Danny Bowien's Oklahoma City
Danny in OKC
According to Danny, Oklahoma City is strong in three cuisines: deep-fried Americana, messy Tex-Mex and Vietnamese that’s better than any in the US.
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Childhood Home
The house where Danny grew up hasn't changed: "I'd go home after school and watch my mom cook," he recalls.
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Super Cao Nguyen
To prepare for a tornado relief dinner, chef Danny Bowien trawls the aisles of Super Cao Nguyen, a pan-Asian supermarket the size of an airplane hangar.
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Bar-B-Q
BBQ joints dot Oklahoma City's landscape: according to Danny, "messy Tex-Mex" is one of the city's specialities.
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Coney Island Wieners
This Arts District favorite serves up "Coney Island-style" hot dogs, aka chili dogs.
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Under the Heat Lamp
For a pop-up hurricane relief dinner at local restaurant Ludivine, Danny prepared baby back ribs two ways: smothered in a peppery fish sauce–spiked caramel, and served with red eye gravy punched up with bacon.
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Drive-Through
Danny stops at a drive-through to pick up a sack of onion burgers, Oklahoma-style burgers with caramelized onions pressed onto the griddled patties.
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Eischen’s Fried Chicken
Danny and friends stop by the legendary fried chicken parlor. “You start by eating the skin off the fried chicken, wrapped in white bread with bread-and-butter pickles,” he says of the house specialty. “It’s almost like Peking duck.”
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Pho Lien Hoa
Pho Lien Hoa, one of Danny's favorite Vietnamese spots, serves light-bodied and beefy pho that's strongly scented with star anise and cinnamon bark and served with a tangle of herbs on top.
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Food Shopping
Danny's Super Cao Nguyen haul...
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Clothes Shopping
...and his patriotic score at Bass Pro Shops, an outdoors outfitting chain.
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OKC
The open road in Oklahoma City.
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Pho
Danny and friends tuck into the superb pho at Vietnamese restaurant Pho Lien Hoa.