No Reservations - Montana?

I'm a little confused by this one myself, but I am excited to see what the mountains of Montana have to offer on this week's No Reservations. Check out a clip below that highlights some of the experiences Tony has this week:

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No Reservations - Rust Belt

This week Tony is back in the US and taking us through several cities, one of which I know particularly well , Detroit. Throw away your preconceived notions of Detroit, and understand that there is a rich culture there with delicious food and warm people. Granted I haven't seen the episode yet, but I hope he exploits Detroit's good qualities :) Here is a preview of his stop in Baltimore!

Also if you are interested, here is what Tony has to say about this episode.

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No Reservations - Australia

It's back. Tony is back and better than ever traveling all around and for this episode he takes us to Australia...I have never been but Australia is at the top of my list right behind Europe because I think the culture is so interesting, its like a hybrid of things I do not understand...

Anyways here's a clip of Tony chowing down on some delicious seafood:

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No Reservations - Vietnam

Once again what looks like another great foodie episode. This week Tony travels to Vietnam to sample some of the local cuisine. I have never had Vietnamese food (as I write this posts, I realize that I say that a lot...) but from the preview of this episode, looks pretty good!

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. I am still detoxing from all the wonderful food that I ate, going to Babbo tonight and couldn't be more excited!!!

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No Reservations - Sri Lanka

I have always been facinated by Sri Lanka and I don't really know why. I'll be honest I know nothing about it, but it always seemed to me to be like the red-headed step child of India. What can I say, I like an underdog.

This week on No Reservations, Anthony travels there and from the clip I can already tell I would be into it. I love me some late night eating :)




As always tune in on Monday night at 10 EST to the Travel Channel. Or if you're like me DVR it and watch it on Tuesday when nothing really good comes on.

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No Reservations - Disappearing Manhattan - The Follow Up

As you may recall, on Monday I told you about an episode of No Reservations focusing on classic New York eateries that are slowly vanishing off the radar...well I watched it...

As your expert in all things culinary (HA!) I feel it is my duty to guide you through the episode in case you missed it; here are the highlights...

• Hell's Kitchen - Esposito's Pork Shop - Sweet mother. Pork-lover's heaven.
• Hell's Kitchen - Manganaro's Groceria - Italian grocery store. I feel I would do a disservice to my people if i don't eat there.
• Harold's Square-ish - Keen's - Apparently this is a true New York steakhouse.
• Lower East Side - Russ and Daughter - Fish store that started as a push cart and looks like it packs a mean Lox.
• Lower East Side - Katz's Deli - This has been on my list for a lonnnnnnnng time and now I have a completely irrational sense of urgency to eat there soon. Close to now. If I could right now.
• Flatiron - Eisenberg's Sandwich - Soda pop and sandwich shop. Looks adorable.
• Upper East Side (Yorkville) - Schaller and Weber - Wow. I'm awkward that they serve beer in a glass shaped like a foot, yet oddly intrigued. The pork shank looks ridiculous.
• Chinatown - Hope Kee - I have to be honest, I am SO excited about this. With so many Chinese restuarants it's impossible to know which ones are good and which ones are just deep fried meat, full of MSG and thick syrups. I will say this - I always knew there were two menus at Chinese restuarants because that is the one that my dad ALWAYS orders off of.
• Midtown East - Le Veau Dor - French eatery that appears to have never been changed...the man who runs the restaurant (Robert') looks beyond adorable. I mean I would go there just for him. He is like a sassy Grandpa. And he carves table-side! Too cute!
• East Village - McSorley's - Again, a place that I have wanted to go for a long time. I actually took a picture of this for my mom because she loves Irish pubs, and aparently this is one of the oldest in Manhattan. I'm not actually sure that is where he went, but they showed it a lot.

Well there you have it, 40 minutes of TV wrapped up in a neat little bow. Since I haven't eaten at any of these places I can't suggest them, but as soon as I do, I promise I'll let you know!

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No Reservations - Disappearing Manhattan

I am so excited to check out this episode of No Reservations tonight. Since I am still a new New Yorker/Manhanttanite (I guess a year and half is still new right?) I can't wait to see which restaurants I must eat at before they "disappear".

Did anyone catch the episode from last week? Philippine cuisine looks interesting, but in a good way. I never really thought about how it was kind of left out of the whole "Asian food" scene...

Anyways, I would definitely suggest checking out the Disappearing Manhattan episode tonight at 10 EST on the Travel channel!

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No Reservations - Philippines

So I am going to try out something new here on the Frugal Foodies…every Monday I am going to be writing about the upcoming episode of "No Reservations" which airs on the Travel Channel and features one of my favorite celebrity chefs (although I am sure he would hate me calling him that) Anthony Bourdain.

For those of you that are not familiar with the show, Anthony (or Tony rather), travels around from place to place submerging himself in local culture and cuisine. His no-nonsense attitude makes for an opinionated fair sure to entertain anyone slightly interesting in traveling or food.

This week he travels to the Philippines and form the preview (seen below) it looks like it's going to be a good one!

To read more about Tony's adventures you can check out his blog here.

Let me know if anyone watches the show, I would love to hear what you think!!

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