The 11 Best Episodes of Bourdain’s Parts Unknown
| January 14, 2019
4. 1.06 “Libya”
Another early episode that showed Bourdain’s true colors starting to come out was the fourth episode of the first season, “Libya”. Although Bourdain would later to go to other war zones, this was the first time that the gruff host stepped into a region that was currently undergoing major conflict.
Although Bourdain was shown around a variety of locals including a group of ex-freedom fighters, they focused on not only local food, but the way that the food of the West had been encroaching into Libya, and what it meant to their war-torn country. Bourdain ate with the ex-freedom fighters at Uncle Kentacki, a KFC knock-off, and enjoyed plenty of Moorish-influenced seafood.
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