He seems to pick a cross section of 'Top Five' restaurants across these cuisines.
When he visits Hong Kong, a place he describes as ' a wonderland of colors, lights and speed, a perfect marriage of modern and traditional', he dines at well established restaurants (particularly in The Layover episode) across some of the major dining 'themes' of Hong Kong: seafood, dim sum, noodles, roast meats, and cooked food centres. Before reaching a new destination, I always take a quick peek - 'Where did Anthony Bourdain eat?' I've found that his dining experiences vary between extreme local and well established places without too much in between, however, his recommendations always highlight a region's cuisines.
