As well as dining in a restaurant so good he refused to name it, Bourdain visited Osteria dal 1931, a cosy eatery located in an unassuming residential neighbourhood. “I love this place,” he announced. “I want to die here already, and I might yet.”

Of all the establishments Tony visited during his travels, by far the most memorable was the restaurant of Paul Bocuse himself, who Bourdain had the good fortune to dine with during his visit. one of France’s most revered culinary innovators, Bucose died in 2018 in the same room in which he was born in 1926. Bourdain passed away just five months later.