Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure

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Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure
Genre Documentary
Directed byEmma Peach
Presented by Ching He Huang
Ken Hom
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes4
Production
Executive producerPaula Trafford
ProducerEmma Peach
Running time60 minutes
Production companyKEO Films
Original release
Network BBC Two
Release5 August (2012-08-05) 
26 August 2012 (2012-08-26)

Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure is a four-part British documentary television series that aired on BBC Two.

Chefs Ken Hom and Ching He Huang, both Chinese food specialists, describe their travels through China and the recipes and personal stories they found there. Hom and Huang traveled to Beijing, learning about Peking duck, and on to the Silk Road, Kashgar, and Sichuan Province, together bringing a unique and authoritative perspective on Chinese food. Ken and Ching undertook a 3000-mile culinary adventure across China – not only to reveal its food, but its people, history, culture and soul. BBC Books acquired and published the title to accompany the BBC Two series of four hour-long episodes.

In a review for The Guardian, Sam Wollaston lamented the series' low viewership during the 2012 Summer Olympics. He compared the show's treatment of self-discovery by the hosts favourably to an earlier show covering a similar subject by Gok Wan. [1] The series' emotional resonance was praised in a review in The West Australian . [2] Multiple reviewers were impressed with the presentation of noodle making in Exploring China. [3] [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Wollaston, Sam (6 August 2012). "TV review: Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure; The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World; The Simpsons". The Guardian . Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  2. Bahr, Jacqui (17 January 2013). "Review: Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure". The West Australian . Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  3. Sutcliffe, Tom (5 August 2012). "The Weekend's Viewing: Exploring China: a Culinary Adventure, Sun, BBC2 The Zoo, Sun, ITV1". The Independent . Retrieved 9 October 2024.