Chinese Movie Nights – Flowery March

A Chinese classic for gourmets and amateur of great Chinese food!

Flowery March (2006)

Tuesday 07/06 (FR subtitles) & 08/06 (EN subtitles)
Category : romantic comedy
Duration : 1h35 min
Director : Zeng Xiaoxin
Starring:  Tao Liu, Zhang Hongrui,Chu Yinan

Summary
The legend goes that it was a pleasant spring in the imperial palace during the Qing Dynasty; but the emperor suddenly lost his appetite. No matter how hard the 108 imperial cooks worked to vary the dishes, nothing could whet the emperor’s appetite. Things had gotten so urgent, an imperial edict was given summoning well-known chef YI Daoxian ( “Agile Knife”) of Yangzhou to come without delay to serve at the palace. After tasting the meal prepared by Yi Daoxian, the emperor was so pleased he granted the chef a plaque which read “Flowery March”

Many years later, a descendent from the chef at the imperial palace arrives in Yangzhou and bet that no cook in the city can beat him in cooking skills. He asks that if he wins then the emperor’s plaque will be handed over to him…

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