A former refugee who found radio success in the U.S., he opened an exhibition space in his native Vietnam that drew artists and ambassadors. Anthony Bourdain dropped in.
it really is the, just the top of the mountain. how long has she been here? nguyen qui duc: she started out when she was 12. anthony: you live in a great country, man. any country that can produce this is a superpower as far as i m concerned. man, i m getting down to like the pepper residue at the bottom. how long does that broth have to simmer to get good? nguyen qui duc: it s an hour. anthony: wow! really? i would ve guessed like 14 hours. mmm. happy, nice burny feeling on my lips. flop sweat, check. happy. so we can pretty much cancel the rest of the show. i m i ve achieved my happy zone, it s really all downhill from here. day win menu is here: five days. five deals. for fifteen dollars get a different deal every weekday til six pm
nguyen qui duc: blood cake. anthony: with the sauce. i want to see how much he put in there. nguyen qui duc: you gotta make it look really red in there. it has to be blood red. anthony: and the broth is wonderful. people are put on earth for various purposes. i was put on earth to do this. eat noodles, right here. nguyen qui duc: when i was a kid, we used to tell each other, do not take a date to go out to eat this stuff because you start sweating, your hair stick up anthony: really? i would definitely bring a date for this, because if she doesn t like this there s no hope of a relationship. nguyen qui duc: exactly. anthony: you know like if she said, oh, i don t know, there s like, blood, there s icky stuff in there, that would be a relationship ender to me. i mean, i m not kidding. nguyen qui duc: i mean, here you are, having in a market like this. but if she makes this in a place like new york or paris, it would be real haute cuisine. anthony: it s just i mea