Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Manila: The Philippines
TV Flash files “Manila: The Philippines” as the first listed hour of season 7 — Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2013–2018) on CNN, season 7, episode 1, aired 2016-04-24, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E01: listed hour 49 of 95 in the Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown guide, first listed hour of season 7. It aired 2016-04-24 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Charleston, South Carolina” (S06E08). Next is “Chicago” (S07E02).
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In the season seven premiere, Bourdain explores the Philippines during Christmas season and travels through the festive streets of Manila to taste the fast food wonder Jollibee, try the sweet, milky drink, Halo-Halo, and indulge in the classic dish, Sizzling Pork Sisig. The trip continues with the host accompanied by cover band "Keystone," as they dine on Adobo, a simmered pork-chicken dish. The tour concludes with a family meal of Kare-Kare and the opening of the Balikbayan box.
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Where does Manila: The Philippines sit in the Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown guide?
S07E01 is listed hour 49 of 95 — first listed hour of season 7, season 7 episode 1.
When did Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown S07E01 air?
Manila: The Philippines aired 2016-04-24 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I need to watch in order?
Each episode is a place. Jump by curiosity — Iran, Libya, Congo, or a city you think you already know. The ethic is consistent; the map is not a serial plot.
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Anthony Bourdain sits at tables through conflict and history, eating without tourist gloss. CNN as unlikely prestige: food as politics, loneliness, and grace. Travel television with literary soul — curiosity as ethics — and a body of work that rewatches now as both journalism and a decade's memorial.
The first look is a table without tourist gloss. Anthony Bourdain sits with people around the world, eating through history and conflict — CNN series premiered **2013**, an unlikely network turned prestige destination: food as politics, loneliness, and grace. Multiple Emmys. Episodes in Iran, Libya, Congo and more became teaching texts. Curiosity as ethics. Travel television with literary soul — the table as journalism, the plate as pretext for who gets to be seen. Tessa's tags will rank a "best bite." Let them.…
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Anthony Bourdain sat at tables through conflict and history on Parts Unknown — CNN as unlikely prestige, food as politics, loneliness, and grace, travel television with literary soul. Curiosity as ethics. TV Flash files him as the 2010s…