Barack Obama enjoys a $6 dinner with Anthony Bourdain in Vietnam

The celebrity chef picked up the bill after dining with the US President.

US President Barack Obama and chef Anthony Bourdain

US President Barack Obama eats bun cha with chef Anthony Bourdain in Hanoi, Vietnam. Source: Anthony Bourdain

Is there anything Barack Obama can't do?

In addition to being a good singer and dancer, we now know that the US President's "chopsticks skills are on point", thanks to American chef and author Anthony Bourdain, who dined with Obama in Vietnam.

The pair enjoyed a bun cha dinner at a restaurant called Bún chả Hương Liên in Hanoi and were filmed for the upcoming eighth season of the chef's show, Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, where he dines on local food off the beaten path around the world.
Tweeting about the meal, Bourdain revealed that the entire meal cost just $US6. "I picked up the check," he wrote.

Obama, who stopped for the meal during the first leg of his historic Asia trip, somehow also managed to eat noodles without splashing anything on his crisp white business shirt. #Respect
While the two men didn't seem to attract much interest from their fellow diners, there was a large crowd who greeted the US President with cheers when they left the restaurant after their hour-long meal.

View another of Bourdain's shows, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations on SBS On Demand.

 

 

 


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