Video: Andrew Zimmern, The Biggest Asian Food Booster On The Planet

Not only is Andrew Zimmern one of the most brutally honest men in the food-television game (see: 10 Things I Hate With Andrew Zimmern), he's also one of the most passionate Asian food boosters around — as we find out in this interview with Food Republic Contributing Editor Matt Rodbard, from the Food Republic Interview Lounge at the W Austin back in March. He talks about the growing interested in regionalized Asian food in America (Yunnan, Isan, Javanese) and the very first episode of Bizarre Foods, which was unsurprisingly filmed in Thailand.