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- Adam and his crew check out various eateries in Atlanta, one of the biggest cities in the South, to discover their best secret food finds and off-menu items. Stops include: Daddy D'z BBQ Joynt in Southeast Atlanta for slow-smoked ribs and a popular appetizer called "Que Wraps" ; ¡Bad Dog! Taquería in Emory Village for the "Mac Daddy" taco ; Two Urban Licks in the Old Fourth Ward for wood-fired Georgia quail ; and Yeah! Burger in Virginia-Highland for the "Dirty South" burger . (en)
- Adam heads to his ancestral homeland of Warsaw, Poland to find secret Polish delicacies. Stops include: Maka I Woda in Srodmiescie, that dishes out authentic Neapolitan pizza in their oak-burning oven, including the once-a-year off-menu "Ramson Pizza", topped with ramsons , mozzarella di bufala, farm-fresh eggs, olive oil, and house-made mangalitsa salami; Serwus in Mokotow for the P.P.R. communist-era street food called "Zapiekanka", an oven-toasted open-faced sandwich topped with cheese, mushrooms and ketchup, but he opts for their secret "Zapiekanka Piona", layered with local butter, homemade ketchup made from sweet Polish tomatoes, red onions, rosemary, Bursztyn , and kielbasa on a Polish-style baguette; Warburger Na Talerzu in Mirow for their top-secret "Dziki Dzik Sliders", or "wild boar" burgers, three char-grilled patties, #1 topped with lazur and bacon, #2 topped with olomoucke and blueberry jam, #3 topped with zulty lazur and boczniak mushrooms—all with apple aioli on house-made slider buns; and Obiady Domowe Przysmak , hidden in an apartment building which harkens back to the communist era, serving their "kotlet mielony", a 60-year-old recipe of ground pork patty mixed with fried onions and breaded with milk-soaked Kaiser roll crumbs, pan-fried, and plated with mashed potato puree and a sweet beet compote. (en)
- Adam and his crew travel to the Arctic European city of Reykjavik to discover its most unique and secret Viking-inspired dishes. Stops include: a pizzeria and speakeasy with no name or signs inside of a house in downtown Reykjavik where Adam tries an off-menu holiday-inspired sourdough pizza covered in creamy Icelandic cheese, sprinkled with shredded hard cheese and beet roots, cooked for three minutes at 700 degrees, then topped with arugula, deep-fried sugared walnuts, tarragon mayonnaise, and sliced hangikjöt ; The Laundromat Café, a laundromat which also doubles as an eatery in the 101 District, for an off-menu meatball sandwich featuring ground beef blended with onions, celery, basil, parsley, garlic, eggs, and homemade bread crumbs, then lightly packed into meatball form before being cooked and mixed with a sauce made with roasted red peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, onions, beef demi-glace, basil and oregano, all poured on top of roasted potatoes and sprinkled with shredded Icelandic Cheddar and Gouda cheeses, after which it all gets cooked in the oven once more before being placed inside a toasted baguette; Sægreifinn , an old pier-based seafood eatery which has no menu at all and instead serves patrons with whatever fish is caught that same day, where Adam tries what locals call the "world's best" lobster soup, which is made with Norway lobsters and a broth of herb cream, coconut milk, whey, and tomato paste, along with shrimp and lobster spices, lobster shells, halibut heads, and salmon skin, with the Norway lobsters placed into the soup raw and then cooking from the heat of the soup; and Fljótt Og Gott, a restaurant located inside a bus station in the Capital Region, for the "Full Viking", a secret meal which includes sheep heads boiled in water and salt, pieces of kæstur hákarl , and a strong caraway-flavored local schnapps called Black Death. (en)
- For the premiere of Man Finds Food, Adam Richman and his camera crew explore Austin, Texas to look for some of its best secret food finds with off-menu items. Stops include: Frank in the Warehouse District for eats on a "Friends & Family" secret menu, which includes jalapeño chicken waffle fries and the "Frank Breakfast" , Firehouse Lounge, located behind a bookcase inside the Firehouse Hostel in Downtown, for a sandwich called "The Lieutenant" , Casino El Camino on 6th Street for the "Tony Randall" , and the Mighty Cone food truck in West Campus for the secret "Monster" cone . (en)
- Adam and his crew seek out the greatest hidden eats in and around Mexico's capital, Mexico City. Stops include: La Gruta , located inside a cave four stories underground near the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan , for their historic "barbacoa": lamb prepared with a soup of vegetables, garbanzo beans, rice, spearmint, and chili peppers, all covered in maguey leaves and cooked for half a day in an ancient Mayan pib with mesquite logs and volcanic rocks, after which the lamb is wrapped in banana leaves before being served; El Pinche Gringo, an American-inspired barbecue restaurant located inside an abandoned factory building in Narvarte, for the off-menu "Neoyorquino" , a barbecue sandwich of slow-smoked brisket and rib meat mixed with juices from the rib meat and a homemade habanero sauce, then placed in a bun with pickles and onions and topped with a macaroni-and-cheese sauce; Hilaria, a gastropub hidden within a jewelry complex on Calle Madero in Centro Histórico, for the off-menu "Costillas Hilarias", a rack of American-style pork ribs with a Mexican twist, marinated in orange juice and basted in a homemade barbecue sauce sweetened with tamarind before a slow cook while wrapped in tinfoil; and Jules Basement, a speakeasy hidden beneath the Surtidora Don Batiz taco shop - behind a refrigerator door - in Polanco, for the secret "Taco de Jules", an Asian-influenced taco combining marinated arrachera with cauliflower, carrots and broccoli, all cooked with a mix of Worcestershire sauce, Maggi Asian seasoning sauce, and chicken soup bouillon, and served on top of a toasted flour tortilla. (en)
- Adam and his crew take a drive down the Las Vegas strip to find its tastiest secret food finds and off-menu items. Stops include: Capo's Italian Steakhouse on Sahara Avenue for "The Leftovers" ; the Park on Fremont for deep-fried lobster sliders topped with melted cheese and pineapple-chipotle slaw, all served between two bacon, mozzarella and provolone-filled potato pancakes, and a side of Park's Smothered Garbage Fries , The Pizzeria at the Cosmopolitan Hotel for a white pizza with mozzarella, parmesan and ricotta cheeses, plus garlic oil, all made on an 8-year-old sourdough starter crust; and Jamms in Westside for the "Jamminator" . (en)
- Adam and his crew visit Hong Kong to find the best of its secret eats. Stops include: Trafalgar, an English-style pub hidden on the 5th floor of a high-rise office building in Wan Chai, for the "Tomahawk Ribeye", a 2-pound tomahawk-shaped bone-in steak marinated in salt, black pepper, rosemary and olive oil before getting flame-grilled to perfection and finished in the oven; Star Cafe in Tsim Sha Tsui for the "Tomato and Beef Noodle Soup", a bowl of cooked instant noodles topped with sliced beef and a broth of chopped fresh tomatoes; Sing Kee, a dai pai dong-style food stall in the Central District, for an off-menu dish of razor clams prepared wok hei-style in hot oil and mixed with black beans, onions, chilis, salt, sesame oil, oyster sauce, chili paste, and a cornstarch slurry; and Mrs. Pound, a speakeasy disguised as a stamp shop in Sheung Wan, for Ma La chicken wings, prepared in a batter of chili spices, deep-fried and sprinkled with garlic, more chili, and sugar. (en)
- Adam travels to Buenos Aires to find off-menu secret eats. Stops include: Victoria Brown, a steampunk-style speakeasy in Palermo Soho, named after Queen Victoria and her lover John Brown, where he gets "Spicy French Toast", pan de campo soaked in a batter of egg and crushed red pepper, fried and topped with scallion cream cheese, ham, avocado, mozzarella, Dijon mustard, Parmesan cheese, and a fried egg, and dusted with chili powder; tries the asado or "whole cow" of chori-pan and morci-pan , traditional Argentinian barbecue in a hidden parrilla with no name in Mercado San Telmo, along with the "Matambrito a la Pizza", flank steak layered with tomatoes, queso cremoso and local oregano, made to look like a pizza; eats at Pan Y Teatro in Boedo for their Mendocinian dish, "Carbonada en Zapallo", a mixed top round steak, fruit, and vegetable stew inside a hollowed-out pumpkin; and has slow-cooked lamb with pickled vegetables and lamb-fat mashed potatoes, garnished with harissa-spiced cauliflower and black olive-tomato purees as well as a grilled leek, at Casa SaltShaker in Recoleta, a "puertas cerradas" restaurant where a chef opens his home to cook for his guests. (en)
- Adam searches for the best secret menu items on the ice-covered European island of Greenland. Stops include: Mamartut in Ilulissat for their off-menu reindeer schnitzel, featuring a cut of local reindeer shoulder meat which is lightly tenderized, sprinkled with Rypekrog , pan-fried in butter to a medium rare, and plated with local berries and vegetables; Hotel Icefiord for the off-menu "Thai fried rice with Greenlandic snow crab", a mound of rice cooked in a pan with scrambled eggs, chopped carrots and onions, sea salt, sugar, soy sauce, local snow crab meat, and spring onions, and garnished with sliced cucumber and tomato; while here, Adam also gets to try their special Greenlandic coffee, mixing fresh hot coffee together with local coffee liqueur and Irish whiskey and topped off with fresh whipped cream and a shot of flaming triple sec, before traveling by boat on the rough waters of Disko Bay - past several icebergs - to the last stop, H8 in Oqaatsut, where he and his crew help prepare cuisine and set up tables for the incoming customers before getting to try the restaurant's seafood platter of locally caught and fried capelin and halibut, lemon-boiled cod, bay shrimp, and smoked halibut, all garnished with cucumbers, tomatoes, parsley, and fresh dill. (en)
- Adam samples the best secret food finds and off-menu items in the "City of Roses", the Pacific Northwest's Portland, Oregon. Stops include: The Grilled Cheese Grill in the Alberta Arts District for the off-the-menu "Alyson", which starts off with a "Gabby" sandwich , then adds a fried egg, Braeburn apple slices, and potato chips inside the sandwich; The Fried Onion, hidden in the Industrial District and inspired by New York street food that enforces a surcharge for Boston Red Sox fans, for the "Moussa" ; Burnside Brewing Co. in Lower Burnside for the off-menu Caribbean-inspired "Ultimate Burger" ; and Kenny & Zuke's Delicatessen in Downtown Portland for a secret menu item called the "Jeremy" . (en)
- Adam makes his way through the Midwestern city of Milwaukee to find its best secret food finds and off-menu items. Stops include: the Wisconsin Cheese Mart in Westown for the "Cheese Mart Sweep" ; Underground Ramen-Ya, located inside Ardent restaurant on the East Side for authentic Japanese tonkotsu ramen soup ; Shah Jee's Pakistani Cuisine, located inside an office building in Downtown, for authentic Pakistani food including lentils and chickpeas squirted with a spicy "green sauce", made with green peppers, cilantro, salt and cumin seeds, plus chicken masala topped with a gravy made with ginger, garlic, onions, and a curry spice blend of crushed peppers, turmeric powder and coriander powder; and Safe House, a spy-themed restaurant hidden behind a bookcase inside International Exports Ltd. in East Town, for the "Spy Burger" . (en)
- Adam searches for LA's secret food finds with off-menu items. Stops include: Escondite in Skid Rokio for a sandwich called "Godzilla Destroys Skid Rokio" ; Greenspan's Grilled Cheese in Fairfax for the "Inside Out" ; Cha Cha Chili in Alhambra for the "Lomo Burrito" ; and Jitada Thai Restaurant in East Hollywood for the "Jazz Burger" . (en)
- This season, Adam and his crew travel the world uncovering secret eats; their first city on this tour is London. Stops include: Evans & Peel, a speakeasy in Earl's Court disguised as a detective agency, for the "Mac & Cheese with Bacon and Truffle" ; Stax, an American-style eatery in Kingly Court in Soho, for the "Nutella Duffin Sundae" ; the Disappearing Dining Club, a pop-up restaurant that frequently changes locations; in this episode, it is found within Lassco Salvage Warehouse, an antiques store located within the Ropewalk in Bermondsey, and there Adam tries the "Maltby Street Smoked Salmon" ; and Bodean's BBQ, also in Soho, for the off-menu "Brunch Bap" . (en)
- Adam and his crew pay a visit to the beautiful Hawaiian island of Oahu for its best secret food finds and off-menu items. Stops include: Aiea Bowl, a bowling alley in Aiea which features a secret "Tasty Tuesday" 5-course prix fixe meal ; The Pig & The Lady in Chinatown for the off-the-menu "Mushroom Godzilla" ; J.J. Dolan's , an Irish pub featuring the "Drunken Duck Pizza" ; and Town in Kaimuki for the off-the-menu Pa'i'ai . (en)
- Adam explores the San Francisco Bay Area for its best secret food finds and off-menu items. Stops include: the Boxing Room in Hayes Valley for the secret "French Fry Po' Boy" ; Namu Gaji in the Mission District, San Francisco of Dolores Park for the off-the-menu Loco Moco ; Little Skillet in SoMa Tech for the "Eggs McMahon" ; and Starbelly in the Castro District for the "Doc's Way Burger" . (en)
- Adam is in the Windy City to search for Chicago's secret food finds and off-menu items. Stops include: Scofflaw in Logan Square for the "Guapahosa" ; Phil's Last Stand in Ukrainian Village for a Shrimp Po'Boy ; A Tavola in West Town for the "Italian Meat and Potatoes" ; and La Sirena Clandestina in Fulton Market District for the "Size Me Up" . (en)
- Adam and his crew head back to south Africa, this time to visit Johannesburg for their bacon-inspired dishes and "rainbow cuisine", a mish-mosh of flavors. Stops include: Urban Angel Bakery, Cafe & Food Store located at the security-gated Boskruin Office Park inside a gym in Randburg for their secret "Ultimate Bacon Sandwich", local beef used as buns stuffed with cheddar, parmesan, mozzarella, and halloumi cheeses, wrapped in bacon, seared on a flat-top grill and basted with butter in the oven; Sakhumzi Restaurant in the South Western Townships or Soweto for short, to try the "Lamb Shank Special", a lamb shank flavored with olive oil, paprika, black pepper and garlic, seared in rosemary, and braised with red wine for two hours, topped with rich pan-gravy and served with mashed potatoes and vegetables; Teta Mari , a Jewish deli with a Middle Eastern twist in Illovo for the off-menu "Kofta Special", spiced lamb and beef patties drizzled with house-made tahineh and pomegranate syrup, topped with pine nuts and salad, rolled inside an olive-oil grilled laffa; and Cocobel Desserts, a food truck in the Maboneng Precinct that serves a changing menu of dishes; on this episode, it's the "Donut Pop Sundae", 12 chocolate-coated donut holes, hand-rolled in coconut shavings, layered in a tall mason jar with chocolate syrup, whipped cream, and chocolate-coffee ice cream. (en)
- The "City of Brotherly Love", Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is Adam's next destination to find tasty secret food finds and off-menu items. Stops include: PYT in North Liberties for the "Chicken and Beer Burger" ; National Mechanics, a bank-turned-restaurant in Old City, for the off-menu "Chili Frito Pie" ; Federal Donuts in Center City for Korean fried chicken twice-fried in a secret dill pickle glaze, and a "Belshaw Donut Robot Mark II"-made cake donut dipped in a honey-lemon glaze; and The Ranstead Room, secretly located in the basement next to Mexican restaurant El Rey in Rittenhouse Square, for the "Albondigas" sandwich . (en)
- Adam hunts for the best secret menu items in Russia's capital and Europe's largest city, Moscow. Stops include: Syrovarnya, an Italian-style cheese-making factory and eatery in the Dorogomilovo District, where he tries focaccia topped with tomatoes and burrata cheese, as well as their signature beef Stroganoff, featuring chopped onions, garlic, and mushrooms all grilled together and mixed with sautéed beef tenderloin and boiled potatoes, then drenched in a demi-glace and topped with 33%-fat cream, and left to chill before getting sprinkled with parsley and shredded Russian cheese and then reheated in the oven to melt the cheese; Petrovich, a Soviet-era speakeasy and dining club in the Basmanny District named for a Russian comic book character, for their "chicken tkemali", featuring deboned and pounded chicken fried in a pan with olive oil, sprinkled with fresh garlic, and served with pickled vegetables and a tart Georgian-style plum sauce; Molon Lave in the Presnensky District for the off-menu "kleftikos", goat leg meat rubbed in extra virgin olive oil, white wine, thyme, rosemary, fresh oregano and lemon juice, laid on a bed of fresh herbs, vegetables and crumbled spicy cheese, and wrapped in parchment before being roasted for 3 1/2 hours; and Chestnaya Kukhnya , a restaurant where the chef serves meats from animals that he hunts and kills himself, with today's off-menu item being a roe ragù, featuring the meat seared in olive oil, thyme, salt, pepper and garlic, sweetened with dried roses and dates, simmered with red wine and sour pomegranate molasses, and mixed with various fruits and vegetables, toasted garlic bulbs, fennel, fresh morel mushrooms, quince, and medlar, all served inside of a copper pot. (en)
- Adam journeys through the big New England city of Boston in search of its secret food finds and off-menu items. Stops include: Al's Deli, located inside the unused Wan Convenience Store in Mission Hill, for the secret "Hush" sandwich , KO Pies in the shipyards of East Boston for the "Lamb Shank Pie" , Alive and Kicking, located in the basement of a house in nearby Cambridge, for the "lobster on lobster" , and Bogie's Place, an "adults-only" steakhouse secretly located through a velvet red curtain in the back of famed burger establishment JM Curley in Downtown Boston, for a 20-ounce ribeye steak sauteed with rendered marrow oil in a pastrami rub of brown sugar, black pepper, coriander, smoked paprika and mustard seed, and served with roasted bone marrow and torched foie gras butter plated with carrot puree, charred scallions, and a caramelized clove of garlic. (en)
- Adam explores Music City U.S.A. to discover its best secret food finds and off-menu items. Stops include: Pepperfire in East Nashville for the "Apple Jack" ; Gabby's Burgers & Fries in Wedgewood-Houston for the "Big CC Dog" ; Mason's Southern Provisions at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel in Midtown for the "Liquid Nitrogen Coke Float" ; and Pinewood Social in Rolling Mill Hill for their secret chicken and waffles . (en)
- Adam and his crew avoid the 32 million motorbikes in Vietnam as they make their way to secret eats in Ho Chi Minh City. Stops include: Quan Ut Ut in Ben Thanh, a restaurant serving American-style barbecue, including their off-menu "Cashew Smoked Pork Ribs", smoked in cashew nut wood chips, grilled over coals, and smothered in a secret sauce featuring two Vietnamese cuisine staples—funky nuoc fish sauce and spicy ground Phu Quoc pepper, served with smoked okra and corn-on-the-cob; Secret Garden Vietnamese Cuisine & Tea House in District 1 for their one-of-a-kind "Pork Wrapped in Lemongrass", featuring ground pork, pork paste and pork fat mixed with lemongrass and fried garlic, stuffed inside an intricately carved lemongrass stalk and grilled; Soul Burger , which serves "The Worst Burgers in Vietnam", burgers named after soulful American stars, for the experimental "The Temptations Burger", an American beef patty seasoned with toasted Vietnamese sea salt, black pepper and smoked butter, grilled and topped with seared foie gras , macerated mulberries, and watercress, and drizzled with gastrique on a buttered brioche bun; and Ru Pho Bar , a hidden restaurant serving the nation's favorite dish called "pho", including their "Brown Rice Noodle Pho", with 14-hour broth made with sa sung , brown noodles, beef, onions, scallions, mint, bean sprouts, and red chili. (en)
- Adam searches for the best secret food finds and off-menu items inside establishments throughout his hometown of New York City. Stops include: the secret second floor of Tre Dici Steak in Chelsea for the "Valdostana" ; El Sabroso, hidden inside a loading dock in the Garment District in Midtown, for Peruvian-style roast pork rice & beans ; Cienfuegos in Alphabet City for "ropa vieja" ; and Sugar and Plumm in the Upper West Side for the off-the-menu "Upper West Sliders" . (en)
- Adam checks out the "Big Easy" - New Orleans, Louisiana - to find the best of its secret food finds and off-menu items. Stops include: Parkway Bakery and Tavern in Mid-City for the "James Brown" ; Pizza Delicious in the Bywater for "Garlic Knot-chos" , then a stop at SnoWizard SnoBall Shoppe located Uptown, where Adam treated his crew to homemade "sno-balls", a New Orleans treat of shaved ice flavored with sugar cane syrup, before the next secret spot at Bayou Hot Wings in Uptown for pepper-jelly wings ; and McClure's Barbecue on Magazine Street for redfish on the half-shell . (en)
- Adam and his crew head to Manila, capital city of the Philippines, for the tastiest of its secret food finds. Stops include: The Exit, hidden behind an "Exit" sign inside the Plaza Cafe in Makati, for the off-menu "Ostrich Salpicao", chunks of ostrich marinated in a mix of soy sauce, oyster sauce, spices, and a local fruit called calamansi, sauteed and plated over cauliflower purée while doused in leftover marinade and topped with garlic chips ; Elbert's Steak Room in Salcedo Village for the secret "Double Gold" steak, an aged New York Strip steak from mature cows , left "as is" while it is sprinkled with just salt and pepper and then grilled over hot lava rocks; Mendokoro Ramenba, also in Makati, for "Shoyu Mazesoba", a soupless ramen dish prepared with boiled fresh noodles, shoyu , leek oil, vegetable oil, white pepper, white vinegar, sprouts and cabbage, all topped with roast pork, a raw egg yolk, and pork back fat; and Pepita's Kitchen, a makeshift restaurant inside the head chef's house in Magallanes Village, for Filipino-style lechon stuffed with truffle rice, roasted for four hours in a charcoal oven , and brushed with achuete oil; Adam and his crew are among the many guests to enjoy the dish as part of a big feast held by the chef. (en)
- In this Super Bowl-themed episode, Adam scours his native New York City for secret treats in restaurants that feel like home to fans of various NFL teams; this episode was filmed before Super Bowl XLVIII, which took place in the New York City metro area. Stops include: Philadelphia Eagles establishment Wogies Bar & Grill in the West Village for a cheesesteak prepared with onions, cherry peppers, sweet peppers, and double Cheez Whiz on a soft pretzel roll; Denver Broncos fan favorite Little Town in Union Square for a carnival-style funnel cake ; Cleveland Browns establishment Manny's on Second in the Upper East Side for "Polish Boy Tot-chos" ; and Chicago Bears haven The Overlook in Midtown East for an off-the-menu Italian beef sandwich . NFL stars DeSean Jackson , Von Miller , Chris Ogbonnaya , and brothers Martellus and Michael Bennett made special guest appearances in this episode, as well as American Idol alumni Ace Young and Diana DeGarmo . (en)
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