Eat again.’ Yes, please.īourdain wasn’t, however, immune to the romance of the place. ‘Walk a little, get lost a bit, eat, catch a breakfast buzz, have a nap, try and have sex if you can, just not with a mime. The Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame and Arc de Triomphe were not on his list instead, he suggests an altogether more relaxed trip. Urging visitors to avoid the obvious, he stressed that ‘the absolute worst thing to do when you come to Paris is plan too much’. He was especially keen to dispel the fears of the reluctant. In this extract, Bourdain offers a whistle-stop tour of his favourite spots in Paris – and what drew him back, again and again, to the people, culture and food of the French capital. His posthumous book ‘World Travel: An Irreverent Guide’ has been created by his long-time editor Laurie Woolever, building on his previous writings and an hour-long interview before his death. And he was emphatic about converting the sceptical. He made the first and 100th episodes of his TV travelogue ‘No Reservations’ there, along with an episode of ‘The Layover’. The chef, writer, presenter and indefatigable traveller first visited as a child, as he detailed in his book ‘Kitchen Confidential’.
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