My life truly revolves around food.

Not only do I work in the food industry,  in my spare time I also blog about food, I cook (and bake) as a hobby, I photograph food when I eat out and I even like to spend my evenings sitting watching food documentaries and television shows. Don’t worry, I watch other things too, but foodie shows are pretty awesome I must say!

A couple of years ago, my friend got me hooked on a Chinese series by the name ‘A Bite of China’ which explores the history and culture of food in various different locations within China. Having grown up in Australia, the show really highlighted how little exposure I had to ‘real’ Chinese food, with each episode showcasing the very unique range of cuisines from the bigger cities to more remote communities within China and the many stories behind the dishes shown.

Whilst we’ve finished both seasons of the show, it has sparked interest in food documentaries and there’s certainly no shortage of similar productions, our latest being a documentary solely on tofu. And being one of my favourite foods, I was most intrigued and particularly keen to try the tofu feasts which are available in some regions of China where diners are served a banquet table full of tofu based dishes- what I would consider as tofu heaven!

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