Planet Food: Thailand

Sep 8, 2006

0h 49m

★ 7.0

Overview

The Golden Kingdom of Thailand is home to some of the most pungent and spicy fresh ingredients in the world. Regarded as the world's fourth most popular cuisine, Thailand is valued for its low fat content and health enhancing properties. Join Merrilees as she visits paddy fields and aircraft-hangar sized rice barges, shops in the floating markets of Bangkok and the night market in Chiang Mai and discovers beautiful fresh fruit and the notoriously smelly durian fruit.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Pilot Productions

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Herself

Merrilees Parker

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