8 Anthony Bourdain Foods You Can Get Delivered Right Now, From His Hangover Cure to Popeyes
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You can get most of Anthony Bourdain’s favourite foods delivered tonight. That means his Popeyes order, spicy Szechuan food, bún chả, poutine and the Toronto sandwiches he loved. Only In-N-Out needs a swap, because it isn’t in Canada.
This is for anyone who’s been on a Bourdain rabbit hole on TikTok at 1am and now wants to eat like him without leaving the couch. You get 8 foods, what he actually said about them, two clips, and what to type into your delivery app.
What is Anthony Bourdain food delivery?
Anthony Bourdain food delivery is our name for ordering the dishes Tony loved, from your couch. He was a chef, writer and host of No Reservations and Parts Unknown, and he ate everywhere from Hanoi street stalls to a Popeyes after a long flight.
What made him different was that he never ranked food by how fancy it was. A plastic stool and a bowl of noodles could beat a tasting menu, and he’d say so.
That’s the energy here. Some of these are greasy, some are spicy, none of them are trying to be healthy, and Pleit can still tell you exactly what’s in the chain ones.
Which Anthony Bourdain foods can you get delivered?
Here are 8 foods he loved and what to search for on Uber Eats or DoorDash. Restaurant availability changes, so treat the search terms as the move.
| Food | Where Bourdain ate it | What to search on delivery apps |
|---|---|---|
| Spicy fried chicken, biscuit, mac and cheese | Popeyes, after trips | Popeyes |
| Cold Kung Pao chicken or spicy leftovers | His hangover cure | Sichuan or Szechuan |
| Bún chả | Hanoi, with Barack Obama | Bún chả or Vietnamese grilled pork |
| Double-Double, Animal Style | In-N-Out, Los Angeles | Smash burger (In-N-Out isn’t in Canada) |
| Poutine | Poutini’s, Toronto | Poutine |
| Peameal bacon sandwich | Carousel Bakery, Toronto | Peameal bacon sandwich |
| Porchetta sandwich | Porchetta & Co, Toronto | Porchetta |
| Jerk chicken roti | Bacchus Roti Shop, Toronto | Roti or jerk chicken |
1. His Popeyes order
Bourdain told People magazine that after weeks of eating around the world, Popeyes was what he wanted when he landed. His usual was spicy fried chicken, buttermilk biscuits and Cajun gravy, plus mac and cheese, according to Food Republic.
A shameful pleasure.
We built his order from the Popeyes Canada nutrition guide. A spicy breast, a spicy thigh, a biscuit, a regular mac and cheese and a regular Cajun gravy add up to 1,140 calories and 78g of protein.
2. His hangover cure: spicy Szechuan food
This is the one all over TikTok. In a 2007 talk reported by the Washingtonian, his three-step cure was a joint, a cold Coca-Cola, then cold Kung Pao chicken or spicy leftovers.
He called it “the trilogy of opulence.” Years later he gave TMZ a shorter version: just eat spicy Szechuan food, per Chowhound.
The delivery version is easy. Search “Sichuan” or “Szechuan,” order Kung Pao chicken or mapo tofu, and grab a Coke. Step one is between you and Canadian law.
3. Bún chả, the Obama dinner
In 2016, Bourdain and Barack Obama sat on plastic stools in Hanoi and ate bún chả, grilled pork with rice noodles and a dipping broth, with cold beer. The bill was about $6, SBS reported.
A lot of Vietnamese spots list it as bún chả or “grilled pork vermicelli,” which is close but not the same dish. Ask Pleit for Vietnamese near you and check the menu for the broth.
4. In-N-Out’s Double-Double, Animal Style
Bourdain told Eater in 2015, per Chowhound, that In-N-Out was the only fast food he actually liked. He ordered the Double-Double Animal Style, with grilled onions, pickles and extra sauce.
In-N-Out isn’t in Canada, so the closest move is a smash burger with two thin patties. Ask for grilled onions and pickles if they have them.
5. Poutine
On his Toronto episode of The Layover, he ate poutine at Poutini’s House of Poutine, according to Eat Like Bourdain. That spot closed in 2020, but poutine is on every delivery app in this country.
If you want numbers, a regular Harvey’s Classic Poutine is 700 calories, and a regular Popeyes Cajun Poutine is 720.
6, 7 and 8. His Toronto sandwiches and roti
The same episode had a peameal bacon sandwich at Carousel Bakery in St. Lawrence Market and a porchetta sandwich at Porchetta & Co. Both are still listed as open, so check if they’re on your app, or just go.
He also had jerk chicken roti at Bacchus Roti Shop, which closed in 2018. Toronto still has great roti, so search “roti” and let the reviews guide you.
How does Pleit help you eat like Bourdain?
Type something like “order like anthony bourdain” or “popeyes like bourdain, under 700 cal” and Pleit gives you three picks with protein and calories. For chains like Popeyes and Harvey’s, the numbers come from official nutrition guides.
For local spots like a Sichuan place or a roti shop, Pleit is still building its restaurant list, and Toronto gets the most first. Pleit doesn’t deliver, so you pick, then order on the app you already use.
Try it: ask Pleit on the homepage what Bourdain would order tonight.
Frequently Asked Questions
What was Anthony Bourdain’s hangover cure?
In 2007 he described a three-step cure: a joint, a cold Coca-Cola, then cold Kung Pao chicken or very spicy leftovers. Later he summed it up as eating spicy Szechuan food.
What did Anthony Bourdain order at Popeyes?
Spicy fried chicken, buttermilk biscuits, Cajun gravy and mac and cheese. In Canada, a spicy breast, spicy thigh, biscuit, regular mac and regular gravy add up to 1,140 calories.
What was Anthony Bourdain’s favourite fast food?
He called In-N-Out the only fast food he actually liked, and ordered the Double-Double Animal Style. He also openly loved Popeyes, and once said Waffle House beat The French Laundry, per First We Feast.
Where did Anthony Bourdain eat in Toronto?
On The Layover he ate at Carousel Bakery, Porchetta & Co, Poutini’s, Bacchus Roti Shop, The Black Hoof and Agave & Aguacate, among others. Several have since closed.