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Flavorful Origins (2019)

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Original title
风味原产地
Genre
documentary television program
Country
People's Republic of China
Length
5 seasons, 60 episodes
Rated
TV-G
Rating
8.1 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary series travels to different regions of China to show how local ingredients are grown and turned into food. Each episode focuses on a single ingredient from an area like Chaoshan, Yunnan, Gansu, or Guiyang. It explains the cooking techniques and cultural traditions behind the dish.

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What happens

Flavorful Origins (风味原产地) is a Chinese television documentary series, exploring culinary secrets of China and the various cooking techniques and cuisines with native Asian ingredients from the Chaoshan (season 1, 2019), Yunnan (season 2, 2019), Gansu (season 3, 2020), Guiyang (season 4, 2021) regions. Season 4 of Flavorful Origins premiered on 22 June 2021 in China. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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