i like the actor they choose to play bourdain and really i do and but anthony bourdain he be not . and that be what be wrong with this series . i read the book and be really excite to rent the series and but i should have know well . someone in tv land decide that anthony bourdain be too abrasive and in your face and rude and so the show soften tony and lose all the spirit . yes and the real anthony bourdain be in your face and abrasive and be very much about how thing really be . that be the spirit in which kitchen confidential ( the book ) be write . so honest and in fact and that when she get old and i be go to make my 12 year old aspiring chef read it before she decide in fact to spend oodles of money on culinary school . it be that very in your face honestt that be miss . tony be nothing more than an alcoholic and excuse me and reform alcoholic boy scout . yawn . meanwhile the _real_ anthony bourdain have a hit show on the travel network do what he do best and tell it like it be .