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Synopsis: When Wan (Kimi Hsia) returns home from Taipei with both a failed modeling career, and an enormous amount of debt, she finds that misfortune has also befallen her family's restaurant, which has now dwindled down to but a single noodle stand. With her hopes dashed, luck comes in the form of Hai (Yo Yang), a self-appointed master chef who decides to help Yan's family find a return to glory by helping them recreate the traditional Taiwanese bandoh menu that once made them so famous.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Yu-Hsun Chen
  3 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Year:
2013
145 min
44 Views


Picking up some chicks?

You missed.

Let me take you somewhere.

Oh, okay.

So I guess you're the chick?

Shut up.

Pour it from the side.

Got it?

It;ll taste better.

It's really good.

Good?

Really good.

My kids

will eat three bowls of rice

when I make this dish.

My Slacker

really enjoys going out.

Maybe the two of them are out

fooling around.

Fooling around?

Not a chance.

She said a long time ago:

"I will never marry a chef. "

He's not a chef, he's a doctor.

Sir,

what would you like to have?

What's that?

Eggs' Happiness.

It's our specialty.

Your specialty?

Yes.

I'll try it.

Coming right up.

How much?

This dish was once called

Eggs' Dilemma.

Right here

is where the canal bends.

This bridge

is the "New Lin An Bridge".

This one is the "Jing Hua Bridge".

These two bridges are close,

but can't see each other.

The fish around here are very nosy.

They'll jump out of water to eavesdrop.

When the bridges

need to talk to each other,

they ask fish to help them.

To bridge the gap.

So, when people need to communicate,

we say:

"Let's bridge the gap. "

You made this up yourself?

I didn't have playmates when I was a kid

so I made up stories for fun.

Really?

I put a box over my head.

And then

I can enter a whole other world.

That's awesome!

I'll try it too next time.

Why are you so obsessed with

making Scrambled Tomato and Eggs?

Isn't it all the same?

Not at all.

It's easy to make the dish

but every mother has her own take on it.

You chefs are all the same.

My dad too.

All he cared about was

what his customers liked.

But never about what I would like.

You're Master Fly Spirit's daughter.

How can you say that?

Cooking means something.

And what's that?

Even if you make 1000 types

of Scrambled Tomato and Eggs?

So what?

What purpose would it give to your life?

I don't expect it to give me a purpose.

Those were my cellmates

who missed their mother's cooking.

Even convicted felons

miss the flavor of their mother's food.

Yes.

I've been in prison.

Now you must want to ask me

why I was in prison.

Not really.

(Fish:
Bridging the gap?)

I've got to go.

You want to scare me to death?

I'll tell you!

Sit down!

I saw a ghost today.

What are you talking about?

Master Ghost Head!

He was in our restaurant

to try Eggs' Happiness.

Who's Master Ghost Head?

You've never heard of him?

20 years ago

there were 3 famous Catering Masters.

"Mortal" in the North,

"Ghost;' in the Central,

and "Spirit;' in the South.

Your dad is the Spirit,

Master Fly Spirit.

Oh!

Master Ghost Head is the Ghost.

He was a big-time gangster.

A gangster who loves to cook?

Yes!

He later went to prison

for murder.

Really?

Why did he kill someone?

One time,

some thugs disrupted a banquet.

It was a scary scene.

Screw you!

The food sucks!

I'm going to flip this table!

Listen,

Ghost Head is the catering master today.

He made this food.

You dare to flip the table?

Ghost Head?

Ghost Head can kiss my ass!

If you don't like it, don't eat it.

Who did this?

I did! I'm the man!

And I've flipped every table in Taiwan.

(Ghost Head's Knife)

(AKA:
The Bonecutter)

(215 pigs, 2487 chickens)

(1694 cow bones)

(infinite vegetables and fish)

(Crispy Roast Duck)

(Crispy and juicy)

That is scary.

I tried his food one time.

He had some crazy ideas in his head.

His flavors were so unique.

And his carving and chopping so precise.

How did you get to try his food?

He took offense of your dad's

"Spirit;' Title.

And challenged him one time.

Who won?

Your dad did of course.

WC.

But he still wasn't convinced.

I heard

that his cooking turned odd.

And his temper got even worse.

How about "Mortal" in the North?

You mean Master Silly Mortal?

I've never met him or tried his food.

But I heard he was very eccentric.

He refused to cater for

the rich or powerful.

That's why everyone

called him Master Silly Mortal.

They said eating his food

would trigger feelings

of being human.

Feelings of being human?

What does it mean?

I guess it means...

at least you're not a deg.

Hai.

Master,

why are you out?

Master, whose house is this?

Tsai's old home.

Tsai?

Apprentice of Master Fly Spirit.

He's worried he doesn't have it anymore.

He asked me to be his secret weapon.

Secret weapon for what?

For this catering contest.

Nonsense.

But why are you helping him?

After you got out of prison,

I've been trying to create a dish

that combines all my ideas

from the last 30 years.

I've figured it out now.

You have to help me though.

Sure.

What do you need?

Be my tongue and hands.

Be your what?

My taste buds have all gone bad.

My tongue can't distinguish

different flavors.

So

you're making a special dish

for the contest?

This will probably be my final dish.

Master.

Why don't you just compete

instead of helping him?

I'd rather be a ghost with no name.

Okay! Start!

Try yours first, then mine.

Master,

yours tastes much better.

We made fish paste the same way.

Why are the flavors so different?

Your fish was full of grief.

You think it gave up its life willingly?

It's not happy.

Be serious.

How about this piece of meat?

Not willingly.

Because they died unwillingly,

the meat is full of grief.

What can we do about it?

Depends on how you butcher it.

You can remove the grief.

How do I do that?

With your heart.

And your knife.

The speed of chopping can

determine the amount of grief.

Master, are you joking?

Even if it were a joke,

it's the last joke you'll hear from me.

Let me chop again for you to see.

See the difference?

I have an idea.

Let's enter the contest

with the traditional courses.

We can kill two birds

with one stone.

That's right!

Can we win though?

Think positive.

What if we win?

It;ll be wonderful!

Bring home 1 million.

Yes!

It's nice to have a dream.

Even better to have the money.

Surprise!

Come have a seat.

Miss Wan,

long time no see.

Ma'am.

Do you want some noodles?

Take a look at this.

Your daughter signed it.

I'm starving.

How about a bowl of noodles?

9 million?

I thought you said 900 thousand.

What's the difference?

I can't pay any of it.

You can't pay it back?

You know what happens

if you don't pay?

What?

For example:

You get hit by a oar.

A billboard falls on you.

Some strangers beat you up for no reason.

You can't find your remote

while watching TV.

Hey hey hey.

It's not a big deal.

We'll pay you back.

But you need to give us more time.

How much longer?

Not much.

We're entering

the National Catering Contest.

If we win

first prize is 1 million.

That's not enough.

Why not?

Once we're famous,

everyone will want us to cater for them.

We'll make lots of money.

And with all that money

we can pay you back.

Sit down!

This contest had better be real.

You can check online! Go ahead!

I will.

Afterwards,

when I'm famous.

I'll get to host TV shows.

And even shoot commercials.

Really!

You sure you can win?

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