A focus on flavor

Director Chen Xiaoqing has never lost his appetite for making food documentaries, and he still relishes every chance he gets to put Chinese cuisine under the lens, Li Yingxue reports.

Nine months ago, the first season of food documentary Once Upon A Bite was released, attracting nearly 1 billion views on Tencent Video, while notching up a rating of 9.0 out 10 on popular review site Douban.

The eight-episode documentary takes an up-close look at Chinese food and examines its relationship with other forms of international cuisine.