Anthony Bourdain and President Obama Had a $6 Dinner (and Beers) in Vietnam
As part of President Obama's ongoing Running Out of F*cks to Give tour-which took him to Cuba in March-the commander in chief is presently in Vietnam, lifting a decades-long U.S. arms ban on the country and, in between big diplomatic moments, dining with Anthony Bourdain.
The president and the CNN travel-show host shared a meal and drank beers in Hanoi on Monday night. They met at this restaurant, according to Carol Lee, The Wall Street Journal's Washington correspondent:
Here's the president arriving at the restaurant:
And here they are enjoying their meal and beers:
The price of the meal, according to Bourdain, was $6. And no, the American taxpayer didn't foot the bill, Bourdain did (or, more likely, his CNN expense account).
Here's the president leaving dinner after about an hour with Bourdain:
CNN said the dinner will appear in a future episode of Bourdain's Parts Unknown.
