Nadiya's_Asian_Odyssey

<i>Nadiya's Asian Odyssey</i>

Nadiya's Asian Odyssey

British television cooking show

Nadiya's Asian Odyssey is a two-part British television cookery show presented by Nadiya Hussain.[1][2]

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After taking a DNA-based genealogy test which linked her heritage to Thailand, Cambodia and Nepal,[2][3] as well as Bangladesh, Nadiya travelled to those countries to explore their food and cuisine and her heritage.[4][5]

Description

In the first part, screened on 3 December 2018, Nadiya travelled to Cambodia, where she visited a French pastry school for local disadvantaged girls, sat with workers descaling and filleting tiny fish to make the fish paste prahok and assisted in preparing palm sugar. She also spent time in Thailand, where she tried eating durian and insects.[3][5]

Reception

The program was well received, with one reviewer saying that "as a document of personal growth and discovery, it was charming and inspiring."[4] Another reviewer found it "a joy, made only more so .. by the admission of truths. Picturesque ways of life are hard. Ours aren’t sustainable. Not all dishes work, but sharing food, sharing cultures and approaching them with an equally hearty appetite always will."[3]

In 2019, Nadiya's Asian Odyssey won Best programme at the Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards.

References

  1. [1]
    "The Great British Bake Off Bake Off star Nadiya Hussain on a colourful trip for BBC One". The Star.
  2. [2]
    "BBC Factual announces Out Of London commissions". BBC. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  3. [3]
    Mangan, Lucy (4 December 2018). "Nadiya's Asian Odyssey review – 'I think I just got blessed by accident!'". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  4. [4]
    Tate, Gabriel (4 December 2018). "TV review: Nadiya's Asian Odyssey; Babies: Their Wonderful World". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  5. [5]
    Wallis, Sara (8 December 2018). "Nadiya Hussain's new show feels like Who Do You Think You Are? - but with more garlic". The Mirror. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
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