Destination Flavour

In this special television event, presenter Adam Liaw draws on Asian traditions and childhood Christmas memories to create a mouth-watering spread for family and friends. As he prepares for the celebrations, the SBS Food stars share their Christmas stories and recipes from kitchens around Australia and the world. Luke Nguyen, Matthew Evans, Shane Delia, Peter Kuruvita and Gabriel Gate also create their delicious Christmas favourites.

Renee meets a master wine maker turned lamb farmer in WA, Adam learns about the new craze for hot and cold smoking in Melbourne, while Lily catches up with Australia's pioneer providore Simon Johnson on Sydney's beautiful Hawkesbury River.

Lily samples gourmet figs tarts and snacks on raw potato in the southern highlands of NSW, while Renee experiences the buzz behind the Latin American food scene in Melbourne, and Adam pairs lobster with superb cool-climate wine in Tasmania.

Adam tries the award-winning Holy Goat cheese and discovers Alla Wolf-Tasker's Russian food heritage in Central Victoria. Renee spends a revealing day with Peter Kuruvita on Sydney Harbour, while Lily is treated to a stunning kaiseki menu as a personal guest of the Japanese ambassador in Canberra.

In the first of a new series, host Adam Liaw discovers the delights of sea urchin, pond smelt and boutique cheesecake on Japan's wintry, northern-most island, Hokkaido.

Adam Liaw goes to sea with the Japanese fishermen who caught the "million dollar tuna", and then meets the soy sauce maker who saved most of his staff from the 2011 tsunami.

In his wife's hometown, Adam Liaw uncovers the secrets to superb sake, samples some of the world's best sushi and prepares a classic Japanese dish with his mother-in-law.

Returning to our screens for Destination Flavour Down Under, Adam begins his culinary road trip in the northernmost tip of Western Australia, discovering food heroes who are putting community first, and the delights of mud crab and pearl meat.

Adam travels to the Western Australian wheat belt and discovers an abundance of ancient foods from all across the world, including Egyptian sheep, Italian and Croatian fruit and South American grain.

Back in his home state of South Australia, Adam visits the Eyre Peninsular and explores a huge variety of seafood the region is famous for, including whiting and oysters.

In Copenhagen, Denmark Adam learns the art of making the perfect cup of the Danish coffee before heading off to investigate the region. He meets Claus Meyer, the godfather of the New Nordic Food Revolution who takes him behind the scenes of his Michelin-starred restaurant Studio with head chef Torsten Vildgard. Adam heads to the Danish countryside to Dragsholm Castle where he meets renowned chef Claus Henriksen and together they harvest vegetables from the "World's Best Veggie Patch" before Adam makes a ‘hen's soup'.

Adam meets Meik Wiking, the director of The Happiness Institute in residential Copenhagen. Together they cook the Danish national dish stegt flaesk (pork belly with parsley sauce) and discover how and why Denmark is one of the happiest countries in the world. Adam ventures into the test kitchen of arguably the world's most inspiring chef Christian Puglisi and samples his latest creations at his restaurant Relae before visiting a real Danish bakery to make a real ‘Danish' pastry.

Adam again catches up with Claus Meyer the godfather of the New Nordic Food Revolution, who shows him the reach of his food movement inside a historic maximum security jail. Adam sees ‘inside' Claus's inmate cooking program and Adam gets involved teaching those inmates to make a Danish dessert æbleskiver (Danish apple doughnuts). Adam heads off to meet the Dame of Danish smørrebrød and perfects his own open sandwich before arriving on Denmark's west coast, to learn of Vikings life and diet and make salmon on a plank in a traditional Viking home.

Singapore is a place that Adam has a strong personal connection with. That's because his mother was born there, as was his grandfather and great-grandfather before that... and many of his father's Hainanese relatives also call Singapore home. In this episode, Adam catches up with a cousin from his father's side of family, to learn how he has been making Hainanese chicken rice for over 30 years. The experience also inspires his quest to create his Salute to Singapore banquet menu for the feast that will happen in just six weeks' time - let the food adventures begin.

In this episode, Adam's Salute to Singapore banquet dinner quest continues as he goes in search of inspiration for a meat dish. Adam happens to be in town at the end of Ramadan, so he meets up with a local Muslim family, who not only show him how to cook an authentic beef rendang, but also include him in their day-long Hari Raya celebration and feast.

This week, Adam starts at the National Gallery of Singapore, where amongst the artworks is a restaurant called National Kitchen by Violet Oon. Violet is a Peranakan food legend, and her restaurant here helps to tell the story of Singapore through the menu she has created.