Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey on BBC2
Rick Stein in the Far East
Tonight at 8pm on BBC2 is the first in a series of programmes which sees the chef Rick Stein undertake an epic culinary journey by river, sea and overland to discover the diverse food cultures of the Far East.
“I’m here to discover not just the food,” Stein promises, “but what makes places like Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam tick. What’s so special about Bali, Sri Lanka, Malaysia or Bangladesh? Well – the food of course. But beyond that it’s the people. People talking about food…”.
Tonight’s programme is set in Cambodia where Rick discovers the delights of the country with its sugar palms, paddy fields and small villages, as well as its more difficult past blighted by the Khmer Rouge.
He samples delicious fresh swimmer crabs cooked with peppercorns and learns to cook Cambodia’s most famous dish, fish amok, with lemongrass and coconut, as well as presenting recipes that you can try at home. He also visits the magnificent temple of Angkor Wat before travelling on a rice barge down the mighty Mekong River to Vietnam, where next week’s programme will be set.
Last night Rick appeared on the The One Show on BBC1 talking about his new series.
If you miss any of the episodes of Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey, they will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer (for UK viewers only).
If you would like to travel in Rick’s footsteps and discover some of the delicious foods of the Far East for yourself please call one of our dedicated country specialists on 01993 838 000 or contact us online.
6 Responses to “Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey on BBC2”
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Linda Chapman on August 25th, 2009
Have Television New Zealand bought the series Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey ? Thanks
Loic Robertson on August 27th, 2009
Hi Linda, Looks like this brilliant series from Rick Stein is heading your way according to this news article.
Look out for it on Prime. Plus it looks like a lot of other BBC content will be aired on TVNZ too!
Tom Bowen on October 31st, 2009
I always used to follow culinary programmes starring Rick Stein when I resided in Europe. It is unfortunate that here in the South Pacific we are only tantalized by snippets of the series.
Barbara Mc on April 5th, 2010
Çould I have the duck receipe ( with orange juice shown on BBC2 5.25 Sunday 4th April 1020
It looked really tasty
Carol and Tony on April 15th, 2010
What a fantastic programme this was. Showed the real Cambodia and Vietnam. Made you feel that you were there with him. Fantastic series. Hope he does more in different places.
Loic Robertson on April 16th, 2010
Hi Barbara,
I found this after a quick search on Google. Let us know how you get on!
Duck Braised in Orange Juice with Star Anise
Ingredients:
1 Duck, cut into serving pieces
2 tbsp Vegetable oil (or duck fat)
3 Cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
3 cm Root ginger, peeled and sliced
3-4 Spring onions, cut into 4 cm lengths
6 Star anise
3-4 Whole chillies
1 Stalk lemon grass, bruised
2 tbsp Fish sauce
1 tbsp Palm sugar
Juice of 3-4 oranges
A “good grind” of black pepper
Cornflour
Method
Saute duck pieces in the oil until the fat is rendered and the skin is browning and beginning to crisp. Pour off all but a tablespoon of fat.
Add garlic and ginger and stir, then add the orange juice, enough to not quite cover the duck. Add fish sauce, star anise, chillies, lemon grass, palm sugar and black pepper. Stir well and simmer covered until duck is tender. Add the spring onions about 10 mins before the duck will be ready. Thicken the sauce with cornflour mixed with a little water.