Colombian Chef Pablo Naranjo Agular is taking a breathtaking journey to the far northeast of India where he meets, eats and cooks with the welcoming tribes of the region. Pablo discovers new flavours and unlikely friendships.

Pablo discovers ingredients and flavors that he has never tasted or imagined on his journey through North East India.

Pablo discovers ingredients and flavors that he has never tasted on his journey through North East India.

Gourmet Goes Tribal

The Best Thing I Ever Ate

Pablo shares the magic of food with the people of North East India.

The Best Thing I Ever Cooked

Human migration has led to the spread of fermentation in beverages across many parts of the world. Pablo learns about the fermentation practices in North East India brought by people from Tibet, Burma, Laos, and Vietnam.

Pablo learns about the fermentation practices in North East India.

The Fermentation Trail

Mokukchung is the cultural capital for the Ao Nagas. Pablo visits them during the Moatsumung Festival, a colorful, spirited festival that brings together all the Naga Community. Then, Pablo creates a dish that celebrates the different local cultures.

Mokukchung is the cultural capital for the Ao Nagas. Pablo visits them during the Moatsumung Festival.

The Moatsumung Festival

Pablo visits the 700-year-old village of the Angami Nagas where he gets a glimpse of their community culture and surprising transformation from fierce head-hunters to farmers.

Pablo visits the Angami Nagas village and gets a glimpse of their transformation from head-hunters to farmers.

The Head Hunters of the Angami Naga Tribe

The village of Medhaghat in Assam, home to the Bodo Tribe, is awash in festivities upon Pablo's arrival. He joins in the good times and learns about their harvest time traditions.

Pablo learns about the harvest time traditions of the village of Medhaghat in Assam.

Celebrating the Harvest with the Bodo Tribe

Pablo is invited to join in the tribal festivities of the Tiwas.

The Tiwas of the Hills and the Plains

Pablo visits the shrinking island of Majuli where the Mishing Tribe has built their houses on stilts, weaves their own clothing and brews beer made from rice.

Pablo visits the shrinking island of Majuli where the Mishing Tribe brews beer made from rice.

The Shrinking Island

The small town of Jorhat in Assam has the largest number of tea gardens in the state. Pablos lands for the tea experience but leaves with a taste for duck stewed with Bhut Jolokia, also known as the ghost pepper.

Pablos lands for the tea experience in the small town of Jorhat in Assam.

Tea Plantation Workers of Assam

In Shillong, the Rock Capitol of India, Pablo meets D-Bok, a hip hop artist who flips burgers to fund his music career. They visit the cleanest village in Asia, Mawlyngong, where they enjoy a home cooked meal featuring jackfruit.

In Shillong, Pablo meets D-Bok, a hip hop artist who flips burgers to fund his music career.

The Rock Capitol of India

Pablo is welcomed by the locals of Khweng. He learns about the centuries-old tradition of making silk from the cocoons of silkworms.

Pablo learns about the centuries-old tradition of making silk from the cocoons of silkworms.

The Scotland of the East

In Lehtang, Pablo meets a woman who makes organic wine in her kitchen.

The Wine Maker of the Lepcha Tribe

Pablo visits a hotel in Yuksom where the owner teaches him about Bhutia cooking. Then he finds a little piece of the Alps in India - a cheese factory specializing in gouda!

Pablo visits a hotel in Yuksom where the owner teaches him about Bhutia cooking.

Breakfast with the Bhutia

Pablo learns how the Limbu Tribe went from hunters to farmers in Darap. Later, he meets the Marathon Man and cooks organic vegetables straight from the garden.

Pablo learns how the Limbu Tribe went from hunters to farmers, meets the Marathon Man and cooks vegetables.

Organic Farms of Sikkim

Darjeeling is famous for its tea gardens and toy trains. Pablo enjoys a proper English breakfast and is enlightened by the tea master.

In Darjeeling, Pablo enjoys a proper English breakfast and is enlightened by the tea master.

The Tea Master of Darjeeling

Pablo lands in the laid back village of Manipur to meet the king of the Thangkul Tribe. Later, he shares a meal and a jam session with a famous musician.

Pablo lands in the laid back village of Manipur to meet the king of the Thangkul Tribe.

Thangkul Tribe

Tawang is synonymous with Buddhism with its magnificent monastery set among the Himalayas. Paul's journey takes him to meet with monks, pay respects at a centuries-old stupa and cook with nuns.

Tawang is synonymous with Buddhism with its magnificent monastery set among the Himalayas.

Monks & Nuns

Pablo steps foot in one of the most remote parts of the Arunachal Pradesh, the Lubrang Valley, which shelters the Brokpa Tribe and their yaks from the very unpredictable weather.

Pablo visits the remote Lubrang Valley, which shelters the Brokpa Tribe from the very unpredictable weather.

Brokpa Tribe

The Monpa Tribe are the corn farmers who reside in this small, beautiful village of Dirang. The mountain slopes and the corn harvest remind Pablo of his home and the comfort food warm his soul.

Pablo visits The Monpa Tribe, corn farmers who reside in this small, beautiful village of Dirang.

Monpa Tribe

Kolkata, the first stop of Pablo's journey and the gastronomical capital of India. Pablo explores the streets, local markets and meets a lot of exciting people who give him a taste of the regions cuisine.

Pablo explores Kolkata markets and meets a lot of exciting people who give him a taste of the regions cuisine.

Kolkata: Gateway to the North East

Chef Pablo Naranjo takes a journey to India where he meets and cooks with the welcoming tribes of the region.

Gourmet Goes Tribal

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