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A 24-Hour Food Crawl of the "Melbourne of Indonesia"
Bandung, Indonesia is the 39th-largest city on the entire planet, and yet it's so off-the-radar that it doesn't even have a functioning international airport. But somehow, outside of public view, it's become the creative hotspot of the region; the most progressive and exciting food city in Indonesia and a place with a culinary culture that should be on anyone's travel list.
Jakarta: The World's Most Underrated Food Megalopolis
A 48-hour journey highlighting iconic local dishes and regional migrant specialties across Indonesia's massive capital.
How the World Got Hooked on Coffee: Spies, Thieves, and German Housewives
It is hard to imagine a world without coffee. But not that long ago, most of the world had never heard of coffee at all. In this video, we trace the origins of the plant in the Ethiopian mountains, and follow the seismic explosion that would take place after it arrived abroad. In just a few short centuries, coffee changed the course of history. Rewrote our social structure, gave us countless important institutions and led to the rise and fall of Kingdoms.
One Epic Day of Eating with OTR Food & History: Our 4-Year Anniversary
Of the 120 full-length food documentaries OTR has produced, 98 have been taped at least partially in Bangkok. But what you see in a video about history or geopolitics doesn't always represent how we actually live in the city, and what we eat when the cameras stop rolling. For our anniversary video, Daria is bringing us along to some of her favorite places, as we explore our own stories, the history of this channel, and why it could have only happened here.
How Garlic Took Over the (Culinary) World
It's in everything- but we never talk about it. Garlic is the unsung hero in cuisine; used in everything from Thai Som Tam to Italian Marinara to Lebanese Hummus. But it's never the star of the show. There might not be another ingredient so ubiquitous across so many different regions and cultures; and how garlic spread is a fascinating story of medicine, mythology, trade, and some epic characters. And vampires.