The former president fondly recalls his trip to Hanoi with the late TV host. As the tributes continue to pour in for the late Anthony…
The former president fondly recalls his trip to Hanoi with the late TV host.
As the tributes continue to pour in for the late Anthony Bourdain, former U. S. President Barack Obama shared his fond memory of the chef and TV personality.
Obama posted a photo on Twitter of himself and Bourdain in a restaurant in Hanoi, Vietnam, drinking beer and eating a meal. The two are sitting on backless, blue plastic stools. No one else dining in the eatery seems to care that they are sitting near such high-profile celebrities.
The former president started his caption with the exact same words Bourdain used after he posted that same pic on Twitter on May 23,2016. “Low plastic stool, cheap but delicious noodles, cold Hanoi beer,” said the chef.
After quoting Bourdain, Obama told his followers what “Tony,” as he affectionately called him, meant to him — and to the rest of the world.
“This is how I’ll remember Tony. He taught us about food — but more importantly, about its ability to bring us together. To make us a little less afraid of the unknown. We’ll miss him.”
“Low plastic stool, cheap but delicious noodles, cold Hanoi beer.” This is how I’ll remember Tony. He taught us about food — but more importantly, about its ability to bring us together. To make us a little less afraid of the unknown. We’ll miss him. pic.twitter.com/orEXIaEMZM
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 8,2018
The new pals were experiencing bun cha at the Huong Lien restaurant, according to the Los Angeles Times, which is a “Hanoi street food dish of squiggly rice noodles, baskets of herbs, and both grilled pork patties and strips of grilled pork shoulder steeped in a small bowl of sweetened fish sauce.”
The President’s chopstick skills are on point . #buncha #hanoi
A post shared by anthonybourdain (@anthonybourdain) on May 23,2016 at 7:22am PDT
“For whatever reason, [Obama] seemed willing to play, and my feeling was, if we’re going to do this, we should do it right,” revealed Bourdain. “I mean, we shouldn’t be sitting in a banquet room at the Hilton. We should do what we do, which was hang out in some working-class place.”
On Twitter, CNN said it will air special programming honoring Bourdain all weekend.
Anthony Bourdain, the gifted chef, storyteller and writer who took TV viewers around the world to explore culture, cuisine and the human condition for nearly two decades, has died. He was 61.
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