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Genre
  
Romance, Comedy

Running time
  
1h 45m

Writer
  
Chi-Ngai Lee

Language
  
Cantonese

5.5/10
IMDb

Director
  
Chi-Ngai Lee

Duration
  

Producer
  
John Chong

Country
  
Hong Kong

Magic Kitchen movie poster

Release date
  
5 January 2004 (2004-01-05)

Production companies
  
Media Asia Entertainment Group, Sil-Metropole Organisation

Cast
  
Sammi Cheng
(Yau),
Maggie Q
(May),
Andy Lau
(Chuen Yao)

Similar movies
  
Sammi Cheng movies, Hong Kong movies, Romantic comedies

Magic Kitchen is a 2004 Hong Kong romantic comedy film directed by Lee Chi-ngai and starring Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng and Jerry Yan. The film was adapted from the novel of the same title by Hong Kong novelist, Lam Wing-sum.

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Synopsis

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Yau became the proprietor and head chef of a successful restaurant/cafe since her mother died six months ago. Yau cooks according to the large collection of recipes her mother, who had tremendous talent as a culinary artist but never found success in the restaurant scene due to sexism, created over the years, but has no confidence in herself as a chef. When she visits Japan with her assistant Ho at the invitation of an Iron Chef style cooking show, she has a chance run-in with an old boyfriend, Chuen. Over the next weeks back in Hong Kong, Yau struggles with resurgent feelings for Chuen even as she discovers that one of her best friends has started seeing him. In the mean time, her steadfast supporter and assistant for the last three years, Ho, pushes her to be more bold in her art and experiment. Love and food intersects with surprising twists as she finally decides to leave the past behind and compete in the cooking challenge. In the end, love is the secret ingredient.

Cast

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  • Andy Lau as Chuen Yao (guest star)
  • Sammi Cheng as Mo-yung Yau
  • Jerry Yan as Ho
  • Maggie Q as May
  • Nicola Cheung as Kwai
  • Anthony Wong as Tony Ho (cameo)
  • Daniel Wu as Kevin (cameo)
  • Stephen Fung as Joseph (cameo)
  • Michael Wong as Mook (cameo)
  • Sheila Chan as Yau's mother (cameo)
  • William So as Wine guy in May's party (cameo)
  • Jacqueline Law as Kwai's crab dinner guest (cameo)
  • Lee Lik-chi as Kwai's crab dinner guest (cameo)
  • Vincent Kok as Kwai's crab dinner guest (cameo)
  • Clarence Hui as Kwai's crab dinner guest (cameo)
  • Michael Tong as Don (cameo)
  • Teddy Lin as May's boyfriend (cameo)
  • Law Kar-ying as Yau's father (cameo)
  • Asuka Higuchi as Presenter of the "King Chef Show" (cameo)

  • Magic Kitchen movie scenes

    References

    Magic Kitchen Wikipedia
    Magic Kitchen IMDbMagic Kitchen Rotten TomatoesMagic Kitchen themoviedb.org