This movie may not be for everyone, with it’s mix of goofball/slapstick and haute cuisine, but I find myself coming back to it again and again. It’s one of my favorite Anita Yuen performances and I’m a sucker for Leslie Cheung.

The plot is a bit far fetched. Leslie plays a low-level triad leader. His girlfriend has emigrated to Canada and he wants to follow her, so he’s giving up his triad career in favor of becoming a chef; apparently Canada gives visas for the later more frequently than the former.

This puts him into the employ of Anita’s father, a well-known and respected chef. Her father would like her to follow him in the business, but she wants her freedom and tries to drive him nuts so he’ll give in. The interactions between the two are really funny as she tries to outrage him and he tries to pretend there’s nothing amiss.

Long story short, Leslie & Anita team up to find and rehabilitate Hong Kong’s greatest chef in order to win the climatic cookoff with the villain and allow the father to retain his restaurant.

There are a lot of fun moments in the movie; Leslie and Anita seem to be truly enjoying themselves. I’m not going to get into the “which is better, ACF or God of Cookery” debate; I like them both. 7.5/10