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The uk government guarantees Financial Support for holiday makers seeking refunds for trips that that were cancelled because of coronavirus. Now on bbc news, the travel show. From michelin starred street food to the worlds biggest underwater restaurant, and a once in a generation swiss food festival. The sun is blazing, its so hot im melting. Totally worth it. This week, our favourite foodie trips from the past few years. Hello, and welcome to the show. Well, slowly, slowly it does feel as though we might be able to start planning our next trip sometime soon. Around the world there are places where the Tourism Industry is emerging and fingers crossed for all those who have plans in place for this summer. Unfortunately, its still too early for us to really get back to normal here on the travel show so this week were going to sit back, relax and enjoy some of our favourite food adventures from years gone by. We start in singapore. Back in 2016 we sent Henry Golding to get a taste of the worlds first michelin starred street food, and typically, he even managed to make himself useful. This is singapores largest hawker markets in the heart of chinatown, and its rampacked with stalls selling traditional dishes. One stall in particular is causing quite a stir. This queue is absolutely humongous, full of all sorts of people from singapore, from around the world, a lot of tourists. You can imagine it for some sort of concert, but in fact its for that hawker stall over there, one of two recipients here in singapore that actually achieved a michelin star, so im going to meet the chef. Hawker chan hi so this is the chef extraordinaire, hawker chan. And hes been doing this for over 30 years, right . Yeah. Wow i attempt to give hawker chan a hand serving crowds of people. Do you want it spicy, do you want it kind of medium, do you want it. . Spicy. Spicy is ok . The stall has become famous for serving the worlds cheapest michelin star meal. Were a well oiled machine here, but im feeling the pressure. One, one sauce here . One portion costs less than two us dollars, but the waits can be up to three hours. Ill have a chicken rice to take away. And so, do you think you receiving a michelin star as a hawker will raise the profile and hopefully inspire a lot of new generations of new chefs and hawkers . The next morning, i had to check out timbre , which aims to put a trendy spin on the traditional hawker centre, selling food from shipping containers and caravans rather than market stalls. Whats the sauce that this is actually marinating in . Its my dads secret recipe its a secret recipe so its a generational thing. So your dad was a hawker before . Yup, he was. And places like this actually encouraged more youngsters, and we started up the business in maybe a little bit better environment. It is not a traditional hawker centre, its more rowdy. I revamped my logo to suit this place, because its more like hipster area. It is still hot and hard work but lets hope these new more contemporary surroundings will encourage the next generation of singaporeans to keep creating some of the best street food in the world. And since our report, hawker chan has managed to expand his little outlet across South East Asia and beyond. Now, back in 2018, we visited the philippines and discovered an extraordinary restaurant called van gogh is bipolar. Its themed around the Mental Health issues of its owner, and jethro invites guests to eat food there for the benefit of both body and soul. Mike corey paid him a visit. Hi, welcome to van gough is bipolar hi dining alone tonight. Before you even think of picking up a menu here, you are encouraged to get involved. Step one, take off your footwear, check. Step two, youre the live server . Yeah, i am the live server. By the way, my name is maricar. Nice to meet you. I will be serving you tonight. Step three, pick a hat and wear it. Yes its like a performance in which you play a part. You choose a hat, make yourself a tea to match your mood and write a message on the wall. I write my deepest darkest secret on the wall for everybody to see . yeah secrets, yeah, yeah. Privacy, please. Come on now, guys. Van gough is bipolar is the brainchild of this man. Welcome to my kitchen i call at the cuckoo kitchen why the cuckoo kitchen . Well, because im crazy. Jethro raphael is bipolar. Its a condition that used to be known as manic depression and can make your moods swing from one extreme to the other. But jethro says that this place is his therapy. Before van gough is bipolar, i was on the brink of committing suicide, and i do not see any ray of light, and all i see is the darkness. Im just so negative, very pessimistic, and most of the time i do not like people. I do not like being with people. I created this Natural Medicine and its mood healing nutrition, so the diet is designed scientifically and nutritionally to activate specific neurotransmitters in the brain known to make you happy and calm. Hello this is actuallyjethros home as well, he lives upstairs and during the day he opens his restaurant to the community. Feeding some, employing others. These local street kids can turn up for a hot meal whenever they want, and the in house musician is a blind beggar approached byjethro. Even the waiting staff have Mental Health conditions. Maricar has twice attempted suicide. Since i was diagnosed with a Mental Health condition, my family has been distant to me, so it was onlyjethro who had given me some hope. With all these stories, its easy to forget that this is a restaurant that serves food. When you order, you tick a box to reflect the mood you want to achieve and back comes the dishes thatjethro thinks will help. For your main course it is actually meant to make you calm. For tonight, it is made out of Free Range Chicken and fresh lamb from the farm ofjethro. Youve come a long way. This restaurant for you has done what, what do you think you have achieved . Life is more simple now and that is a big change. Now i see me, i hear me. I feel me. The space serves as a safe haven for the community, for people who are lost, who are abandoned and also we give them that sacred space that they needed where they feel accepted, celebrated, and unconditionally loved. In the north west of ireland the city of galway has been named 2020 European Capital of culture. Unfortunately due to lockdown they have had to delay their programme of events until at least september, but the last time we visited there we did see one of its gastronomic highlights. This is the heart of the oyster bed. The wild oysters here, the native flat oyster, they have come from the wild oyster fishery out here. Theres 800 acres of wild oyster fishery. The fishermen go out there in the winter months, november and december and they fish them off the beds. We buy them and we put them on our own beds here where they develop their own unique flavour, and they get that from the fresh water coming in from the fields of athenry, and we have connemara to the north so you really have wonderful flavours and textures in the oyster that they develop. These oysters, we are taking them up and theyll be brought over to the packing shed where they will be sorted and grated and packed into the baskets and theyre be heading off to london. In 36 hours they will be in the restaurant table over there. Some people like to eat them, they love to put a drop of tabasco or a squeeze of lemon or a crack of black pepper or even horseradish and tomato sauce, but because they are so good here and the flavours are so good, we just eat them au naturale. So we squeeze the knife in here and we pop the shell. And we slide back and we cut the muscle to release the top shell. And here we have a beautiful native wild flat oyster. Take a nice smell and savour the flavour and the taste, sip the juice. Slide it in. Delicious. Could stay here all day eating this. Well, make sure you do stay with us because weve still got lots of fantastic food adventures coming up, including feeding our faces at the pizza World Championships. Ive got my secret voting sheet here. Its all being taken very seriously and face to face with the fish course a dinner to remember under norways chilly seas. Next, were heading to the spiritual home of pizza. The city of naples in italy has been holding the pizza World Championships since 1991 and jo whalley is no stranger to a thin and crispy slice, so we sent her along. This is napoli pizza village, the worlds biggest open air pizzeria, stretching for more than a kilometre along the coastline of naples. Its an annual festival dedicated to all things dough. Cheering and applause. So im about to do a masterclass with some of the best pizza makers in the whole of naples. A little bit apprehensive to be a true Neapolitan Pizza, the dough needs to be prepared in a special way. And here at the festival, tourists can give it a go. Three, two, one its really quite tricky. You ready . Theres not much of a spin. Now that i fully appreciate exactly what it takes to make a proper neapolitan margherita, im told that tomorrow, i can join the judging panel of the caputo cup the pizza World Championships. This is my voting form. Got the name of the chef, my name and the different categories of marks that i can give each pizza. 500 is the best and ten is the worst. My fellowjudge mario shows me how to inspect all aspects of the slice to check the crust is bouncy and that i can taste all the distinct ingredients. There are nine categories of pizza tojudge and its a gruelling pace. So im on slice number seven. Mario has had over a0 slices this is 14. Still going strong. So ive had 38 slices of pizza and ive just seen that theyve started to clear up the tables so i think the end might actually be in sight. Then we get word that the final pizza is being sliced. Number 52. Its the last one. Its a really unusual flavour. Sort of mustardy. I quite like it, though. While the votes are being counted, the award for pizza acrobatics isjudged. Its seriously skilful. The Award Ceremony goes on into the night and there are winners from across the globe. The organisers here hope to take the napoli pizza village festival to cities like london and new york and spread the message around the world that Neapolitan Pizza isntjust food, its a way of life. Next, lets head to the shores of lake geneva for a festival that takes place only once every 25 years. Lucy went along to find out more and even got a place centrestage. Upbeat dance music plays. As well as being home to unesco protected lavaux vineyards, vevey is known for its living tradition the fete des vignerons, a three week long celebration of wine that transforms the town. While switzerland might not spring to mind when you think of wine, they actually produce around 100 million litres a year, exporting only 2 of it. The festival itself actually began as a one day feast, hosted by an ancient brotherhood as a way to reward the best winemaker in the region. And it clearly takes locals a while to recover, as the festival only takes place once every 20 25 years. The fete des vignerons began in 1797 as a small parade through the streets of vevey. But because of unrest in the region over the next couple of decades, the next event wasnt organised for another 22 years a cycle that has remained ever since. Today, the climax of the celebration is a daily show that takes place in a specially built stadium and features over 5,000 volunteers. And this year, the show has been created by the man behind cirque du soleil. Now, as the creator of this incredible show, whats it like creating something that only happens once every 20 years . Its something very unusual, in some form, and its like, really, a theatre show, but with 5,000 actors, maybe more 6000, Something Like that. So with 5,000 people in your show, do you think youve got room for one more . Dance a little with your hands. Do this. Dance with my hands . Yeah. Both laugh. You are in does that mean im in . Youre in im in. The show itself represents a year in the life of a vineyard and, in order to have enough roles for that many volunteers, it means even the bugs and birds get their moment in the spotlight. So ive got my moves, now its time to get my costume. These are huge how do i look . Am i working it . Youre amazing laughs. Then the three hour extravaganza began. The sun is blazing its so hot im melting totally worth it look at this atmosphere i cant think of another place where multiple generations from one family get the chance to be involved in such an epic experience together. This really means a lot to a lot of people. Theres a lot of emotions running high, and i can see why. Cheering and applause. The choreography wasnt as important in the end, everyone was freestyling, but it looked really good and what an honour to take part in something that only happens once every 20 years. I aint going to be this limber in 20 years, ill tell you that now finally this week, were going to the appropriately named under. Its europes first, and the Worlds Largest, underwater restaurant and its unique design blends with the environment to give diners a truly breathtaking experience. My name is stig ubostad. Im the part owner, together with my brother, of under. Its the Worlds Largest underwater restaurant and the first in europe, but its much more than just that. The challenge was really to find a form and a shape and a location that could actually withstand these forces that we knew were coming, so the solution was a pipe. And it was constructed on a barge, then transported to this site and carefully lifted off the barge onto its very precise Foundation Points because a big issue is, of course, not to ruin the place while youre constructing. So it had to be put down in a really careful manner in order to maintain the landscape and the underwater landscape, not the least, not ruin the ecology of the place. So once that was done exhales, everyone was breathing out. That was the real, most challenging part of the project. The head chef, nicolai, hes been working on the menu now for 1. 5 years, just working with it and foraging and exploring new ways of using different varieties of the sea. In the mornings, i like to go out and forage for different kinds of things. Right now, at this time of year, its mostly seaweed. I think its so nice to tell the guests that this sorrel we foraged just out here, 150 metres from the restaurant. Theres so many things not getting used. Everybody wants only the best ingredients, but why cant ling roe not be good . Its definitely better for the environment if people eat the things next door instead of having flown in foie gras and truffle every day. Some days, you will get a lot of fish. And some days, its not that good. Thats how nature is. Its nothing more, nothing less, just nature at its best. Well, thats all weve got time for on this weeks programme but coming up next week simons here for a look at how some airlines still arent paying your refunds. And ades in venice to find out how its welcoming visitors back without the shoulder to shoulder crowds that have made headlines in recent years. In the meantime, you can catch up with all of our adventures on our social media pages a little reminder of what the world looks like when were able to go out and see it. Lets hope its not too long before we can do so again. Until next time, from me, christa larwood, and the rest of the travel show team, stay safe and well see you soon. Hello there. Various different types of weather on offer today depending on where you are spending your saturday across the uk. For some, it is very cloudy with outbreaks of rain but for others there is something brighter to be had. On the satellite picture you can see this stripe of cloud ringing pulses of rain through wales, midlands and northern england. The south east, we have had some areas of cloud at some decent sunny spells and some warmth in that sunshine, too, and some sunshine to be found in scotland, Northern Ireland but with some showers and a cool, fresher feel and windy in the top of scotland as well. Lunch time, the rain falls on and off across parts of northern england, north midlands, north wales and sunny spells through the south west along the south coast, the london area and up into east anglia. Through the afternoon, this band of cloud and rain doesnt make much more progress southwards and eastwards. Higher temperatures today will be found across parts of east anglia and the south east where we hold onto some sunshine, getting up to 26 or 27 degrees. Further north and west a cooler, fresher feel, 17 in glasgow and belfast. It isnt the best of days for cricket at old trafford. Rain will continue to come and go throughout the day for the test match. Chances are itll dry up a little bit through the Late Afternoon into the evening, as our band of cloud and patchy rain sinks southwards but as you go the night, the weather front makes progress across wales and england we will see heavier rain pushing through for a time. Mild and muggy in the south east but further north and west whether sky is clear, chilly, four or west whether sky is clear, chilly, fouror5 west whether sky is clear, chilly, four or 5 degrees across scotland. Tomorrow, our weather front still lingering, bringing cloud and spots of rain across the south but for most of rain across the south but for m ost pla ces of rain across the south but for most places tomorrow we will see some spells of sunshine, quite a few showers developing across scotland and a cooler, fresherfeel for all of us, highs between 17 and 22. That weather front in the south east will finally get a move on as we move out of sunday into monday with High Pressure building so it is a fine start to the working week for most of us, southern areas stay fine through the week, turning warmer with some rain at times across the north and west. This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. 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