CEBU, Philippines - Now in its fifth season, ANTHONY BOURDAIN: NO RESERVA-TIONS tours the weird, wild and downright outrageous personalities and places that help define the international cultural landscape and provide life’s truest surprises.
Whether it’s sampling local street food like sautéed insects and unidentified fried meats, learning how to wrestle in Mexico or cooking a meal using the heat from a volcanic geyser in the Azores, Bourdain loves adventure.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN: NO RESERVATIONS 5 premieres every Wednesday at 9:00 pm (PHL) and encores every Thursday at 7am and Sunday at 11am and 8pm.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN: NO RESERVATIONS 5 dives headfirst into life’s colourful and rich pageant. Authentic, raw, peculiar, and embodying the go-with-the-flow mentality of a truly seasoned explorer, Bourdain offers his honest and often biting observations, all the while relishing the sights, smells, sounds, and of course tastes—from the truly sublime to the downright nasty.
In Episode 5, Anthony visits the Philippines, the “Land of the Lechon.” He stops in Manila, which is a diverse combination of Spanish and Chinese cultures. Then he heads off to Pampanga to sample some of their rare delicacies.
Join the culinary adventurer and bestselling author as he circumnavigates the globe in his quest to experience the diverse food, people and cultures of the world at their most vibrantly authentic.