anthony: how does the joke begin? three men in a bar? but it s not a bar. imagine the bronx a corner bodega, or maybe a luncheonette, a diner, three men, strictly by coincidence, find themselves in the same place at the same time. sitting at the counter is afrika bambaataa. across the room is melle mel. door opens, and who walks in? dj kool herc. three men who created the musical style that s become the soundtrack to, well, the whole wide world. do they all nod at each other? lament how all of them got screwed over, cut out of the big money? or just laugh at the absurdity of it all? hip-hop it came from nowhere else. it could have come from nowhere else but the bronx. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la anthony: this is the br
what kind of fish is this? callita: bluefish. anthony: bluefish! oh, awesome! i love bluefish. and some nice smoked neck bones with bananas and yucca. that s, uh, officially awesome already. ooh, that s tasty. that s really good. an under-exploited fish, one of my favorites. you know what i ve noticed already? the bronx is big. how ludicrous and shameful is it that i can literally see my house from here, and i basically have no [ muted ] idea where i am. baron ambrosia: and no fault on your own, but i think that s kind of what keeps the bronx so amazing is that you have all these in-touch ethnic enclaves. anthony: i didn t know there were hondurans here, much less, uh, 200,000 garifuna. baron ambrosia: right. anthony: no clue. baron ambrosia: right. anthony: i ve been saying the neck is the next big thing for years now. still waiting.
travel the world without leaving the borough. anthony: right. baron ambrosia: and, you know, it s like an addiction. when you go to another country, and that first day in the market anthony: yeah. baron ambrosia: and all your dreams, and you smell the diesel, and you re just looking around you re like, where s that one thing i m looking for? to be able to do that, really, in your own backyard is anthony: cool. callita: we have a hudutu. that s coconut soup with fish. over here, we had a tapou. anthony: oh, that looks good. callita: smoked neck bone with, uh, banana, yucca, yautía, malanga, in coconut soup. anthony: well, that sounds good. yeah! i ll definitely have some neck bones and, uh, plantains. yeah, let s do that! callita: okay, so, let s put some plantain here. anthony: in garifuna cuisine mashed plantains come with just about every dish. baron ambrosia: plantains are just part of it. that s part of hudutu. you would never have this without wi
that one thing i m looking for? to be able to do that, really, in your own backyard is anthony: cool. callita: we have a hudutu. that s coconut soup with fish. over here, we had a tapou. anthony: oh, that looks good. callita: smoked neck bone with, uh, banana, yuca, yautía, malanga, in coconut soup. anthony: well, that sounds good. yeah! i ll definitely have some neck bones and, uh, plantains. yeah, let s do that! callita: okay, so, let s put some plantain here. anthony: in garifuna cuisine mashed plantains come with just about every dish. baron ambrosia: plantains are just part of it. that s part of hudutu. you would never have this without without the plantains. anthony: right. so it s like fufu. same, uh baron ambrosia: yeah, yeah. absolutely, same method, same right hand. anthony: same principle. baron ambrosia: same everything. anthony: there s fish and coconut soup. what kind of fish is this? callita: bluefish. anthony: bluefish! oh, awesome!
dreams, and you smell the diesel, and you re just looking around you re like, where s that one thing i m looking for? to be able to do that, really, in your own backyard is anthony: cool. callita: we have a hudutu. that s coconut soup with fish. over here, we had a tapou. anthony: oh, that looks good. callita: smoked neck bone with, uh, banana, yuca, yautía, malanga, in coconut soup. anthony: well, that sounds good. yeah! i ll definitely have some neck bones and, uh, plantains. yeah, let s do that! callita: okay, so, let s put some plantain here. anthony: in garifuna cuisine mashed plantains come with just about every dish. baron ambrosia: plantains are just part of it. that s part of hudutu. you would never have this without without the plantains. anthony: right. so it s like fufu. same, uh baron ambrosia: yeah, yeah. absolutely, same method, same right hand. anthony: same principle. baron ambrosia: same everything. anthony: there s fish and coconu