Series · Documentary

Gifts of the North: Furano A Chef and Maître d'hôtel (2022)Season 1

Unique flavors from Hokkaido

In 2016, a famous French restaurant in Tokyo closed its doors. The chef Otsuka Kenichi and his wife Keiko fell in love with the rich local foods in Hokkaido and relocated to Furano city. They collaborate with local producers to make attractive dishes that you could have nowhere else. Unique dishes with local ingredients, such as freshly harvested asparagus and corns, oysters and scallops, also melons and haskaps. Beautiful 4K footage captures the nature of Hokkaido and the colorful cuisine.

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

First aired

August 20, 2022

Status

Ended

Original title

北の大地の贈りもの