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  • Premiered: Feb 2021
  • Episodes: 11
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  • Food Travel

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Season 1
1x1
Southern Chinese Food
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 19, 2021
The team heads to the south of China and Hong Kong to explore Cantonese food, where bao and rice-based dishes are found.
1x2
Spicy Sichuan
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Air date
Feb 26, 2021
An exploration of Sichuan, which is the land of spice; in the western region of China, a look at flavours of heat, peppercorns, and century eggs.
1x3
Eastern Sweets
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Air date
Mar 05, 2021
An exploration of Shanghai, which is the home of pan-fried buns and soup dumplings; the team uncover a 200-year-old recipe for sweet and sour fish.
1x4
Northern Comfort
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Air date
Mar 12, 2021
Northern China is the birthplace of bao, lamb skewers and bean soup. The team make classic Chinese pork buns and go on a food tour of Beijing.
1x5
Carb Edition: Part 1
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Air date
Mar 19, 2021
An exploration of different types of Chinese noodles and how they're made, including hand-pulled noodles from Lanzhou, and biang biang noodles from Xi'an.
1x6
Carb Edition: Part 2
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Air date
Mar 26, 2021
Explore different types of noodles, including jinsimian, which means gold thread noodles, and guogaimian or pot-lid noodles from Zhenjiang.
1x7
Carb Edition: Part 3
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Apr 02, 2021
Explore different types of bao, including xiaolongbao, originally from Nanxiang, and tangbao, a giant soup dumpling.
1x8
Carb Edition: Part 4
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Apr 09, 2021
Explore a variety of bao, including Xiamen's taro bao, Yunnan's posubao, Fujian's hakka rice bao, and Qingdao's longevity peach bao.
1x9
Back To Basics: Part 1
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Apr 16, 2021
Explore the dominance of rice in China, if MSG is bad for people, and the three aromatics that are used in everything from marinating meats to stir-frying dishes.
1x10
Back To Basics: Part 2
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Air date
Apr 23, 2021
Explore how to use chopsticks the right way, why mala is so addictive, and the extensive world of fast food in China.
1x11 Show finale
Back To Basics: Part 3
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Apr 30, 2021
Explores how Chinese food is not quite the same without woks, who created fortune cookies, and how bubble tea transformed into a global phenomenon.

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