Luke Nguyen's Greater Mekong

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Luke Nguyen's Greater Mekong (2012)

Luke Nguyen's Greater Mekong

Chef Luke Nguyen takes a culinary journey across the Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia in this ten-part food series. Luke journeys across three of the six countries that make up the Greater Mekong region: Yunnan Province in China, Myanmar and Thailand.

Luke Nguyen

Series, 2012, Food/Wine, Travel


Luke Nguyen's Greater Mekong - TV Showtimes

Friday, September 19

3:00am

Luke Nguyen's Greater Mekong ‘Series 1, Episode 4’

SBS Food

Luke Nguyen's Greater Mekong

'Series 1, Episode 4'

SBS Food, 3:00am, Fri, 19 Sep 2025, 30 minutes

REPEAT

Continuing through China, Luke journeys to Xishuangbana, where China meets Southeast Asia, to experience Dai culture and cuisines and try the acquired tastes of the famous tea horse trail. Trekking through mist covered tea plantations where he is to cook sweet tea dumplings, Luke is invited to a nearby village where he learns the method for preserving tea, sampling some that has been buried in the ground for over a year.

Luke Nguyen

Series, 2012, Australia, Mandarin, English Subtitles, Travel, Food/Wine, Season 1 Episode 4


10:00pm

Luke Nguyen's Greater Mekong ‘Series 1, Episode 5’

SBS Food

Luke Nguyen's Greater Mekong

'Series 1, Episode 5'

SBS Food, 10:00pm, Fri, 19 Sep 2025, 30 minutes

REPEAT

Journeying south to Myanmar, Luke uncovers the little known foods and flavours of the former capital, Yangon. Here he begins his culinary education by learning the art of making the famous Mohinga with one of the city's lively Mohinga experts. He also tries his hand at making rice paper sheets the traditional way at 17th street market, and cooks a traditional Burmese prawn curry that is described by locals as being oily, delicious and a little spicy.

Luke Nguyen

Series, 2012, Australia, English, Travel, Food/Wine, Season 1 Episode 5


Saturday, September 20

3:00am

Luke Nguyen's Greater Mekong ‘Series 1, Episode 5’

SBS Food

Luke Nguyen's Greater Mekong

'Series 1, Episode 5'

SBS Food, 3:00am, Sat, 20 Sep 2025, 30 minutes

REPEAT

Journeying south to Myanmar, Luke uncovers the little known foods and flavours of the former capital, Yangon. Here he begins his culinary education by learning the art of making the famous Mohinga with one of the city's lively Mohinga experts. He also tries his hand at making rice paper sheets the traditional way at 17th street market, and cooks a traditional Burmese prawn curry that is described by locals as being oily, delicious and a little spicy.

Luke Nguyen

Series, 2012, Australia, English, Travel, Food/Wine, Season 1 Episode 5


2:00pm

Luke Nguyen's Greater Mekong ‘Series 1, Episode 5’

SBS Food

Luke Nguyen's Greater Mekong

'Series 1, Episode 5'

SBS Food, 2:00pm, Sat, 20 Sep 2025, 30 minutes

REPEAT

Journeying south to Myanmar, Luke uncovers the little known foods and flavours of the former capital, Yangon. Here he begins his culinary education by learning the art of making the famous Mohinga with one of the city's lively Mohinga experts. He also tries his hand at making rice paper sheets the traditional way at 17th street market, and cooks a traditional Burmese prawn curry that is described by locals as being oily, delicious and a little spicy.

Luke Nguyen

Series, 2012, Australia, English, Travel, Food/Wine, Season 1 Episode 5


Monday, September 22

10:00pm

Luke Nguyen's Greater Mekong ‘Series 1, Episode 6’

SBS Food

Luke Nguyen's Greater Mekong

'Series 1, Episode 6'

SBS Food, 10:00pm, Mon, 22 Sep 2025, 30 minutes

REPEAT

Luke ventures to the Shan State where entire villages and kilometres of tomato farms float upon Inle Lake. There he experiences the warm hospitality of the Shan people when he is invited into a family home to learn the secret behind making chickpea tofu noodles. While admiring the skills of Inle Lake's renowned leg-rowing fishermen, Luke prepares some crispy spring onion fritters to enjoy with a cold local beer.

Luke Nguyen

Series, 2012, Australia, English, Travel, Food/Wine, Season 1 Episode 6


Tuesday, September 23

3:00am

Luke Nguyen's Greater Mekong ‘Series 1, Episode 6’

SBS Food

Luke Nguyen's Greater Mekong

'Series 1, Episode 6'

SBS Food, 3:00am, Tue, 23 Sep 2025, 30 minutes

REPEAT

Luke ventures to the Shan State where entire villages and kilometres of tomato farms float upon Inle Lake. There he experiences the warm hospitality of the Shan people when he is invited into a family home to learn the secret behind making chickpea tofu noodles. While admiring the skills of Inle Lake's renowned leg-rowing fishermen, Luke prepares some crispy spring onion fritters to enjoy with a cold local beer.

Luke Nguyen

Series, 2012, Australia, English, Travel, Food/Wine, Season 1 Episode 6


10:00pm

Luke Nguyen's Greater Mekong ‘Series 1, Episode 7’

SBS Food

Luke Nguyen's Greater Mekong

'Series 1, Episode 7'

SBS Food, 10:00pm, Tue, 23 Sep 2025, 30 minutes

REPEAT

Luke hikes to the hill tribe villages of the Shan State and the township of Keng Tung, where he cooks some unusual delicacies and local marketplace favourites. There he teams up with Aye, an Anh Shaman, to make an aromatic dried beef dish, before meeting Maypear of the Paluang people to cook her favourite salad. Inspired by the flavours and smells of the local marketplace, Luke creates a textural pork dish wrapped in bamboo.

Luke Nguyen

Series, 2012, Australia, English, Travel, Food/Wine, Season 1 Episode 7


Wednesday, September 24

3:00am

Luke Nguyen's Greater Mekong ‘Series 1, Episode 7’

SBS Food

Luke Nguyen's Greater Mekong

'Series 1, Episode 7'

SBS Food, 3:00am, Wed, 24 Sep 2025, 30 minutes

REPEAT

Luke hikes to the hill tribe villages of the Shan State and the township of Keng Tung, where he cooks some unusual delicacies and local marketplace favourites. There he teams up with Aye, an Anh Shaman, to make an aromatic dried beef dish, before meeting Maypear of the Paluang people to cook her favourite salad. Inspired by the flavours and smells of the local marketplace, Luke creates a textural pork dish wrapped in bamboo.

Luke Nguyen

Series, 2012, Australia, English, Travel, Food/Wine, Season 1 Episode 7


10:00pm

Luke Nguyen's Greater Mekong ‘Series 1, Episode 8’

SBS Food

Luke Nguyen's Greater Mekong

'Series 1, Episode 8'

SBS Food, 10:00pm, Wed, 24 Sep 2025, 30 minutes

REPEAT

Luke makes it to the town of Chiang Khong in northern Thailand, where he literally catches the ingredients for his traditional Tom Yum fish soup and tasty northern-style frog curry. Mr Ta, a Mekong fisherman, takes Luke out onto the river where they pull in a 10-kilogram fish for Mr Ta's special Tom Yum recipe. Luke then gets muddy catching frogs to cook for the hard working rice farmers' lunch, and later chops down a bamboo tree to use as a cooking utensil for his pork dish.

Luke Nguyen

Series, 2012, Australia, English, Travel, Food/Wine, Season 1 Episode 8


Thursday, September 25

3:00am

Luke Nguyen's Greater Mekong ‘Series 1, Episode 8’

SBS Food

Luke Nguyen's Greater Mekong

'Series 1, Episode 8'

SBS Food, 3:00am, Thu, 25 Sep 2025, 30 minutes

REPEAT

Luke makes it to the town of Chiang Khong in northern Thailand, where he literally catches the ingredients for his traditional Tom Yum fish soup and tasty northern-style frog curry. Mr Ta, a Mekong fisherman, takes Luke out onto the river where they pull in a 10-kilogram fish for Mr Ta's special Tom Yum recipe. Luke then gets muddy catching frogs to cook for the hard working rice farmers' lunch, and later chops down a bamboo tree to use as a cooking utensil for his pork dish.

Luke Nguyen

Series, 2012, Australia, English, Travel, Food/Wine, Season 1 Episode 8


10:00pm

Luke Nguyen's Greater Mekong ‘Series 1, Episode 9’

SBS Food

Luke Nguyen's Greater Mekong

'Series 1, Episode 9'

SBS Food, 10:00pm, Thu, 25 Sep 2025, 30 minutes

REPEAT

Travelling in northern Thailand, Luke arrives at the mountainous Mae Salong where he prepare a rustic tomato dish with Apear, an Aka grandmother. Getting off the beaten track, Luke sets up kitchen in a banana forest where he creates a jungle chicken curry. Luke then travels further up the mountainside to the Royal Project where he prepares an aromatic pork hock, and learns how the Thai King helped local farmers change from growing opium crops to farming sustainable produce.

Luke Nguyen

Series, 2012, Australia, Mandarin, English Subtitles, Travel, Food/Wine, Season 1 Episode 9


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