Lifestyle Food The Table Where Anthony Bourdain and Barack Obama Had Lunch Together Is Now Encased in Glass The Bourdain effect has taken on a new meaning at one now-famous Vietnamese restaurant. By Ana Calderone Ana Calderone Ana Calderone is the Digital Food Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. People Editorial Guidelines Published on March 12, 2018 11:51AM EDT The Bourdain effect has taken on a new meaning at one now-famous Vietnamese restaurant. Bún chả Hương Liên—the eatery in Hanoi, Vietnam where Anthony Bourdain and Barack Obama filmed an episode of Parts Unknown season 8—is preserving the moment forever by encasing the table (along with the blue plastic stools that they sat on) in glass. “This is what the restaurant in Hanoi where our crew filmed a meal with @anthonybourdain and @barackobama now looks like…” Helen Cho, director of special ops and producer for the CNN series, wrote on a photo on her Instagram story. “WHUTTTTT.” Bourdain reposted the photo with the caption, “Not sure how I feel about this.” CNN RELATED: The 10 Best Quotes from President Obama’s Dinner Conversation with Anthony Bourdain: RELATED: The 10 Best Quotes from President Obama’s Dinner Conversation with Anthony Bourdain The no-frills restaurant near the capital city’s old quarter included what appears to be the exact beer bottles, plates and bowls that the pair sipped Bún chả—a traditional Vietnamese dish made up of grilled pork, broth, rice noodles and fresh herbs—out of in the exhibit. WATCH: Anthony Bourdain Sounds Off on Everything — Including Wanting to ‘Kill’ All the Friends Characters The meeting between the former president and the travel guru is now one of the most famous episodes of the hit show. Bourdain spoke to PEOPLE shortly after the episode aired, recalling how memorable and enjoyable the experience was. Want the ultimate dish on the latest celebrity food news, plus exclusive recipes, videos and more? Click here to subscribe to the People Food newsletter. “I didn’t speak to him as a reporter, it wasn’t an interview,” Bourdain said in 2016. “I spoke to him as another father of a young girl, as a Southeast Asian enthusiast, as a guy who’s happy to sit on a plastic stool eating noodles with chopsticks drinking a cold Hanoi beer, and I think the President enjoyed that experience too.” “It was really only after the shoot,” he continued, “that me and the crew all looked at each other and said, ‘Did that really happen?'”