MANILA - The episode of Anthony Bourdain's "Parts Unknown" featuring him trying Filipino dishes such as sizzling pork sisig, adobo and kare-kare will air on April 24, it was announced on Thursday.

It will serve as the premiere episode for the seventh season of the award-winning CNN program. The episode will also show Bourdain sampling different menu items from local fast food chain Jollibee.

Last December, Bourdain surprised many when he was spotted at a Korean restaurant in Malate, the home of cultural activist and tour guide Carlos Celdran, and a bar known for being a "tambayan" for Filipino journalists.

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This is not the first time Bourdain will showcase the Philippines in one his shows. He last visited the country in 2008 for Travel Channel's "No Reservations." During that trip, he made stops in Manila, Pampanga and Cebu.

The other episodes of the seventh-season of "Parts Unknown" will feature his travels to the Greek Islands, Chicago, Montana, Georgia, Cologne, Buenos Aires and Senegal.