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This week's Food TV picks

Our guide to what's on SBS this week. Luke Nguyen meets hard-working water buffaloes and downs a potent Vietnamese spirit. Heston Blumenthal gets behind Britain's local "boozers", and shares magic tricks for cooking with chocolate. Meanwhile on Gourmet Farmer Afloat, Matthew Evans and Nick Haddow banish mate Ross O'Meara to sleeping on the top deck.

Luke Nguyen's Vietnam
Source: Luke Nguyen's Vietnam - Season 2

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Monday 23 February 


Luke Nguyen's Vietnam, season 2

Episode 6 airs at 6pm on SBS ONE

Luke on roadside reptiles: "Sadly, this snake was run over by a motorbike. Now back home, it would've probably gone to an animal shelter. Over here, it's dinner."

Luke on cooking black chicken in Sapa: "Vietnamese people love this black chicken. Why? Because it has more texture to it. Very medicinal as well. More pungent and a bit gamey, actually"

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Tuesday 24 February


Luke Nguyen's Vietnam, season 2

Episode 7 airs at 6pm on SBS ONE

Luke on farming with water buffalo: "The water buffalo is so important to poorer families in Vietnam. As you travel around in the rural provinces, you can see first-hand how this animal is the life-blood for farmers to earn a modest income. The water buffalo are treated like family." 

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Luke Nguyen's Vietnam
Source: Luke Nguyen's Vietnam - Season 2

Wednesday 25 February


Luke Nguyen's Vietnam, season 2

Episode 8 airs at 6pm on SBS ONE

Luke on the Bac ha markets: "There's so much theatre going on around me. I felt like I was on a big Hollywood movie set."

Luke on the local spirit: "While the local men are trading in live stock, the wives sit here selling corn wine. They spend six days a week distilling their corn. It's extremely potent. It's really like rocket fuel! Oh my gosh, that's full on."

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Luke Nguyen's Vietnam
Source: Luke Nguyen's Vietnam - Season 2

Thursday 26 February


Luke Nguyen's Vietnam, season 2

Episode 9 airs at 6pm on SBS ONE

Luke on cooking clams: "The mistake that a lot of people make when they're cooking clams or pipis is they overcook it and [the meat] becomes really rubbery. Make sure that as soon as it just opens up slightly, take it out straight away."

Luke on catching baby squid in Halong Bay: "Can't believe I actually caught something. It's huge! No, it's not really. It's tiny, but you know what, I expected that."

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Luke Nguyen's Vietnam
Source: Luke Nguyen's Vietnam - Season 2

Gourmet Farmer Afloat

Episode 1 airs at 7.30pm on SBS ONE

Matthew Evans on sleeping arrangements at sea: "We've been on the boat for probably a bit of a week and already we've had a few changes... Ross has been banished to the top deck. Little bit of snoring. I didn't want to be the one to tell him. Nick wasn't so reticent."

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Matthew Evans blog

Heston's Fantastical Food

Episode 5 (Pub in a pie) airs 8.30pm on SBS ONE

Heston on the importance of pubs: "Pubs up and down the country are closing. It would be a disaster if we lost one of the most wonderful things about our heritage. I mean, just imagine Britain without the local boozer."

Heston's Fantastical Food
Source: Heston's Fantastical Food

Friday 27 February


How to Cook Like Heston

Episode 3 (chocolate) airs at 6pm on SBS ONE

Heston on how to make a chocoholic happy: "This week, I'm going to tell you everything about chocolate. From basic techniques, like how to melt it and make a delicious treat, to some real chocolate magic. How to flock it and shock it."

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Heston's exploding chocolate gateau
Source: Heston Blumenthal

 

Saturday 28 February


No Kitchen Required

Episode 3 (Chiang Dao) airs at 6.40pm on SBS 2

The chefs battle a mighty language barrier and even mightier prey as they head to Chiang Dao, Thailand, home of the Palong hill people. The hunting and cooking methods of the Palong have remained the same for hundreds of years, but the chefs must do their best to put their own spin on ancient traditions if they hope to win.

No Kitchen Required - Episode 3
No Kitchen Required - Episode 3 Source: No Kitchen Required

Jimmy and the Giant Supermarket

Watch the three-part series via OnDemand.

Rare breed pig farmer Jimmy Doherty goes inside Britain's biggest supermarket, Tesco, to come up with innovative ideas to produce equally cheap, but higher-welfare alternatives to their best-selling meat products. In the first episode, Jimmy tackles meatballs.

Jimmy Doherty
Source: Jimmy and the Giant Supermarket

Thai Street Food with David Thompson

Watch the full series online via OnDemand.

David Thompson
Source: Thai Street Food with David Thompson

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