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The title is definitely related to what i am going to say. Just finished watching Ang Lee's 1994 award winning classic, Eat Drink Man Woman, or Yin Shi Nan Nu in Mandarin. The following 'Food and Sex' is actually Shi Se Xin Ye, which menas food and sex. Learn a quote from the late veteran actor Lan Hsiung, who plays Chu, a master chef cum the father of 3 marriage-in- problem daughter. He says: Eat Drink Man Woman, basic human desires. Yes, Maslow Hierachy of needs will tell u that food, drinks, shelter, clothings and sex are basic human needs rite?
For those who had never watched Eat about, here are some intro: Like what i said just now, Chu had 3 daughters: Jia Jen, Jia Chien and Jia Ning. Jen is a chemistry teacher in her 30's. Being a devoted Christian, she never stepped into the love garden looking for the man she loves after her bf breaks her heart 9 yrs back. Chien is a managing director of an airline company who finds it hard to communicate with Chu. Ning is a university student who unfortunately falls in love with her bestfriend's bf, Guo Lun. Somehow, this is not an easy dish to prepare. Main ingredient 1: Jia Jen finds attraction with Coah Chai, a volleyball coach. After several secret love letter incident, Jen finds new meaning in life and get married without Chu's consent. Main ingredient 2: Chien desperately wants to move out of the house, so she bought an apartment with her life savings, until she realised that the half-built apartment was sealed by the police, as the company in charge of building the apartment runs away with the $$$. Given a chance to work as a Managing director in Amsterdam, she works with Li Kai, her appointed assistant, who turns out to be the man who breaks Jen's heart. At the same time, she found out that her bf was a two timer. Main ingredient 3: Ning get's pregnant by Guo Lun and moves out of her house.
Marinate the 3 main ingredients with love, confusion, friendship, sadness and sex. Throw them together into a wok and add in the 4th main ingredient: Chu declares his love with Jin Rong, Jen's high school classmate cum bestfriend. Rong's mother, old Mrs Liang thought that she falls in love with Chu, and wished that Chu would get married with her. She calls Chu an dirty old man after he declares to everyone that he is taking Jin Rong as his wife.
Finally, place everything in a plate, and garnish with a touch of warmth between Chu and Chien. Serve hot. From preparation to finish cooking, it takes 2hr to do so. What you sample is a rather time consuming delicacy prepared by Ang Lee.
One of the best film watched, cos there arr food, there's love and so on...But seriously how many movies were there all together which talks about food? Last year, watchd Ms Loo's recommendation, Babette's Feast, which is also about preparing a feast. But compared to Eat's serving of 10 people where only 4 people dine, Babette's Feast focuses on how good the food are, not the size of serving. Authentic 19th century French cuisine were served for 12 people. And the 11 old folks + an invited aristocrate had a night of fine dining, where they would remembered it for life. If it sounds boring to you, let Penelope Cruz spice up your meal with Woman on Top, which has been rated M18 for sexual content. Had a taste of Brazilian food with 2 men fighting over Penelope to spice up the dishes.
How about a serving of dessets? Juliette Binoche teams up with Swedish director Lasse Hallstrom in Chocolat, together with Johnny Depp. OK, everyone knows what is this about. It's about French chocolat. Now, let's try Mexican chocolate: Like Water for Chocolate. Related to chocolate, but it was made in a forgotten small town in Mexico. Pedro and Tita were a couple who wants to get married, but Tita's mother, a former cook, insisted Tita's sister to get married first, and had Tita to stay beside her, so as to take care of her. Plot is that simple. Yeah, and unable to give you more detail, cos 1) I've never watched it before, 2) it's an adult movie.
Oh yeah, x'mas is coming soon. 2 things to be done for this season: 1) getting mum to buy turkey from Canadian Pizza, 2) get myself 2 Heeren's voucher at discounted price, so as to buy the dvd of In America at special prize. Go down to Heeren's tomorrow, and get In America on Fri. :)