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This is Not What I Expected
A scrumptious pastiche of the contemporary Chinese romcom and old-school screwball comedy that delights all the senses. Mousy and accident-prone Gu Shengnan is a brilliant chef, the best-kept secret in her fancy hotel; Lu Jin is a reserved yet rude megalomaniac millionaire. In classic comedy-of-errors fashion the two have an unfortunate yet hilarious run-in (an antagonistic antithesis of the meet-cute) that makes them mortal adversaries. In a comic twist of fate, die-hard foodie Lu ends up a guest of the hotel and becomes hopelessly obsessed with Gu’s intoxicating dishes. An all-consuming love-hate relationship blossoms - with food standing in for sex - across a non-stop series of laugh riot hi-jinks as stars Zhou Dongyu and Kaneshiro Takeshi prove as brilliant and effortless a comedy duo as Hepburn and Grant (Bringing up Baby), with a wry nod to Ge You and Shu Qi (If You Are the One). A dish to be savored.