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Sun, a Hong
Kong debt collector, dreams of being a master chef and
joins the legendary Master Au's restaurant to learn how. When Au
suffers a heart attack after being challenged to a contest to
cook the Qing and Han Imperial Feast, a breathtaking banquet of
over 100 dishes, Sun has to save the day by tracking down
Cantonese master chef Liu.
No figure within the Hong Kong New
Wave has been more influential than Tsui Hark (Peking Opera
Blues). The premise of this "kung food" film is wonderfully
clever: it applies the form of a classic martial arts film to a
story about cooking. An inept young cook (Leslie Cheung) must
find a master chef to represent his boss's restaurant in a
high-stakes competition. Despite its loosely structured,
anything goes plot, the film's knockout humour and high
spirits manage to keep us enthralled through detailed
demonstrations of complex (and often revolting) recipes. |
