survive or what?" thanks for coming. now when it comes to a...

>> anthony: local friend xiao bin and musician friend seven. wu jiao ling and gao shin. all enjoy a good hot pot. almost everybody around here does. eric, however, seems apprehensive. >> anthony: so, this is erics first time for sichuan hot pot. >> gao: really? >> anthony: i think youre really going to enjoy this. >> eric: yeah. >> anthony: so this is particularly good, right? >> xiao: it is known for being spicy. so -- [ laughs ] >> seven: not a good news. [ laughs ] >> eric: i feel it in my ey...

State or a technical? [ curo speaking spanish ] >> anthony: is unhappiness necessary for great art? [ alicia speaking spanish ] >> curo: si. >> anthony: oh, he didnt even have to think about that. [ curo speaking spanish ] >> alicia: and then, you perform very well after a couple of these. >> anthony: right. i may not have duende, but i have valentines. [ curo speaking spanish ] >> anthony: cachondo? i know that expression. wait a minute. >> alicia: yeah. [ laughs ] [ anthony laughs ] >> anthony...