talking, of course, about chef eric ripert of such three star michelin restaurants as new york's le bernadin. so welcome to china, eric. thank you. first time to mainland. >> yes. and i'm very surprised already about what i see in the city here. >> i was expecting like a kind of a gigantic chinatown that we have in new york. >> that's a racist right there, i'm telling you. >> no, it's very surprising. the streets. >> they're very clean. >> it almost looks like a european city, except for the air. >> the air quality. i mean, maybe you've noticed that haze. yeah. it's like, that's not good, but i'm definitely out of my comfort zone. >> really? for sure. yeah. >> well, good. well. i'm hungry. are you hungry? >> yeah. >> noodles. that's where you should start around here. chengdu is famous for little spots like this. dandan chen xu mian, named after a much beloved chengdu noodle snack. oh, yeah. now we're talking. >> i've never been good with sticks. >> never. >> this is not bad. i can grab it. kind of. >> oh, yeah. >> that is awesome. >> so it's so spicy. the peppers get me and i'm like, oh, ye

. >> if you want, you can do it at le bernadin and you call it georgiana tartare. >> i'm gonna do it.the picture. sure. >> for me? >> seriously, i'm gonna do it. >> oh, cool. >> and my single favorite marseille classic, pierre et paquette. a dish which encapsulates everything i love and believe in about food. first, the hair on the sheep's foot is burned off. the meat is then tenderized and cut into pieces. sheep's tripe is cleaned and cut into squares. each piece is stuffed with onions, parsley, garlic and salt pork before being rolled and wrapped into small pouches. these are stewed for several hours in a sauce of white wine, tomatoes, bacon, onion, and carrots, along with the sheepsfoot. >> i love this dish. >> i love this dish too. >> this is everything i believe in in food. this is just absolutely the top. >> it's a dish with salt. to make it good, you have to put your soul into it. yes, and if you don't have it, you don't have you don't have. >> i like it here. he's already thinking about retiring here in marseille. >> he said i could retire here. >> i said i could retire here.