Season 10 of Parts Unknown rolls on, and this week Anthony Bourdain heads to Sri Lanka. It isn’t the first time Bourdain has visited the South Asian island nation, but when he made the trip for No Reservations in 2008, Sri Lanka was embroiled in a civil war.

Now, Bourdain finds a peaceful place. His dive into Sri Lankan cuisine reveals food that is similar in some ways to that of southern India, which lies less than 100 kilometers away across the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Strait, but with more seafood and lighter curries.

Bourdain begins his visit in the capital city of Colombo, and his trip includes a 10-hour train north to Jaffna. A location that was hit hard during the war, it’s described by the host asday weekend, which is notoriously slow. The first night there were only 12 people in the audience but they were 12 people who really loved comedy and came for a good show and we had an absolute blast together. The next night we had about 40 people who you would have thought were taken hostage and forced to watch the show. Those are the nights when it feels like work.

TrunkSpace: What is your most memorable performance experience (good or bad!) that will stick with you for the rest of your career and why?Poveromo: Hands down, opening up for Jimmy Fallon when I was still a baby comic. It was my first time opening for a national headliner. He was on tour prepping to take over “Late Night with