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This week's recommendations include fried chicken from Willie Mae's and doughnuts from Holey Grail Donuts, two L.A. transplants. Are they as good as the originals?
In HCMC, banh mi, the classic Vietnamese sandwich, comes loaded with lots of extra cold cuts, cooked meats, pickles, and sauces.
It's like an ice cream headache, but it's like a pepper headache. >> andy: yeah, and your vision starts to tunnel out. >> anthony: you're halfway through and you're aware that your hair has just burst into flames. that perfect balance of pain and pleasure and more pain. brain flooding with endorphins and all is well with the world. until tomorrow morning. whoo. [ belching ] so, do -- i've had a couple cocktails. i think we should like totally get, like, tattooed tomorrow, man. >> andy: magic tattoos. [ laughter ] >> anthony: time for bed. ♪ ♪
When you drink. >> anthony: what is this whiskey we're drinking by the way? i haven't really paid attention. >> andy: this whiskey we're drinking here is actually rum. ♪ [ joe singing in thai ] >> anthony: this guy's good. >> andy: that's one of the great things about a place like this -- you'll never have to fill your own glass. [ joe singing in thai ] >> anthony: "that could be me someday," i'm thinkin'. things go just a little wrong, i go off the rails, this would be all too attractive. i could well see myself singing
The white guy who cooks awesome thai food. is it pretty spicy? put that in there. >> anthony: the pok pok in portland. restaurants in new york. andy's made a name for himself faithfully reproducing the cuisine of northern thailand. the good stuff that comes from places like here. rice country. chiang mai province. in this part of the world you live and die by the harvest. thai food is intensely regional, and northern thailand in particular has many distinctive features. this is a world of fresh, delicious, spicy, meaty, salty, sour, sweet, bitter. often with a "just picked" herby dimension. an...