Andrew Zimmern eats his way through Houston

Andrew Zimmern took in brunch at Hugo's on Sunday while taping for his Travel Channel show, "The Zimmern List." Photo from Hugo's Instagram. Andrew Zimmern took in brunch at Hugo's on Sunday while taping for his Travel Channel show, "The Zimmern List." Photo from Hugo's Instagram. Image 1 of / 18 Caption Close Andrew Zimmern eats his way through Houston 1 / 18 Back to Gallery

If food television personality Andrew Zimmern wanted to keep a low profile in Houston over the weekend, he wasn't terribly successful.

Social media posts documented two days of Zimmern enjoying a movable feast in Houston while filming for his show "The Zimmern List" on Travel Channel. A producer for the show confirmed that Zimmern, also host of "Bizarre Foods," dined at Gatlin's BBQ, Crawfish & Noodles and Better Luck Tomorrow on Saturday while Sunday's chowdown included Hugo's, The Original Ninfa's on Navigation and Himalaya Restaurant. The Houston episode of "Zimmern List" will air in the fall on Travel Channel, the producer said.

Zimmern said he enjoyed his Houston visit; he was last here during last year's Super Bowl as one of the chefs participating in the Taste of the NFL party. He was suitably impressed by his visit to the Indo-Pak restaurant Himalaya, run by owners Kaiser and Azra Lashkari. He posted as @chefaz on Instagram a video from Himalaya which he called "a restaurant that is almost indescribably delicious in every sense of the word."

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Kaiser Lashkari -- who fed Zimmern lamb biryani, tandoori chicken, masala fried chicken and curry dishes – changed his Facebook picture on Sunday afternoon to a photo he and Azra took with Zimmern.

"We had a very special guest for #brunch today" @hugos_houston posted Sunday on Instagram. Zimmern took in Hugo's famous brunch. He also took in another iconic Houston restaurant on Sunday, dining on beef fajitas and tres leches at Ninfa's on Navigation. After taping he posed for photos with executive chef Alex Padilla and customers.

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On Saturday Zimmern filled his plate with a smoked bologna sandwich at Gatlin's BBQ and later Viet-Cajun crawfish and crabs at Crawfish & Noodles, which also got much-deserved press when superchef David Chang filmed there for his "Ugly Delicious" series for Netflix (Houston's James Beard Award-winning Chris Shepherd was at both tapings).