The world will soon know about German’s Restaurant’s healing cow-heel soup when it will be featured on the BBC World News.
As part of its coverage of the Guyana leg of the Queen’s Baton Relay, ahead of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, BBC World News selected German’s Restaurant for a video feature.
On 3 March, a camera crew and interviewer from the world-renowned media outlet recorded footage of the restaurant and conducted interviews with employees, customers and management of the restaurant.
Owner of German’s, Clinton Urling recounted the restaurant’s 54-year-old history and also did an on-camera demonstration of how the famous cow-heel soup is prepared from scratch.
In an interview with Guyana Times Sunday Magazine, Urling said: “The decision was made to select German’s Restaurant by the producers of the BBC’s coverage of the Queen’s Baton Relay-Commonwealth Games 2014 in London. The interviewer and host of the series, Mr Mark Beaumont, indicated that the selection is done in London and he is not sure about the criteria, but the idea is to select restaurants throughout the relay tour, which have a rich history and serves popular local dishes.”
Urling added that the three-member video crew sampled a bowl each of the cow-heel soup. The restaurant’s owner revealed that the crew “seemed a bit reserved and hesitant at the thought of eating cow heel, but they all drank an entire bowl once they tasted the first spoonful”. He also mentioned that they thought it was “rich and flavourful and enough to feed a whole family. The thickness of the soup was not something they were used to”.
“It is a tremendous compliment that German’s was selected as the only non-baton feature for the Guyana leg of the relay. The restaurant has for 54 years consistently been serving up great Guyanese cuisine and it is an honour to see that achievement recognised in such a global way,” Urling declared.
The feature is expected to air in the last week of March 2014 and can be viewed on BBC World News or on its website.
