A Bite of China - The Taste of Time - Food Documentary About the series: A Bite of China (Chinese: 舌尖上的中国; pinyin: Shéjiān shàng de Zhōngguó; literally: "China on the tongue tip") is a Chinese documentary television series on the history of food, eating, and cooking in China directed by Chen Xiaoqing (陈晓卿), narrated by Li Lihong (李立宏) with original music composed by Roc Chen (阿鲲). It first aired May 14, 2012 on China Central Television and quickly gained high ratings and widespread popularity. The seven-episode documentary series, which began filming in March 2011, introduces the history and story behind foods of various kinds in more than 60 locations in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The documentary has also been actively encouraged as a means of introducing Chinese food culture to those unfamiliar with local cuisine. Various notable chefs such as Shen Hongfei and Chua Lam were consultants on the project. A second season of A Bite of China, also consisting of seven episodes (plus trailer), aired from April 18 to June 6, 2014. About episode The Taste of Time (时间的味道): This episode focuses on the different preservation techniques and preserved food across the regions.Time is a friend of food, and also its enemy. New technologies can help preserve food, while traditional preservative techniques may create different and even tenderer flavours through salting, air-drying, stewing or smoking procedures. Today, the renovated traditional foods still influence the Chinese diet and preserve the unique feeling of the Chinese towards flavour and the world.
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Just here to give some information about the whole argument about the Korean dish at the beginning of this episode. 1. In the Mandarin version, the narrator stated very clear as "Korean (ethnic group) families". For the English version you just got bad translations. And I'm sure I'm not the only one having trouble understanding the English narrator. 2. "Korean" as an ethnic group does exist in China, in fact as one of the major ones as well. 3. Food is rather about ethnicity, not nationality, the same for language. 4. Not all Chinese have to fit in the stereotype of speaking Mandarin and eating orange chicken/lo mein. THANK YOU.
I saw this documentary when it first came out, and it still sticks in my head every time I cook. Not a huge fan of the sports broadcaster-type narrator, though. The previous English narrator was more softspoken and made the whole documentary a lot more tranquil.
The narration is... bad. The guys voice is clear but he keeps on repeating things. Also why did they start in Korea???
beautiful shots of scenery and food! love this
Watched the whole thing since it was very interesting to me, however the narrator sounds like a 12year old going through puberty and was constantly repeating himself.
I still remember when I was primary school,I really like this kind of documentary.It is so interesting and I enjoyed it a lot!
dat scriptwriting 11:40 "every morning he is the busiest one in the shop. every morning he is the one who it busiest." didn't they watch this even ONCE before releasing it?!
This is Korean food right?
This was interesting, I especially enjoyed seeing the laver farm
What a fantastically insightful documentary. Thank you.
Text2speech and google translate is getting rather good these days
Idk why there are just ppl indicating kimchi is Korean not Chinese. This documentary is not only about chinese food, and also about what Chinese people eat. When those kids from the Korean-chinese family are eating that kimchi dish, they won't realize whether the food is chinese or korean. it is just home's taste. and their home is from a chinese city. This documentary is about family, love and diversity, but the keybord man just cannot understand.
:56 can't believe they're pickling the camera too
Even though they're living in china now, Korean food can't be chinese food
I really wonder, the story clearly began in Korea but why on earth it was stated in China? Yes, there are Korean descendants who live in China and yes, they also make Kimchi. But I can hear people's conversation in the video and it is NOT the dialect of Korean descendants in China. If you can not tell China from Korea, you SHOULD NOT make a documentary!
5:23 Mother and daughter are speaking Korean, talking about making the Kim-Chi (Korean traditional fermented cabbage side dish).
Anyone else notice wrong takes being included alongside the correct takes for the audio. At about 26:00 he says drain the grease from the meat, than repeats himself with a slightly different take. There’s another instance earlier in the video too.
i love the opening music .. its legend
Kimchi is korean food
A bit of china???? the family is from Korea. I didnt even finish but the dish(kimchi) is also Korean dish... Why is the title "a bite of China"?