Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations Season 8

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations Season 8 has become appointment viewing on and for anyone who enjoys watching people under real pressure. Across 1 season, the show has had time to find its rhythm and keep it. 80 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. The production never lets the format go stale. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

There is a reason Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations Season 8 keeps coming up in conversation. Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations Season 8 understands that the format only works if the people in it feel real. Season 8 of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations includes 18 episodes. It aired from April 2012 to November 2012. This season stars Anthony Bourdain. Anthony Bourdain leads a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2012. The editing in Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations Season 8 does a lot of quiet work shaping how you feel about every person on screen. The hit rate here is high enough that skipping ahead never feels like an option.

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations Season 8 is impossible to watch casually — expect strong opinions. If you have run out of similar titles to watch, this is a strong next pick. The complete run is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Anthony Bourdain is a big part of why it works, but the format itself is the real star. The kind of thing that generates strong opinions in every room it is watched in.

🎬 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations Season 8 — Episode Guide

Mozambique

2012-04-09

Tony travels to Mozambique and finds himself in a mysterious, post-colonial Africa. From Portuguese ruins on Mozambique Island, to the vibrant metropolis of Maputo, Mozambique doesn't look like anyplace Tony has been so far.

Kansas City

2012-04-16

Tony Bourdain travels to Kansas City, MO, the BBQ capitol of the world with pal Zamir Gotta in search of the best barbeque. While there, Tony meets up with musicians, Dan and Patrick of The Black Keys for some serious finger licking meat.

Croatian Coast

2012-04-23

Croatia's Istria and Dalmatia regions are toured. Included: swimming with bluefin tuna; truffle hunting.

Lisbon

2012-04-30

Once the center of the richest empire in Europe, Lisbon now faces one of the worst financial crises in the EU. But even as it struggles with rising debt and unemployment, Tony finds out that Lisbon is experiencing a cultural and culinary renaissance.

Japan: Cook It Raw

2012-05-07

Tony heads to Japan for the gastronomic event that is, "Cook it Raw," which brings together some of the best chefs in the world and throws them into an unfamiliar environment with unknown ingredients.

Finland

2012-05-14

Anthony Bourdain heeds the calls of his Finnish Facebook fans and takes a trip to Helsinki, Finland. Tony joins musician Sami Yaffa for a liquored-up tour of the world's only pub tram, a bloody sauna and an unexpectedly exciting dinner with a cabbie's mother.

Baja

2012-05-28

In this episode of No Reservations, Tony Bourdain heads to Tijuana, Mexico and the Baja Peninsula -- a place he admittedly knows very little about.

Penang

2012-06-04

In Penang, Tony Bourdain discovers a beautiful rice and shrimp dish wrapped in a banana leaf that he can't get enough of, then eats fresh snapper on Monkey Beach which surprisingly lives up to its name.

Austin

2012-09-03

At the start of his final tour with "No Reservations," Tony heads to Austin, TX, during South By Southwest: an international music, film and interactive festival. Tony looks to local chefs, BBQ Pit-masters and local bands that call Austin home, to guide him through the city.

E10

Sydney

2012-09-10

On the next leg of his final tour with "No Reservations," Tony travels to Sydney for the sheep farms of the blue mountains to the chic innovative restaurants of the big city. He samples fresh seafood, old school charcuterie, and the ubiquitous Australian barbie.

E11

Sex, Drugs And Rock & Roll

2012-09-17

In this special episode Tony dives into the holy trinity - Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll, from recording music in the Mojave Desert with Queens Of The Stone Age to a tutorial on making food porn to burning cocaine in Panama.

E12

Emilia Romagna

2012-09-24

Tony travels to Emilia Romagna, the "breadbasket of Italy," with acclaimed NYC chef Michael White. In a red Ferrari California, the 2 travel across the region, sampling the foods that make this part of Italy great.

E13

Burgundy

2012-10-01

"If this was a film I would tell you the story of a roadtrip!" Behind the wheel of a classic Citroen DS, Tony Bourdain coasts down a quiet road in Burgundy. Seated beside him is chef, television host and Burgundy native Ludo Lefebvre, who has joined Tony to rediscover the place of his birth.

E14

Seven Deadly Sins

2012-10-08

This special episode of No Reservations serves up a refresher course on the Seven Deadly Sins: lust over a simple plate of pasta in Rome, disturbing display of wrath in NYC, and a bloody example of sloth in Finland.

E15

Rio

2012-10-15

Rio, a perfect city that is almost impossible to not love. But Tony only wishes that he could enjoy his time more in this Brazilian paradise as he nervously awaits his wife's Jiu Jitsu battle.

E16

Off the Charts

2012-10-22

In this special episode, Tony experiences a Haitian cemetery on the Day of the Dead, has a humorously horrific Halloween party in Transylvania with Zamir, and heads to Iraq covered in body armor, prepped for minefields & death.

E17

Dominican Republic

2012-10-29

Nearing toward the end of his final tour, Anthony Bourdain travels to the Caribbean for fresh fish and more in the Dominican Republic.

E18

Brooklyn

2012-11-05

On the last leg of his final No Reservations tour, Tony travels just across the river to Brooklyn, a part of New York that he's barely visited. Tony explores the cutting edge food, music, and people that the area offers, but also meets the nostalgic characters and stalwarts of the old days who co-ex...

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