100 Hours in Samarkand: Uzbekistan Street Food on the Silk Road

Editor's Take
Spending a hundred hours eating in one of the Silk Road's oldest cities, this film uses plov, samsa, and hand-pulled lagman to trace how trade and empire shaped Uzbek cuisine. The tiled monuments of Samarkand frame the meals, tying the food to the history that produced it. Immersive and first-hand, it treats a table as a way into a place.
This food documentary spends 100 hours eating in Samarkand, one of the most ancient and beautiful cities on the old Silk Road. It feasts on plov, samsa, hand-pulled lagman and other Central Asian specialities, tracing how trade and empire shaped Uzbek cuisine. Alongside the food, it takes in the tiled monuments and history of a legendary crossroads. For food and travel lovers, it is a rich journey into a corner of the world few get to taste. Free to stream in 4K on Dr Documentary.
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