It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description. Angkor Wat and Machu Picchu, for instance, seem to demand silence, like a love affair you can never talk about. For a while after,you fumble for words, trying vainly to assemble a private narrative, an explanation, a comfortable way to frame where you’ve been and whats happened. In the end, you’re just happy you were there- with your eyes open- and lived to see it.

Bourdain appeared in an episode of TLC's reality show Miami Ink which aired August 28 2006. and Tokyo Japan. "


Public persona

Because of Bourdain's liberal use of profanity and sexual.

A 1978 graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and a veteran of numerous professional kitchens Bourdain was a chef-at-large whose home base was Brasserie Les Halles New York. He is well known for his 2000 book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly and is the host of Travel Channel's culinary and cultural adventure programs Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations and The Layover. Anthony Michael "Tony" Bourdain (born June 25 1956) is an American chef author and television personality.