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Flavorful Origins

Flavorful Origins

Description: Flavorful Origins is a 40-part Mandarin-language television documentary series, exploring culinary secrets of China and the various cooking techniques and cuisines with native Asian ingredients from the Chaoshan, Yunnan, and Gansu regions. Wikipedia
Genre: Documentary
Year Released: 2019
Number of seasons: 2
Number of episodes: 30
First episode air date: February 11, 2019
Language: Mandarin
Network: Netflix
Genre: Television documentary
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