Rick Stein's Road to Mexico

Episode 1

San Francisco To Monterey

59 mins

Rick starts a modern trip back to the one he took along the Pacific coast of North America shortly after graduation and his father's death back in San Francisco. He finds it essentially unchanged, with great seafood around Fisherman's wharf, such as the Hangtown Fry, called after the desolate 'nearby' prison town where it was ordered because assembling the ingredients used to take days of execution stay. In Chinatown, chef Martin explains wok cooking and basics of Chinese cuisine. A trip north to an oyster farm which also serves at sea. Then off to Monterrey, where he makes friends with two partners running the pioneer restaurant at Cannery Road, called after the former world capital of processing of sardines, which meanwhile left the area.