Shane Delia's Spice Journey-Turkey (2013)

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General		Extras
Category	Cooking Show	Main Menu Audio & Animation Deleted Scenes
Rating
Year Of Production	2013
Running Time	250
RSDL / Flipper	Dual Layered Dual Disc Set	Cast & Crew
Start Up	Menu
Region Coding	4	Directed By	Max Bourke Josh Martin
Studio Distributor	SBS Madman Entertainment	Starring	Shane Delia
Case	Amaray-Transparent-Dual
RPI	$29.95	Music	None Given

Video		Audio
Pan & Scan/Full Frame	None	English Dolby Digital 2.0
Widescreen Aspect Ratio	1.78:1
16x9 Enhancement
Video Format	576i (PAL)
Original Aspect Ratio	1.78:1	Miscellaneous
Jacket Pictures	No
Subtitles	English for the Hearing Impaired	Smoking	No
		Annoying Product Placement	No
		Action In or After Credits	No

     Shane Delia is a young Melbourne based chef and restaurateur of Maltese heritage. He has run an award winning restaurant in Melbourne for a number of years and appeared as a guest on a number of local food related shows such as Masterchef. Recently he made the original season of this television series for SBS which is his first role leading a television production. That show visited a number of Middle Eastern countries investigating food, cuisine, restaurants, ingredients and more. This time around he focuses on one country only, Turkey and investigates the various regions and cuisines to be found in this country. This show consists of ten episodes and is a travelogue combined with cooking show. The show includes scenes of his travels and food experiences in Turkey in homes, cafes, restaurants and markets.

     The show is made up of ten, 25 minutes episodes spread across two discs. Delia is a good host with an interesting, self-deprecating style which makes this entertaining to watch. He combines his obvious love of food from the Middle East with a keen desire to learn more. The show gives both an insight into the areas of Turkey he travels into but also has more than enough cooking to satisfy foodies.

     Recommended.

Video

     The video quality is very good.

     The series is presented in a 1.78:1 aspect ratio which is the original aspect ratio. It is 16x9 enhanced.

     The picture was clear and sharp throughout. Shadow detail was good.

     The colour is very good.

     There were a few minor MPEG compression artefacts and some minor aliasing.

     There are subtitles in English for the Hearing Impaired for the episodes.

     There were no obvious layer changes.

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Audio

     The audio quality is good.

     These discs contain an English soundtrack in Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.

     Dialogue was generally easy to understand throughout but the subtitles were useful for accents.

     The music sounds good and adds to the show.

     The surround speakers and subwoofer were not used.

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Menu

    The menus featured music and motion.

Deleted Scenes 

    Six extra scenes are included which run between 1 and 4 minutes each. They are interesting and worth watching.

    This set only seems to be available in Region 4 at the moment.

    The video quality is very good.

    The audio quality is good.

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