He got away to the Big Island for a day, but his Oahu shoots included Paradise Cove. Paradise Cove? Bourdain? No Reservations? Either it turned out to be hilarious or just a waste of his time. I hope it's the former.

Star-Bulletin: Bad-boy chef Anthony Bourdain brings his singular sense of adventure to local shores

Bourdain's Hawaii visit leaned a bit toward the touristy, with some sites suggested by the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau, others chosen by his producers and himself. He's been to the luau at Paradise Cove, gone surfing, bought a $2,500 aloha shirt from Bailey's Antiques and Aloha Shirts. But he's gone off-path as well, to New Uptown Fountain, a little place on North School Street, for a discussion on Spam. A day on the Big Island took him to Jack Thompson's B&B, the Lava-Side Inn, the last structure in the lava-demolished Royal Gardens community.

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