Amah Knows Best
1 Season • 13 Episodes
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Shanghai Day 1
Season 1 • Episode 1 • 23m • PG
South African rapper iFani loves eating Chinese food. With the help of the People's Daily, a plan is devised for him to learn to cook from the Kung Fu masters of the kitchen, Chinese grannies. Before meeting Amah (granny) he explores Shanghai.
Shanghai Day 2
Season 1 • Episode 2 • 23m • PG
iFani starts the day late & gets ready to cook with an Amah who has a 100-year-old recipe to share. After learning how to make the dish, he and Lily, his guide go to visit the brilliantly lighted landmark called the Bund where he's introduced to Hot Pot.
Shanghai Day 3
Season 1 • Episode 3 • 23m • PG
iFani wants to explore and shop for the ingredients for today's dish on his own. He gets lost and disappoints Lily. Due to his late arrival, the Amah has left and no longer wants to teach iFani how to cook. Instead, Lily and Ifani cook together.
Nanjing Day 1
Season 1 • Episode 4 • 23m • PG
iFani visits a monastery looking for a solution to always running late. At his cooking lesson, he arrives on time and is quickly enamored by his beautiful Amah. iFani feels like he has left his tardy issues behind and is confident he has made Lily proud.
Nanjing Day 2
Season 1 • Episode 5 • 23m • PG
Ifani meets his new guide Lisa and informs her that it is his son's birthday. The two visit a famous noodle bar, as it is an ancient Chinese custom to eat noodles to celebrate birthdays. iFani ends the day with Karaoke and singing a song.
Nanjing Day 3
Season 1 • Episode 6 • 24m • PG
iFani & Lisa explore the area surrounding the Qinghai River. iFani visits a Chinese supermarket for ingredients for the dish he is cooking with Amah. While iFani must prepare for the next city on his adventure, he leaves a piece of his heart in Nanjing.
Chongqing Day 1
Season 1 • Episode 7 • 24m • PG
iFani arrives in the largest City in China. He meets with a famous Chinese rapper to discuss doing a song together. iFani explores rural China as he goes to a village market to shop, and he has a nostalgic moment that reminds him of his childhood.
Chongqing Day 2
Season 1 • Episode 8 • 24m • PG
Ifani visits the Chongqing Chinese Opera and the famous Ancient China Film Studios. After another rural Chinese cooking experience iFani receives a call from Chinese rapper, Turbo who has agreed to record a song with iFani.
Chongqing Day 3
Season 1 • Episode 9 • 23m • PG
Turbo takes iFani to a famous noodle store owned by an Amah. The Amah teaches iFani how to prepare her dish. iFani and Turbo make their way to the recording studio where drama unfolds. Despite the setback the two of them go on to record a song.
Beijing Day 1
Season 1 • Episode 10 • 23m • PG
iFani meets the guide and requests to climb The Great Wall of China. After his conquest of the wall, iFani shops and meets Amah to cook an amazing Chinese dish. The day ends with driving past Tiananmen Square and eating world-famous Peking duck.
Beijing Day 2
Season 1 • Episode 11 • 23m • PG
iFani starts his day sightseeing before buying ingredients and meeting Amah. Amah teaches iFani to cook a famous Beijing dish. His adventure over, it is time to leave China and head back to South Africa. Ifani leaves with a heavy heart and a teary eye.
Back Home
Season 1 • Episode 12 • 24m • PG
Ifani receives a letter from an Amah asking if he wants to make a dish on his own. Missing China, he sets out to find ingredients for the Chinese recipe in South Africa. Amah guides him through the process, and he shows off his newfound cooking skills.
Reflection
Season 1 • Episode 13 • 23m • PG
iFani recaps the far-flung journey of Amah Knows Best Season 1 and includes some never-before-seen moments from his journey through China's bustling cities. He also shares the complicated behind-the-scenes planning and best-of moments from the series.