| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (44 min. 56 sec.) ; 270225261 bytes |
| Series |
Jonathan Phang's Gourmet Express ; Series 1, Episode 2 |
| Summary |
The mere mention of the Orient Express brings to mind evocative images of opulent carriages, stylish passengers and thrilling destinations all wrapped up in the romance of train travel. Jonathan Phang, a self-confessed bon viveur with a passion for gastronomy, feels the allure of old world glamour and sets off on a gourmet journey crossing continents aboard some of the world's most elegant trains.Along the way he stops off in extraordinary culinary destinations, such as Venice, Paris and Istanbul to explore some modern fine dining. However, it is aboard the fabulous trains that Jonathan truly tests the old adage that sometimes it can be better to travel than to arrive.Jonathan retraces Queen of crime Agatha Christie's footsteps in a journey which inspired her most famous novel - Murder on the Orient Express. This sees him travelling from Bucharest to Istanbul through the Carpathian Mountains to the former royal resort of Sinaia, where he cooks a wild venison dinner if a hunting lodge. In Bucharest, Jonathan explores the emerging food scene and cooks with Mircea Dinescu, a poet and political revolutionary turned restaurateur and rustic food enthusiast. In Istanbul, Jonathan explores both the traditional and more cutting edge food scene. He meets Istanbul's 'spice girl', the only female shop owner in the historic spice market and he attempts to cook traditional Turkish cuisine with local cookery school owner Selin Rozanes. (From the UK) (Food Series) G CC **New Episode** Follow the conversation on Twitter: #SBSFood |
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Broadcast 2014-05-15 at 20:30:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: G |
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Dinners and dining.
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Gourmets.
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Spices -- Marketing.
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Voyages and travels.
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Cooking, Turkish.
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Turkey -- Istanbul.
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Bulgaria.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Barker, Joe, director
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Phang, Jonathan, host
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Rozanes, Selin, contributor
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