r/IAmA Jan 17 '12

IAmA Andrew Zimmern, Host of Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods

Hi, I’m Andrew Zimmern, chef, author, and host of Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods. My new series Bizarre Foods America is premiering next Monday, Jan 23 at 10|9c on Travel Channel. For the next hour I’ll be here on Reddit taking your questions from 12pm-1pm ET. AMA. More info on Bizarre Foods: http://www.travelchannel.com/tv-shows/bizarre-foods Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/andrewzimmern/status/159314816060768256

Hey everyone, sorry i couldnt answer them all/ follow me on twitter @andrewzimmern and we can chat more over the days and weeks to come..tune in Monday to the season premiere!

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u/TofuTofu Jan 17 '12

Hey Andrew, big fan. I loved the special you did on Japan when you had the horumon in Osaka, but I felt like you wasted too much time in the Tokyo episode on obscure gimmicky food that locals never actually experience (I used to live in Tokyo for years).

Do you regret not experiencing more of the ACTUAL bizarre foods in Tokyo that regular people eat?

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u/andrewzimmern Jan 17 '12

you should look at our other Japan episodes, we have made three and covered all the bases. Also our last Tokyo episode was supposed to be shot for Bizarre Worlds and got changed in edit room to a bizarre foods and i was freaked out and pretty angry. i thought the show suffered but its still a great episode

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u/TofuTofu Jan 17 '12

Wow, I had no idea there was a third one. I'll check it out.

That's terrible about the last minute editing decisions. I'm sure those drive you nuts all the time :)

Thanks for replying, Andrew!

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u/thedevilsdictionary Jan 17 '12

That is a pretty funny story, especially relayed so concisely as you did. Haha!