Taste Tour Spain
S01:E03 - Snails in Spain
Mark WiensS01:É01 - S01:E01 - The Oldest Restaurant in the World
Tonight for dinner Mark Wiens takes you to Restaurante Botín, open since 1725 and officially the oldest continuously operating restaurant in the world.
S01:É02 - S01:E02 - The King of Beef
A pilgrimage with Mark Wiens to Bodega El Capricho, where owner José Gordon raises his own oxen, some weighing 1,600 kg!
S01:É03 - S01:E03 - Snails in Spain
Mark Wiens teams up with James from Spain Revealed, for a full day of churros, chorizo, and snails. Alongside the "Madrid meat sweats."
S01:É04 - S01:E04 - Spanish Seafood
Straight from the Atlantic to a restaurant hidden beneath an apartment block, D'Berto serves Mark Wiens razor clams, crab empanada, and barnacles that look like something from the Jurassic.
S01:É05 - S01:E05 - San Sebastian Snacking
Mark Wiens does a pintxos crawl, a Basque way of bar hopping, with bite-sized snacks and a drink. Today's catch? Giant scarlet prawns. Come hungry!
S01:É06 - S01:E06 - The Fire Master
Smoke is rising deep in the mountains where Mark Wiens visits the restaurant ranked #2 in the world by over a thousand chefs and critics, where Chef Bittor Arguinzoniz has spent three decades mastering one thing: fire.
S01:É07 - S01:E07 - Exploring Paella
A deep dive into what actually makes a paella, Paco from Wikipaella takes Mark Wiens to tour Valencia's stunning Central Market to learn the culture behind Spain's most famous, and most misunderstood dish.
S01:É08 - S01:E08 - Culinary Dream World
Mark Wiens takes you to a 3-Michelin-star culinary dream world. Here fine dining rules go out the window with pigeon lollipops, Thai green curry peas and a laksa with a frog-leg twist. The most bizarre and delicious tasting menu on earth.
S01:É09 - S01:E09 - The Capital of Paella
Mark Wiens tours the Albufera lagoon and its paddy fields and watches world-champion chef Raúl cook a competition-level paella in El Palmar, a village of 700 people and 32 restaurants.
S01:É10 - S01:E10 - Elkano
In 1964, one man put a whole turbot on a grill in Getaria and changed seafood forever. Mark Wiens pulls up a chair at Elkano restaurant to find out why, smoke and all.
S01:É11 - S01:E11 - Spoon Cut Lamb
The lamb is served but no knives are on the table. Mark Wiens experiences lamb so tender, a spoon does all the work. Crispy skin, buttery meat, and the all-encompassing peace of a quiet Spanish village.