Anthony Bourdain's first time at Waffle House is a spiritual, unpretentious must-watch

In 2015, Anthony Bourdain went to Waffle House for the first time.

Like many people who go to Waffle House, he and chef Sean Brock paid a late-night visit, slipping under the yellow awning into a world Bourdain aptly described as "marvelous -- an irony-free zone where everything is beautiful and nothing hurts."

In the Parts Unknown clip, which people shared fondly on Twitter Friday in the wake of Bourdain's death, the two watch the southern chain's classics being cooked -- fried eggs, waffles, hash browns held together with gleaming cheese and studded with chunks of ham. (You might recognize the music from Chef's Table.)

As a kid, Brock explained, this was the only restaurant he'd ever visited where he could actually watch his food being made.

Then, at Brock's recommendation, Bourdain eats pecan waffles slathered with all the butter in the packet, with every bit of crisped batter obscured by syrup. "You don't come here expecting the French Laundry," Brock says. "You come here expecting something amazing."

"This is better than the French Laundry," Bourdain replies.

And his unpretentious reverence, his willingness to have a spiritual experience at a Waffle House, is what many people loved and will continue to love about Bourdain.

For me, watching the Waffle House clip is a spiritual experience in and of itself. I feel, palpably, my own potential to connect -- to listen, learn, and be nourished by food, by people, and (most importantly) by the godly combination of the two.

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