ANTHONY BOURDAIN, "PARTS UNKNOWN" HOST: Any excuse to come in Japan is a good one. I feel healthier already. For a reason, it's awesome. In this episode, we're going to back to Japan with Masa Takayama.</s>MASA TAKAYAMA, OWNER AND CHEF AT MASA: He's a character.</s>BOURDAIN: Probably the greatest and most respected Japanese chef in America. How do I hold a sakana?</s>TAKAYAMA: No, no, that's woman.</s>BOURDAIN: Ten years, he said I do it like a girl. His restaurant Masa in New York is certainly the most expensive restaurant in America. That's so beautiful.</s>TAKAYAMA: Yeah.</s>BOURDAIN: And we're going back to Japan with him to find out why. What happens next? Where it all came from and where it's going.</s>WHITFIELD: All right, watch a brand-new episode of "Parts Unknown with Anthony Bourdain" tomorrow night, 9:00 Eastern only on CNN. All right, the next hour of the "CNN Newsroom" begins right now. Hello, again, everyone, and thank you so much for joining me. I'm Fredricka Whitfield. Donald Trump will soon make his first, among his first big decisions as president-elect, selecting his chief of staff among them. Trump campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, telling many reporters this morning the announcement is imminent.</s>CONWAY: Yeah, it is. Imminent means coming soon and perhaps Mr. Trump is up there making a lot of important decisions, taking accounts of many people. I think he can't go wrong with the decision.</s>WHITFIELD: Also happening soon, the president-elect is set to receive his first two top-level intelligence briefings. Trump will learn about the nation's most secret intel-gathering programs and U.S. spying operations overseas. But the timing of all of this, playing a part in Trump's ongoing world right now, the legal woes.
Anthony Bourdain Goes Back to Japan.