he has a show on the tv and throws parties that would make andrew zimmer turn gray and slump unconscious explorer and gourmet. >> bronx is so multi-faceted, but for some reason this is the first place i take people. it oozes that flavor of the bronx. >> and he knows what i like, places like this. 188 cuchifritos. on 188th street in the grand concourse. old school new york puerto rican good stuff. get within 20 feet of this place and prepare to lose your freakin' mind. >> it's basically fried pig. chopped up and deep fried. >> chopped up, deep fried. the shank there? >> yeah, the shoulder. you're going to get that in there. the skin just chopped up. >> skin and fat? >> yeah, like a meat candy bar. >> amazing. what else? puerto rico, i miss you. >> need some more. the bronx became the place i could engage my sensibility. you could really come here, eat, drink, wine, women and song and indulge. >> this is pretty much the center of the pork universe in new york. i don't know anywhere else porkier than that. this is the kind of thing i thought we lost in new york. all along, all along it was