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per person, before sake or extra pieces of the most outrageously high-quality tuna on the planet. the raw ingredients are unparalleled. often, flown in from japan or grown specially to this man s specifications. this is masa takayama. to call him america s most respected sushi chef would be an injustice. as he is more than that. much more. what was it about him that set him apart? took him from a rather bleak farming community in rural japan to become, first, the toast of los angeles. and later, the king of new york? it is a fascinating story. kanazawa is the capital of ishikawa prefecture on the west coast of honshu island along the sea of japan. it s known for its untouched-by-time traditional districts. one of the few cities in japan left relatively intact throughout the war. it s fame for its crafts, for its beautiful ceramics, in particular. but also, its artistic sensibility. the way it always valued beautiful things, traditions. it s a city that helped masa, then ....
found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la anthony: do you smell that? motorbike exhaust, fish sauce, incense, the far-away smell of something? is that pork grilling over charcoal? vietnam. it could be no place else. [ bicycle bell dings ] [ horn honks ] anthony: listen to me. listen to me. there is no other way to see this city, hanoi, than from a motorbike or a scooter. to do otherwise would be to miss it all. [ horns honking ] anthony: it is one of the great pleasures of my life to join the river of people rushing through the streets. [ horns honking ] anthony: vietnam. it grabs you and doesn t let you go. once you love it, you love it forever. i ve been coming here since 2000, the first time i d been in this part of the world, and it s held a special place in my heart and my imagination since. i keep coming back, i have to. [ bell ....
anything and everything. let s get our sex talk on. oh, mom covered it all pretty good. yeah, maybe about the birds and the bees, but i m your daddy, and i m here to keep it 100. despite the fact that your mother thinks i m uptight, cray-cray, right? sitcoms are a great place to talk about taboo, awkward subjects like sex because it s disarming and people just want to laugh. i want to go home to my own room to sleep in my own bed. i don t want another beer. would you like another beer? oh, yeah. but it s always been from like the straight white man s point of view. i remember early sitcoms. i saw a mother, a wife in a cocktail dress all day long. and we d sit there going, who the hell are these people? it was a denial of reality. ethel, we re going to have a baby. we got to see a pregnant woman on television wearing a dress that started from the neck and was like a tent. are we afraid of seeing a pregnant woman in the 1950s because it means that sh ....
getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la anthony: what do you need to know about tokyo? deep, deep waters. the first time i came here, it was like it was a transformative, uh, experience. it was a powerful and violent experience. it was as if it was just like taking acid for the first time. meaning, what do i do now? i see the whole world in a different way. um, i often compare the experience of going to japan for the first time, going to tokyo for the first time, uh, to what what eric clapton and, uh, pete townsend must ve gone through. the reigning guitar gods of england. what they must ve gone through the week that jimi hendrix came to town. you hear about it, you go see it. the whole - a window opens up into a whole new thing. and you think, what does this mean? what do i have left to say? what do i do now? welcome to tokyo. you are not invited. this is the other tokyo. 12 hour flight, and i m bak ....
oh, my god. this is from albert. another request from the audience. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la anthony: it was the week before christmas when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. actually, that s not true at all. metro manila, bustling, sprawling, southeastern asian capital. the world s most densely populated city. i light a candle put the presents round the tree anthony: but it is christmas. where the mostly catholic population take their holiday season very seriously. because filipinos are, for reasons i have yet to figure out, probably the most giving of all people on the planet. think i m talking shit? keep watching. good afternoon everyone. we re the band called keystone. anthony: ofw sta ....