A Gondola on the Murray

Episode 1 (1x1)

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Stefano’s restaurant is in Mildura, a provincial city on the banks of the ‘Mighty Murray’ river, the longest in Australia that, in this part of the country, winds its way through desert and irrigates the region known as Sunraysia. Travelling with Stefano on an old bicycle, we meet wonderful local characters like Mrs Mazello whose eggs are so big she calls them rooster eggs. Stefano uses them to make his homemade pasta - pasta fatta in casa. The Murray River is home a delicious fresh-water fish, the Murray cod. By the banks of the Murray River, on a gnarled fallen gum tree, Stefano steams to perfection a fresh cod caught for him that day by a local fisherman. But a cook’s life is not always so free and simple - that night, with guest chef Tony Tan, Stefano prepares a sumptuous banquet for the Mildura Arts Festival.