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Inside Asia's most extraordinary hospitality.

Cinematic documentaries from the rooms, kitchens and rituals few are ever permitted to see. Season One opens in Vietnam.

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30 min
Season 1 · Episode 1

Inside Sofitel Legend Metropole, Hanoi

At 5:04 a.m., the fish arrives. At 7:00 p.m., three hundred guests do. Twenty-four hours inside the Metropole, told by the people who carry it.

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The Series

Four ways inside.

01InsideOne property. Twenty-four hours. Everything at stake.Thirty minutes with three or four people through a single day at one of Asia’s great properties.
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02The TableWhere Asia’s greatest meals begin.From the farm gate to the pass: the kitchens defining fine dining in Asia.
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03HeritageThe crafts, houses and rituals that made Asia worth travelling for.Lacquer masters and silk weavers, hundred-year villas, tea rituals and temple kitchens.
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04Shorts & ClipsSixty seconds inside.The full films live here, first.
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Where We Have Been

Choose a place. See everything we filmed there.

Hanoi at first lightPlaceholder
HanoiGrand hotels · A century of lobbies
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SaigonThe table · Kitchens behind unmarked doors
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Danang & Hoi AnHeritage houses · The coast
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HueImperial kitchens · Court ritual
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Phu QuocIsland resorts · The long season
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Ha GiangThe high north · Craft and cloth
The People Behind the Doors

Hospitality is people. These are the ones worth crossing the world for.

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The General ManagerGeneral ManagerA full house weighs more than it looks. You learn to carry it quietly.
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The Executive ChefExecutive ChefYou do not send someone else to meet the fish. You go, or you do not know.
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The Head ButlerHead ButlerThe ninth check is the one that matters. By then you have stopped looking for what you expect.
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The Lacquer MasterLacquer MasterYou cannot hurry the drying. The material decides, not the maker.
Few will ever spend a night in these rooms. Everyone wonders what lies inside.
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