Wraith 2008-10-21

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I love Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations Season 1, but was extremely disappointed that it is not the COMPLETE Season 1. Some of the best episodes are missing from the collection. My favorites are Uzbekistan and South Florida. I hope that the rest of Season 1 is released as a collection. I don't think that people should have to buy the episodes separately.

J. Wechselberger 2008-09-05

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I have read Anthony's books first. Then I saw one of his TV shows "by accident" while switching through the channels. I wanted more. So I rent all DVDs during my last vacation in the US and watched them in a row.

Now, one year later, I wanted to see some of his shows again as I am interested in visiting some of the places he went, and as I am also a hunter for good local food and specialites, I decided to buy all his DVDs here on Amazon. And I have soooo much fun with them.

You see other views of a country, not the typical tourist paths. Food you wouldn't dare to touch or put it in your mouth - he does it for us. Great guy. Can't wait to go to Sicily and try that strange fried meat-parts hidden under a towel from these old men on the streets, too. Or the melon gelly with pistachios and dark chocolate bits.... Yummie!

These are short movies you can watch several times. They are fun, interesting, educational and like a nice trip to a foreign world in times you get "itchy feet" and wanna do at least some couchvacation....

Buy all at once, because you will like the first, and then you regret you have to pay extra postal service for the others.... ;-)

Have fun
Joey

William Harrell 2008-08-10

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Having watched No Reservations for a long time and traveled to many areas, I think Tony Bourdain is the best travel host on TV. He is real!!
No tourist garbage, real people and a look at what really exists.
He has the ability to laugh at himself and those people that hate him. I like the fact that he cusses, he drinks and will try almost anything. He also is not afraid to show genuine feeling when the situation is appropiate.
I purchased two volumes of his programs and will purchase the third in a few days when it becomes available.
I especially like his take on going bamboo! I have done that and will return soon to that life. Damn, he had that right!
Keep rockin Tony, you got it right.

TAH 2008-05-28

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I love seeing an inside look to so many places. Anthony Bourdain manages to show you places and people you would never see while being funny and respectful.

Matthew Chun 2008-04-12

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

Anthony Bourdain is a real cook's cook and his wit really shines through in his TV series- No Reservations. The series is outstanding and there is nothing detracts from his show.

This first collection/season on DVD is fantastic but the thing that really "bites" (pun intended) is that the Uzbekistan episode is missing. Hence this is a "collection" of No Reservation instead of a "season". Was something so objectionable to that episode that it cannot be included in that set?! Everyone buys DVDs for extras and you would expect, well- extras. In this case, there are no extras. I would hope there would be out-takes, deleted scenes, additional commentary or behind the scenes but that is not the case. One feature that would be VERY nice would be the uncensored audio track in addition to the censored "bleeped" audio track that you could select as an alternative. Who wouldn't want to hear what Tony was REALLY thinking? :)

If you really like the series and don't already have a DVD-R, Tivo or digital copy, this is the best alternative. The production is first rate on this DVD series and the case design is outstanding. It's too funny that the Discovery Channel store doesn't carry this series at all. I can see a grey market for the missing DVD episodes from each of the seasons forming already...