The five meals Andrew Zimmern will never forget
The celebrity chef and lifelong traveller has eaten it all, but these are the five meals that he'll remember for the rest of his life.
TL;DR
- Andrew Zimmern believes food is a gateway to understanding a culture and its history.
- His first life-changing meal was liver pâté at Restaurant Paul Bocuse in Lyon, France, which convinced him to enter the food business.
- In Japan, he experienced a fusion of French and Japanese cuisine by chef Kiyomi Mikuni aboard the Mitsui Ocean Fuji.
- A long-standing family tradition led him to Trattoria Sostanza in Florence, Italy, for its consistent liver crostini and a sense of enduring culinary heritage.
- In Palawan Island, Philippines, he enjoyed tuna cheek and jawbone at Badjao Seafood House, appreciating the hyper-local and freshly caught seafood.
- In Fez, Morocco, cooking b'stilla with women in a Riad Laaroussa kitchen provided deep insights into Moroccan culture and womanhood.