Anthony Bourdain reveals the one place he’d settle down

He’d pick one city ‘in a second’

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If anyone’s got the travel bug, it’s Anthony Bourdain.

The renowned TV chef is constantly on the move, sampling culinary delights around the the world, from the crevices of the Congo to the streets of Sicily.

It’s safe to say the man knows his waffles from his wanderlust. Now, the US presenter has revealed the one place in the world he’d settle down.

Speaking to Maxim, Bourdain explained that his fascination with all things Japanese has always drawn him to Tokyo.

Interestingly, his reasoning has little to do with food.

"It's so different than the aesthetic I grew up with, the society and culture I grew up with," he said.

Bourdain developed an obsession with the Japanese capital from his very first visit, admitting that it completely changed his life.

He said that the first time he went to Tokyo his "head kind of exploded".

"I compared it to taking my first acid trip: Nothing was ever the same for me. I just wanted more of it.

"If I had to agree to live in one country, or even one city, for the rest of my life, never leaving it, I'd pick Tokyo in a second," he said.

Bourdain explained that his interests in Japanese culture was also partly fuelled by a passion for Tebori, the Japanese practise of tattooing by hand.

All you have to do is catch a glimpse of the chef's heavily-inked arms to see how much his intrigue has influenced him.

"Many of the things I love about Japan come from the fact that I recognise that I don't have those things," he added.

He expressed huge admiration of the intense discipline required for so many Japanese practises, such as Tebori and flower arranging, which he personally feels he lacks.

Bourdain explained that the attention to detail that these activities require can be enriching, allowing you to focus on the basic elements of what it means to experience pleasure.

Meet you in Tokyo.