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[CNN] Anthony Bourdain – Korea: 24 intoxicated hours

April 27, 2015
(AP Photo/Peter Kramer)

(AP Photo/Peter Kramer)

[CNN]

I have, for some time, believed that the chefs doing the most interesting work in America — chefs who are in fact redefining what “American food” means — are Korean.

When I go out for dinner with non-Korean chef friends, all they want these days is Korean food. They get excited by the deep, tangy, spicy funk of kimchi; thrilled by the little plates of pickles and snacks that accompany the main courses; intrigued by what is, to them, often a whole new spectrum of flavors.

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So it was a no-brainer that as soon as I could, I’d go back to South Korea and do what Koreans do so well: eat lots of great food, drink lots and lots of beer and soju and other alcoholic beverages — and then do silly s*** that you would never do if you weren’t with Koreans.

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