The God of Cookery: Stephen Chow plays Stephen Chow: The God of Cookery! Having won this prestigious title he becomes a complete arrogant snob critical of the smallest thing that doesn't go his way. His critical ways do not last forever when he is exposed as a fraud and ends up in a shady part of town beaten up for panhandling. Lucky for him he meets up with Turkey who is rather ugly and is brilliantly played by the very beautiful Karen Mok with a lot of makeup on. They end up working together and create a new dish which instantly sweeps Hong Kong and he uses this reacquired fame to challenge the chef who took his God of Cookery title from him.

The inspiration for this film has to be the then new craze of Iron Chef. Chow plays his part masterfully, as always, and you truly hate his guts at the beginning and come to root for him at the end. This one is easy to recommend for fans of Kung Fu Hustle or Shaolin Soccer.

I am beginning to think that I am watching my DVDs in somewhat the wrong order. Since my order has come in, I am watching all of the stuff I know I will like and leaving some mediocre stuff to stay on my backlog for last. Sometimes I think I should watch the mediocre stuff first to build up to the great stuff, but at least I have enough good stuff to go around.

Labels: Comedy, Hong Kong, Kung Fu