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The magnificent Chinese food culture in a global view

Once Upon a Bite

EP1：Between mountains and sea

EP2：Rooting

EP3：Red Dust

EP4：Food is changing

EP5：River and night rain

EP6：Spice path

EP7：Lamps and candles of a myriad families

EP8：Flavor journey

A journey to find the authentic taste of Thailand. Through the skilled hands of local chefs, we discover the stories whispered between the soil and the seasons, where food becomes a window to its roots, culture, and heart.

Thailand Rediscovered: A Journey Through 10 Tastes

Tasteful Thailand

Once Upon a Bite S3 is back! With the exquisite audio-visual language, this show explores the delicacies from the sea in various dimensions and creates a guide for the flavor of seafood, satisfying the curiosity of food lovers on seafood and breaking the audience’s stereotype. It tells the most shocking and moving stories, portraying a group of people who live by the sea, showing the most authentic lives of Chinese families, and expressing the deepest attachment, awe, and love of Chinese people.

The freshness in common life

Once Upon a Bite S3

Because geography environment civilization course and product rich degree are not identical, So people's handling of food varies from time to time. This season from the perspective of the world, Find countless connections among distinctive cuisines. To explore different methods of the same ingredients, the same methods of different ingredients, and the similar taste of different methods. Searching for new ingredients, providing fun and knowledge, and constantly creating unexpected joy.

Food is gathering

Once Upon a Bite S2

Each hot pot meal is a story. With steam around, it shows all kinds of lives and witnesses ups and downs of history. Chen Xiaoqing’s team has a new work “Pot of Fire”, which describes how localities create various flavors in different natural geographic environments and cultural customs. They will adopt documentary of vivid individuals in a younger aesthetic way to enlarge delicious moments. Through hot pot, we can see people’s distinctive regional characters and shared love for life.

Gourmet Chronicles

POT OF FIRE

"Country Roads Delicious Foods 3" ventures into the hidden corners of southern China, including Guangdong, Guangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, and Guizhou, over twelve episodes. From bamboo forests to ancient villages, the series explores bizarre "dark cuisine" and exotic flavors that challenge culinary norms, decoding the cultural secrets behind rural ingredients and regional tastes.

Mind-Blowing "Dark Cuisine" That Defies Taste Buds

Country Roads Delicious Foods 3

The documentary by gourmet Shen Hongfei, Chen Xiaoqing as the general counsel; Visit the streets, smell and taste, with simple images and family taste, looking for authentic Chinese breakfast. Each episode features a traditional breakfast, an interesting shop, a group of self-indulgent diners, and the owner's "breakfast philosophy."

A Taste of Happiness

Breakfast in China

Once Upon a Bite S4 is the fourth season of this documentary series, from the perspective of mankind to find the ongoing food stories of grains and humans, through these stories to glimpse the emergence of agriculture to 10,000 years ago, humans and grains have shaped the legend of each other.

Immersive Exploration for Grains

Once Upon a Bite S4 (English Ver.)

Chen Xiaoqing, a documentary filmmaker, works on food documentaries and writing, searching for new flavors is his job. This program is the first time he goes in front of the camera to explore the stories behind the food with his own perspective. Chen travels to eight different regions in China, where he works with different guides to complete his own flavor journey. He believes that “food is not only delicious, but also a kind of adhesive that allows for more understanding and communication.”

Flavor Exploration Journey of Chen Xiaoqing

China Beyond Tastes

Chen Xiaoqing team series quality masterpiece. Following Chaoshan, Yunnan, Gansu, this season we focus on Guiyang, with food as the absolute core, with "novelty burning special" as the content label, outline a guide nature of Guiyang origin products food map: delicious intestines, Through the most extreme visual presentation, digging a deeper level of Guiyang food world, at the same time through food, also show a different kind of Guiyang fireworks world.

Gourmet Guide to Guiyang

Flavorful Origins: Gui Yang

The documentary "A Long Cherished Dream" is directed by two Oscar winners and British director Covens. Kovens, who has filmed more than 80 countries around the world, is looking to China this time, hoping to record and show what he sees as a great change in China from the perspective of ordinary people.

Tribute to Ordinary Lives

A Long Cherished Dream

"Once Upon A Bite S5" focuses on spices, the insignificant yet essential heroes that shape flavor. It explores the circulation, migration, conquest, and fusion of spices, highlighting the uniqueness of Chinese cuisine. Amidst globalization, it examines how spices influence cooking and become markers of regional cuisine. The series reveals how food impacts history and shapes regional character. Where will humanity's journey for fragrance lead, and how will the story of curiosity unfold?

A Subtle Fragrance in Flavor

Once Upon a Bite S5

The film carefully selected with the characteristics of Yunnan food, strange and fresh, with a strong regional style, with in-depth study of food and a deep understanding of the documentary, and strive to explore a younger flavor world. Feel the authentic Yunnan flavor with Chen Xiaoqing!

Authentic Yunnan Flavors

Flavorful Origins: Yun Nan

Food is living history. It reflects great shifts in the past and preserves the fine details of ancient life. The documentary Ancient Recipes lightly unlocks the flavors of the past, using food to reveal the history and stories behind it. Taiwanese writer and cultural scholar Gao Wenqi hosts the kitchen, joined by guests from food and culture. In a relaxed, humorous setting, they recreate centuries-old dishes and the traditional wisdom hidden within them.

China's Flavor Map

Ancient Recipes

As a seafood dish documentary, Let's Go! Seafood aims to create China's first guide to marine life. The whole series consists of 24 episodes, each episode is about 8 minutes, from home cooking to seafood banquet, from food culture to life belief, across the four major sea areas of China, recording a group of people who eat by the sea!

A Guide to Marine Edibles

ENJOY THE SEAFOOD

Chaoshan, the origin of flavor, is the first in the documentary series. Through each episode of the short film, it will explore a kind of unique ingredients, food and taste of Chaoshan, which is not known to the deep boudoir. In Chaoshan area, food has obvious regional markers. From Chaoshan food, we can clearly see the migration, root and reproduction of Chaoshan people, and see the unique personality characteristics and spirit of Chaoshan people.

Unlocking Authentic Chaoshan Cuisine

Flavorful Origins: Chao Shan

It tells about the different flavors of hot pot shaped by different geographical environments and cultural customs, and through hot pot, we can see people's distinctive regional character and common love for life.

Endless Hotpot Delights

POP OF FIRE 2

The 10-episode series focuses on Zi River in central Hunan, known for Anhua Dark Tea and the Tea Horse Road. Local cuisines highlight seasonal flavors. Starting from Shaoyang, the source of Zi River, our journey spans 650+ km through Lengshui River, Xinhua, Anhua, Taojiang, and Yiyang, ending at Dongting Lake and Yueyang. Our camera captures stunning mountains and villages. Local dialect "Have you eaten? Come and eat." invites global guests to enjoy Hunan's hospitality and diverse cuisine.

Exploring Diverse Cuisines along the Zi River

Flavors from The River

Based on the food topic and the spirit of Once Upon a Bite S1, this season will invite celebrities, gastronomes, and popular stars from home and abroad to the Flavor Experiment kitchen where they will enjoy special cuisines, share food stories and discover thousands of possibilities of food, showing both visual and spiritual enjoyment for audience.

Foodies of the World, Unite!

This season builds on the first, maintaining the same storytelling and visual style as S1, and explores eight cities to reveal local culinary expertise. It showcases the best late-night snacks, authentic local culture, and the everyday yet legendary urban life. The show delights with diverse flavors while capturing the vibrancy of Chinese cities and the resilience of ordinary people, reflecting timeless tenacity.

Taste Humanity at Night S2

Strive to tell 100 episodes of Chinese breakfast log legends. In season 2, we will go deep into a wider area, focus on richer food, see a wider affectionate world, and meet the beauty of the day with a breakfast. Through the program, let the audience see an ordinary dream, and for this persistent, silently fight for extraordinary people.