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Giles has a difficult task for his stay in Providence, Rhode Island, as the city is known as a restaurant haven, which may make finding that one special place all the more challenging. He is however not looking forward to eating what looks to be the local specialty, namely snail salad. The first restaurant he visits is North, a hipster Asian fusion joint. Giles is looking forward to the Asian component of the experience as Chinese is his favorite cuisine, but not so much the hipster part as he considers the moniker to mean too cool for the average pompous London restaurant critic. Giles will not let the owners' philanthropic work for the local food bank sway if he chooses their establishment for the review. At North, Giles experiences a first in his fifteen years as a restaurant critic. The second restaurant is Los Andes, a family owned and operated Bolivian/Peruvian establishment. Its busy-ness may either work for or against them in getting Giles' review, but the promise of eating a 550 pound Amazonian air-breathing fish dish may be the true make or break item. The third restaurant is Nick's on Broadway, what is known as a brunch place - the meal which Giles reluctantly eats here - trying to be known more as a dinner place. Its owner is still determined to show Giles what the dinner food is all about. But a challenge Giles has for the owner chef may determine if Giles gives them his review. The fourth restaurant is Joe Marzilli's Old Canteen, which has been owned and operated by the same family since it opened in 1956. Nothing much has changed in the sixty years, including the primarily old world cuisine. Its owners want to show that traditional food does not mean boring or out-of-date. The final restaurant is The Dorrance, which is located in a grand converted bank building. They originally made their name largely on the food and menu created by their previous high priced executive chef who has since moved on, leaving them head chefless while they train their kitchen staff which is made up primarily of culinary students. They want the world to know that they still exist despite what made their renown no longer being there, but that their reworked menu is every bit as good in its preparation and presentation. In-between Giles' meals, Giles and Julia have a close encounter with a mysterious creature from the sea. And they do a typically Venice touristy thing, something that Giles has never even done in his few trips to Venice.