anthony: mm. now do you cure this first in salt or ? tomas: no. anthony: dry it? salt it? no? tomas: no. anthony: just fresh into the tomas: yes. anthony: delicious. so, you re never getting this off your menu. you ll have to keep this on your menu forever, right? tomas: forever. anthony: yeah. tomas: oh, the best part. anthony: mama didn t raise no fool. santiago de cali, or just cali as everybody calls it in these parts, is a city in the southwest of colombia known for its proximity to the pacific coast and its semitropical temperatures. but i m not really here for the climate. i m here for tejo.
it involves alcohol and explosives. colombian mario galeano, ex-pat will holland and their bandmates are to be my guides in this ancient and traditional colombian sport. [ people yelling and cheering ] anthony: how do you play this game? player 1: yeah! anthony: i guess that s how it s done. what do you call this object? mario: el tejo. anthony: el tejo. mario: tejo. anthony: hence hence the name of this. mario: exactly, tejo. anthony: i should be good at this. i ve been throwing pots into the dish sink from across the room for years. will: you win more points if you get it in the middle without hitting them. anthony: oh. will: yeah, so anthony: yeah, but that
striped t-shirt, his name is el pollo viejo, which is anthony: the old chicken. will: the old chicken, yeah. anthony: i need a poultry name. he s calling himself the old chicken. i should be the enormous cock. chicken dude is killing it. yeah, he s every time. must beat the chicken. that s what i m talking about. but i wanted something to blow up. tejo is hungry work, but the kitchen here is up to the challenge, making a colombian picada. this is a huge selection of fried pork, pork rib, steak,
anthony: mm. now do you cure this first in salt or ? tomas: no. anthony: dry it? salt it? no? tomas: no. anthony: just fresh into the tomas: yes. anthony: delicious. so, you re never getting this off your menu. you ll have to keep this on your menu forever, right? tomas: forever. anthony: yeah. tomas: oh, the best part. anthony: mama didn t raise no fool. santiago de cali, or just cali as everybody calls it in these parts, is a city in the southwest of colombia known for its proximity to the pacific coast and its semitropical temperatures. but i m not really here for the climate. i m here for tejo.
will: so the guy in the white striped t-shirt, his name is el pollo viejo, which i anthony: the old chicken. will: the old chicken, yeah. anthony: i need a poultry name. he s calling himself the old chicken. i should be the enormous cock. chicken dude is killing it. yeah, he s every time. must beat the chicken. that s what i m talking about. but i wanted something to blow up. tejo is hungry work, but the kitchen here is up to the challenge, making a colombian picada. this is a huge selection of