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>> 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: yes. >> anthony: so you have other operating manuals. >> david: this is how -- >> fred: yes. [ anthony laughs ] >> anthony: books, printed ephemera, collectibles. fred retains an enduring...

[ 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: right.

Rest of the country. >> anthony: right. >> jamie hince: its wealthier for a start. its way more cosmopolitan. i mean, people complain about it all the time, between the people that are struggling and the people that are doing well, we really shone a light on this, how divided the country is. >> news reporter: people dont just look at it as a financial thing. its an issue of cultural identity, too. >> news reporter 2: european citizens whove lived here for 10, 15 years, for the first time ever ha...

Done, is enormous compared to what we had. >> anthony: right. >> marco pierre white: and i like seeing the increase of song birds, the hens with their young chicks, the geese -- fabulous, arent they? >> anthony: amazing. >> marco pierre white: theyre nuts. [ anthony laughs ] there are beautifully, beautifully nuts. theres no guarantees how long were going to be here. just enjoy life. >> anthony: the mood in london is like a collective nervous breakdown. drinking seems appropriate. but first, a p...

[ anthony laughs ] >> eduardo: those are abalone from baja. i told you i love butter. i use it even for some mexican dishes, and then just some roasted chile serrano, just to give it a nice little kick for me. >> anthony: theyre finished with lemon, and of course, brown butter. beautiful. mm, very delicious. very mexican, very french. brown butter, its awesome. makes everything better. >> eduardo: of course. i think the most important thing about mexican cuisine in general, if its traditional, i...

>> 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?" when i walked through a snowstorm for a cigarette, thats when i knew i had to quit. for re...

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. 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 times. >> eric: oh, three times? >> man 2: three. >> anthony: oh, wait. uh, excuse me, eric. >> eric: yes, tony. my dear friend. thank you so much for taking me here. i will remember foreve...

Very spicy. have some beer. >> eric: but the food is really good, but the spice is a little bit of a challenge, i have to say. >> anthony: oh yeah. 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 ...

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 into it. ♪ directv gives you more for your thi...

♪ >> anthony: montreal to quebec city by rail. 160 miles of wintery vistas whip past the windows, evocative for some of another time. >> fred: here you go. canadian caviar. sturgeon acadian caviar. >> anthony: im not sure about dave mcmillan, but in 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...