"Revealing its food, people, culture and soul" --Container cover.

Episode 1: Beijing. The culinary adventure begins here, where tradition and innovation sit side by side, where quintessential Chinese dishes are being showcased with a new culinary confidence. As well as cooking for world-class chefs in some of Beijing's most celebrated restaurants, Ken & Ching visit the homes of ordinary Beijing residents to learn traditional cooking methods. Out of the city, they travel to a village where ancient traditions are being celebrated and preserved.

Episode 2: Chengdu. Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan province in China's southwest, one of the country's culinary heartlands, whose complex spices set its food apart and make it one of China's most memorable cuisines. Ken and Ching explore the back streets of this fast-changing city in search of the most authentic dishes and traditional snacks. They banish the gloomy Sichuan climate with some hot and fiery cooking.

Episode 3: Kashgar and Yunnan. Situated In the far west, this part of China feels distinctly un-Chinese. Most of China's ethnic minorities live here, and their cultural and religious practices have influenced the national cuisine. Ken and Ching uncover hidden culinary traditions, discover dishes with unusual ingredients, try regional delicacies like centipede, and learn how to prepare lamb the Halaal way.

Episode 4: Cantonese region and homecoming. Ken and Ching travel to their own ancestral homes. The Cantonese style of cooking, where Ken's family are from, is the Chinese cuisine best known in the West. Ken enjoys a meal with long lost cousins on the old family farm, while Ching leaves for Taiwan to visit her own family and cook a typical Taiwanese lunch.

Producer & director James Nutt.

Ken Hom, Ching-He Huang.

Ken Hom and Ching-He Huang cook their way across China in a visually rich culinary journey against the backdrop of ancient and modern Asia. Beyond a culinary odyssey, this will be an emotional homecoming, a cultural adventure, and an anthropological and historical road trip.

Rated G.

DVD-video; All regions; Dolby digital.

In English; with English subtitles.