President Obama grabs lunch with Anthony Bourdain...in Vietnam

[brooklynite]

[Else You Are Mad]

1. I would rather see Obama....

With Andrew Zinmern on Bizarre Foods eating something crazy in Vietnam.

[fasttense]

45. Me too,

I heard an interview with him on a liberal radio show about 5 years ago that I will never forget (because I wrote the talk show host complaining about his depiction of American workers.)
and he explained, much like Trump, how he liked illegal immigrants because they were such hard workers who worked for less. He said American workers were lazy and expected too much for their work. You know like time off to go to college and stuff. No kidding he objected to American workers for wanting an education and decent pay.

[Blue_Tires]

2. Awesome

[Iliyah]

3. Cool! Pres O feels very comfortable.

[riversedge]

7. Looks like all those around him are enjoying their own plates and not

bothering him--so Pres Obama can enjoy his own lunch.

[femmocrat]

4. Cool!

[WhiteTara]

5. that should be a great episode!

[elleng]

21. Yes, looking forward to it!

[lunatica]

6. I love it!

That's incredibly cool!

[betsuni]

8. I love both of them!

[cali]

9. Great picture

[Lucky Luciano]

10. Two supercool cats. Love it! nt

[Beartracks]

11. Yep. n/t

[a kennedy]

12. Ditto to two supercool dudes.......

: thumbsup:

[eissa]

13. Throw in Jon Stewart, José Mujica and Elizabeth Warren

And that would be my dream dinner night. I can just imagine the conversation!

[colorado_ufo]

14. Using chopsticks - cool!

[Oneironaut]

15. My favorite moment of him was when he called Paula Deen a hack.

That was when she was still popular, too.

[mnhtnbb]

23. Me, too!

I actually came to verbal blows with a former colleague and friend on fb about it. Ended up unfriending her. Turns out
she was a closet right-winger who moved more to the right after she retired and moved from California to Idaho.
Should have been a clue when I saw where she chose to move!

I did have to laugh a year or so later when Paula Deen admitted she had developed Type 2 diabetes as a result
of her "lifestyle" of cooking with so much butter and sugar over the years.

[rladdi]

16. This is an awesome meeting between Anthony Bourdain and Obama.

I watch Bourdain shows often, finding them interesting. I wish I had been there with them. Of course speaking about foods and local customs.

[former9thward]

17. The total bill for both meals plus the beers was $6.

I have been to Vietnam a few times and food is unbelievably cheap there.

[Plucketeer]

32. When you get paid less than a buck an hour

everything has to be cheap. Possibly - if Obama gets his way with the TPP - we'll ALL get a cheap meal - out of necessity.

[PBass]

53. Clueless grumbling - don't compare the US economy to Vietnam's

I spent time in Vietnam last year. Everything is much, much cheaper there.

But don't let the facts interfere with taking a dig at Obama.

[Plucketeer]

56. Well then!

See, it's been a few years since I was there. I'm sure all those regular folk make salaries equivalent to what U.S. workers make - which DOES mean they're really getting some super deals on stuff. Yassir!

And you were there recently! Maybe you got to see some of those fine facilities where my denim shorts are sewn up? I pay about $20 bucks for a pair here. And I wonder as to just how much some lucky person in Vietnam got paid to stitch them up? Prolly make U.S. workers jealous, no?

<- I use this 'cause'n I doubt you could recognize it otherwise.

[nikto]

58. If Vietnam was a Socialist Democracy, the bill would have been double that

But it would be worth every penny.

[former9thward]

59. The restaurant that Obama ate at is outside of the

communist controlled economy Which is why it is doing well..

[Hekate]

18. Obama and Bourdain: delicious!

[secondwind]

19. Coolest President ever... gonna miss him.

[liberalnarb]

20. Awesome

[sheshe2]

22. Cool. Obama and Bourdain, lunching.

The food looks great!

[Odin2005]

24. Pho sho'!!!

Vietnamese food is fucking delicious. We have a good Vietnamese restaurant here in Fargo called Jade Dragon and their Pho is amazing.

[fizzgig]

38. pho is one of my ultimate comfort foods

there's a great little hole in the wall near me and it's always packed.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

25. Freaking awesome! Can't wait to see it, love them both! nt

[Skittles]

26. am I the only one who cannot stand Anthony Bourdain

I cannot be the only one

[kwassa]

28. You are the only one.

Schedule the ass kicking.

[joshcryer]

29. Aww, I find his show kinda boring, but he's cool.

When he gets specials like this one they're really fun to watch. When he visited Iran I was fascinated, etc.

[Person 2713]

33. Who is he ? what does he do or represent?

[underpants]

34. He was a chef, wrote best selling books about the wild days, got a TV show

Then got the CNN gig. I don't watch as regularly as I did but it's a good show.

[LisaM]

36. I generally like him, though he is a bit conceited at times.

One thing I think he's dead wrong about though, is garlic presses. I make garlic butter a lot, and I like squeezing the juice out and getting the garlic itself down to a pasty quality that really works in garlic butter. I don't know why he's so against them.

[haele]

39. Trained chefs often don't like mono-function kitchen tools.

They just clutter the counter-top. Bourdain's celebrity chef peers Alton Brown and Mario Battali have similar dislikes of single-function kitchen tools.

Their argument against a garlic press would be if you've got a fresh garlic clove, why use a garlic press when you can use the side of your knife just as well?
Therein lies the problem - grocery stores do not provide fresh garlic the way a 4 or 5 star restaurant will be able to get. So while they can get the same buttery, paste-like consistency by just two quick slices to get the skin off and smearing across the garlic segment with a good hefty chef's knife or chopper, you would need a garlic press, unless you were lucky to pick up a fresh garlic clove at a farmer's market.

Haele

[LisaM]

40. Right, but you don't get that extra juice

I can get the smeary stuff with a knife, but not that extra juice effect. I still think he's wrong!

[Skittles]

46. a BIT?

he is a self-centered asshole

[NBachers]

48. Don't talk about the excellantest President of Our Time like that!

[malaise]

44. No

Hehehehehhehe

[roody]

50. I don't know who he is.

[hibbing]

54. I used to be a huge fan, not now n/t

[Nirgendwo]

60. Well, I don't even know who he is, if that helps.

[Skittles]

61. he is an asshole chef paid to go around the world EATING

I would not know who he was either except I see his face constantly on the work TV - I cannot stand him

[octoberlib]

27. Love this picture! Bourdain has had some really interesting shows,

specifically, when he went to Iran and Libya. Can't wait to see this one!

[Albertoo]

30. It's possible to have delicious and cheap meals in Asia

Thailand, VietNam, China, Singapore, Cambodia, you name it.

[AgadorSparticus]

31. I love that people around them are eating as if nothing out of the ordinary is happening around them

[IronLionZion]

35. Exactly what a socialist comrade would do!

Yum, I bet it was delicious.

[Mendocino]

37. Did the eatery

have to rebuild the doorways so Bourdain could get his giant head through?

[onethatcares]

41. remember when

the shrub used to do that?

hahahahahahahahahahaha, now he can't even leave the country without fear of being arrested for war crimes.

[LiberalLovinLug]

42. I wonder if that is going to be part of a future show of his

Enticing Barack to try a few exotic Vietnamese dishes?

[aikoaiko]

43. I'll miss the coolness factor of the Obama presidency.

I'm glad he be on Bourdains show which had been really impressive

[Stinky The Clown]

47. Tres Kewl . . . . Anthony is good people.

[Smarmie Doofus]

49. Not sure who Bourdain is but did Obama....

.... get a chance squeeze in lunch w. any VIETNAMESE?

I mean.... isn't that the *point*?

[Gomez163]

51. I have the iPho

[yuiyoshida]

52. I LOVE Vietnamese food!!

and that looks so good!! Where I live, there must be 12 Vietnamese places within walking distance, than again, out my door, is all Little Asia... Lots of Chinese Neighbors, Restaurants with Japanese, Korean, Thai, Taiwanese, Malaysian, Indonesian, Singaporean, Fillipino, Cambodian, all of it...is just yummy. I wish I could invite people to visit my neighborhood!! Great Asian food here!! I love it all!!

[Warren DeMontague]

55. Pho-bama

Mmmmmmm

[47of74]

57. I wish I could've joined them.

I've thought of taking a tour of Vietnam, especially if it could go to places where my dad was when he served over there, such as Pleiku.