Chef Luke Nguyen returns to the Mekong for SBS

Celebrity chef Luke Nguyen returns to Cambodia and Vietnam’s Mekong Delta in SBS’s second series of Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong 2. The cooking and travel series will return on Thursday 25 October at 8pm on SBS1.

The announcement:

Celebrated chef, Luke Nguyen completes his culinary journey across the Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia in his latest series. Over ten half hour episodes, Luke ventures deeper into the Mekong region visiting previously unexplored communities and food cultures in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam’s Mekong Delta.

Beginning in Laos’ very laid back capital city, Vientiane, Luke seeks out local foodie haunts and tries his hand at local delicacies such as Duck’s blood salad. Heading north to the World Heritage town of Luang Prabang, Luke gets drenched during New Year celebrations, teams up with a third generation watercress farmer, and seeks out the town’s bounty of fresh produce markets and cottage industries. Travelling south along the Mekong River, Luke reaches the 4000 Islands where he eats a red ant salad dish that bites back and he creates local fish delicacies unlike any other.