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Once Upon a Bite S4 is the fourth season of this documentary series, from the perspective of mankind to find the ongoing food stories of grains and humans, through these stories to glimpse the emergence of agriculture to 10,000 years ago, humans and grains have shaped the legend of each other.

Immersive Exploration for Grains

Once Upon a Bite S4 (English Ver.)

Episode 1: Field of Golden Wheat Waving in the Wind (English Ver.)

Episode 2: Scent of the Rice Field (English Ver.)

Episode 3: The Wonder of Millet (English Ver.)

Episode 4: Journey of a Bean (English Ver.)

Episode 5: The Big Story of Small Potato and Taro (English Ver.)

Episode 6: Grain Harvest (English Ver.)

The documentary by gourmet Shen Hongfei, Chen Xiaoqing as the general counsel; Visit the streets, smell and taste, with simple images and family taste, looking for authentic Chinese breakfast. Each episode features a traditional breakfast, an interesting shop, a group of self-indulgent diners, and the owner's "breakfast philosophy."

A Taste of Happiness

Breakfast in China

Chen Xiaoqing, a documentary filmmaker, works on food documentaries and writing, searching for new flavors is his job. This program is the first time he goes in front of the camera to explore the stories behind the food with his own perspective. Chen travels to eight different regions in China, where he works with different guides to complete his own flavor journey. He believes that “food is not only delicious, but also a kind of adhesive that allows for more understanding and communication.”

Flavor Exploration Journey of Chen Xiaoqing

China Beyond Tastes

Food is living history. It reflects great shifts in the past and preserves the fine details of ancient life. The documentary Ancient Recipes lightly unlocks the flavors of the past, using food to reveal the history and stories behind it. Taiwanese writer and cultural scholar Gao Wenqi hosts the kitchen, joined by guests from food and culture. In a relaxed, humorous setting, they recreate centuries-old dishes and the traditional wisdom hidden within them.

China's Flavor Map

Ancient Recipes

The 10-episode series focuses on Zi River in central Hunan, known for Anhua Dark Tea and the Tea Horse Road. Local cuisines highlight seasonal flavors. Starting from Shaoyang, the source of Zi River, our journey spans 650+ km through Lengshui River, Xinhua, Anhua, Taojiang, and Yiyang, ending at Dongting Lake and Yueyang. Our camera captures stunning mountains and villages. Local dialect "Have you eaten? Come and eat." invites global guests to enjoy Hunan's hospitality and diverse cuisine.

Exploring Diverse Cuisines along the Zi River

Flavors from The River

Once Upon a Bite S4

Chen Xiaoqing team series quality masterpiece. Following Chaoshan, Yunnan, Gansu, this season we focus on Guiyang, with food as the absolute core, with "novelty burning special" as the content label, outline a guide nature of Guiyang origin products food map: delicious intestines, Through the most extreme visual presentation, digging a deeper level of Guiyang food world, at the same time through food, also show a different kind of Guiyang fireworks world.

Gourmet Guide to Guiyang

Flavorful Origins: Gui Yang

"Once Upon A Bite S5" focuses on spices, the insignificant yet essential heroes that shape flavor. It explores the circulation, migration, conquest, and fusion of spices, highlighting the uniqueness of Chinese cuisine. Amidst globalization, it examines how spices influence cooking and become markers of regional cuisine. The series reveals how food impacts history and shapes regional character. Where will humanity's journey for fragrance lead, and how will the story of curiosity unfold?

A Subtle Fragrance in Flavor

Once Upon a Bite S5

Strive to tell 100 episodes of Chinese breakfast log legends. In season 2, we will go deep into a wider area, focus on richer food, see a wider affectionate world, and meet the beauty of the day with a breakfast. Through the program, let the audience see an ordinary dream, and for this persistent, silently fight for extraordinary people.

A Breakfast to Brighten the Day

Breakfast in China II

The documentary "A Long Cherished Dream" is directed by two Oscar winners and British director Covens. Kovens, who has filmed more than 80 countries around the world, is looking to China this time, hoping to record and show what he sees as a great change in China from the perspective of ordinary people.

Tribute to Ordinary Lives

A Long Cherished Dream

Dunhuang is the intersection of the four civilizations on the Silk Road. This historical background makes Dunhuang scenery full of mixed blood temperament. And this hybrid gene is also permeated in people's three meals a day. Based on the historical records of the murals in the Mogao Grottoes and the documents in the Tibetan Sutra Cave, this film presents the distinctive ingredients and traditional cooking techniques of Dunhuang cuisine.

The Human Touch of Dunhuang

AN EVERLASTING DUNHUANG BANQUET

The world's first cultural documentary on milk, "Milk: A Running River of Civilization" explores the origins of milk and dairy products around the globe, capturing the similar dependence and love for milk across different cultures. It witnesses the history and survival wisdom of humanity behind a glass of milk.

The First Major Culinary Documentary Focused on Milk

Milk: A Running River of Civilization

This season builds on the first, maintaining the same storytelling and visual style as S1, and explores eight cities to reveal local culinary expertise. It showcases the best late-night snacks, authentic local culture, and the everyday yet legendary urban life. The show delights with diverse flavors while capturing the vibrancy of Chinese cities and the resilience of ordinary people, reflecting timeless tenacity.

Taste Humanity at Night S2

It tells about the different flavors of hot pot shaped by different geographical environments and cultural customs, and through hot pot, we can see people's distinctive regional character and common love for life.

Endless Hotpot Delights

POP OF FIRE 2

Basé sur le Palais impérial de l’empire du milieu et portant une vision de « mutation », La Cité interdite est un documentaire de grande envergure. Cette production inédite retrace toute l’histoire de cette demeure des empereurs chinois, à travers 12 épisodes intitulés respectivement Souverain, Fondation, Grand tour, Agitation, Opportunité, Dernières lueurs, Fusion, Prospérité, Danger, Survie, Aurore et Renaissance. Depuis 600 ans, plusieurs événements majeurs ont marqué à jamais l’évolution de

The Forbidden City (French ver.)

The film carefully selected with the characteristics of Yunnan food, strange and fresh, with a strong regional style, with in-depth study of food and a deep understanding of the documentary, and strive to explore a younger flavor world. Feel the authentic Yunnan flavor with Chen Xiaoqing!

Authentic Yunnan Flavors

Flavorful Origins: Yun Nan

The third season will continue the style of the previous two seasons, reviving taste buds with breakfast, driving away haze with fireworks, and warming the stomach with hometown food. 30 ordinary breakfast shops, 30 ups and downs of the family story. Human fireworks, spectacular, ordinary life has bitter tears, but the arrival of comfort is equally overwhelming. Please believe that the sun will rise tomorrow.

The Sun Also Rises

Breakfast in China Ⅲ

It will tell the legendary story of the market with food as the opening. Those wildest night snacks are authentic local flavors and the pride of urban culture. Those who are the most presumptuous, show off their unique skills in the dark, and also show their hearts.

Wildest Midnight Feasts, Truest Human Touch

Taste humanity at night

The grand culinary documentary "Breakfast China Season 5" expands its scope from local Chinese breakfasts to morning meals across the Chinese diaspora. It introduces overseas Chinese communities, showcasing cultural resilience, and the vitality of putting down roots in foreign lands. More than just food documentation, it explores identity, memory, and belonging. Every breakfast hides secrets of love, and the flowing tenderness and nourishing energy of food. Whatever happens, let's eat first!

Breakfast Hunters

Breakfast in China 5

"Gansu of Flavor Origin" is the third part of the documentary series, adheres to the style of "hard core" food, highlights the concept of "origin", excavates a kind of Gansu unique ingredients, food and taste that "nourish the deep boudoir does not know" through the short film, and on this basis, connects the desert, grassland and Danxia geomorphology, and experiences the most rich diet culture and the most yearning characteristic life with the most national characteristics.

The Lost Flesh Returns

Flavorful Origins: Gan Su

Chaoshan, the origin of flavor, is the first in the documentary series. Through each episode of the short film, it will explore a kind of unique ingredients, food and taste of Chaoshan, which is not known to the deep boudoir. In Chaoshan area, food has obvious regional markers. From Chaoshan food, we can clearly see the migration, root and reproduction of Chaoshan people, and see the unique personality characteristics and spirit of Chaoshan people.