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The other. oh! >> kenny: oh, oh, oh, oh! >> anthony: damn, does one wager on this? >> kenny: i guess the, uh, the official answer would be that gamblings illegal in japan. >> anthony: intermission. time for a corndog, some funnel cake, curly fries? no. better, much better. yakitori, yes, they have that. but when in okinawa do as the okinawans do, yakisoba. start with pork belly, as one always should. some hacked up sausage, cabbage, carrots, fry that stuff up on the griddle, add some chukamen no...

Cultural and historical traditions. who dont consider their needs or priorities. and their hugely disproportionate shouldering of the u.s. military presence for the entire country. currently there are close to thirty military installations on okinawa. and even though its one of the smallest japanese prefectures in terms of livable area, they accommodate more than half of the foreign military presence. even more problematic, much of okinawas arable land suitable for farming. on an island whose wh...

I really love cooking. kare-kare is one of the favorite of the filipino people. and to make a kare-kare, i use tripe, and i put the oxtail on the pressure cooker. >> rubin: wow wow wow! >> aurora: now the peanut butter! >> rubin: here are the peanut butter, mother. >> aurora: peanut butter, please. no more, no more. now the banana blossom. >> emy: the eggplant. >> aurora: the eggplant, the eggplant. ♪ oh, holy night the stars are brightly shining ♪ here is the kare-kare, i hope everybody wil...

Go ahead, spoil yourself. the es and es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. ♪ >> anthony: in chiang mai you can move in and out. from the quiet green of the countryside to, just a few miles away, the madness and chaos of chiang mai city, second largest in thailand. spirituality, reflection, the serene beauty of the rice patty, village life, maybe next episode, farang. this time, its all about consuming medically inadvisable amounts of food and drink.

Oh, yeah. that is -- can i say tumescent on cnn? yeah, im pretty sure i can. oh yeah, baby. this is just a magical dish. i dont know, its like two types of noodles i think. chicken, prawn, coconut, chili, but you know the main event of this, its the broth. the wisdom of the ages is contained in there. its like super complex. oooh! might need more of this. all right. ill have another one of these. more. its the broth. the broth. look at it. thank you. now im becoming the object of much amusement.

You are failing in your duties as a younger sister. >> nari: im sorry, im sorry. gunbae? >> anthony: well you dont have to drink it immediately do you? face plant in that thing. >> nari: koreans, they just want each other to drink as much as possible. peer pressure drinking. >> anthony: right. >> nari: its kind of a big deal. may i, uh, have another glass please? >> anthony: korean drinking etiquette 101, you never pour your own drink. younger pours for the older and you never drink alone. >> an...

"get the -- out of my soup and make me a sweater." >> marc: even koreans really dont eat this all the time. but i guess this country makes you feel like -- "if you cant eat this, then youre not korean!" kind of thing. >> anthony: where were you born? >> marc: i was born in new york. >> anthony: you were born in new york? >> marc: yes. >> anthony: and were there til -- >> marc: til roughly twenty-one. i grew up on the streets, grew up in new york city. it was automatically, "youre a chink." wait ...

Had a few drinks. maybe a lot of drinks, because what you need -- maybe you didnt know you needed it, but you do -- is nam prik. thai chili dip. >> andy: yeah. nam prik is what the vast majority of thai people who live in america who come to thailand to visit who go back ended up getting busted at the airport for trying to bring in. >> anthony: we get two kinds. nam prik ta dang. >> andy: its a combination of chilies, garlic, shrimp paste, dried fish. >> anthony: and this -- >> andy: colloquiall...

>> anthony: but her many well-known books on the culinary traditions of myanmar make her a compelling advocate for burmese cuisine. so youre very passionate about the cooking and the cuisine here, and -- >> ma: well, its just that i like to eat and i eat like a pig. [ chuckles ] >> anthony: this is yangons restaurant. >> ma: salads, i think, are the best of our food. im going to order a lot of salads that you havent had. you know, its going to be like a sort of a tasting thing. >> anthony: there...

First order of business -- dinner. been on a plane for like, i dont know, it was long. very long. saw like five mark wahlberg films. i cant tell you how excited about the prospect of getting some black pepper crab, some char kuey teow, and some pork related noodles. and a regional beverage. reasonably cold. i dont even know what this is. i love you, noodles. dont want to get all heavy and philosophical at this point. like why im here, what my mission is, what i expect to find. basically retracin...