Il signor Chu, vedovo e chef di indubbia fama, vive in una grande casa a Taipei con le sue tre figlie non ancora sposate: Jia-Jen, un'insegnante di chimica convertita al Cristianesimo; Jia-Chien, una dirigente per una compagnia aerea; e Jia-Ning, una studentessa che lavora anche in un fast food. La vita nella casa ruota intorno all'abitudine di un cena raffinata ogni domenica e le vite sentimentali dei membri della famiglia.
A seconda di come lo si pronuncia, in cinese Bao può assumere due significati: “raviolo” o “tesoro, prezioso”. Protagonista della storia una mamma cinese non più nel fiore degli anni che soffre della “sindrome del nido vuoto” fino a che non le viene data una seconda occasione di maternità quando uno dei suoi ravioli prende vita diventando un vivace e allegro “bimbo-raviolo”.
Former member of a triad, Sun seeks to emigrate to Canada. He decides to become a great chef of chinese cooking and follows the teaching master Au.
Hao's Singaporean restaurant is in danger of going out of business. Hao's grandson, Mark, secretly travels to Shanghai to attend a cooking competition despite his grandfather's wishes for him to become an engineer. Mark takes the place of a contestant who did not show up and must now impress the host, Julia Lee, and her chef husband, David Chen. Chen, who is originally from Singapore and misses his family, eventually learns he is Mark's father.
A comedy-adventure short film about three friends who decide to embark on the most impossible adventure in Melbourne...to find the best dumplings.
Yamashita Takako works in the food section of a department store. She pays frequent visits to a reputable local Chinese restaurant about opening an in-store branch. The owner of the restaurant, Wang Qingkuo from Shanghai, who does all the cooking by himself, gives Takako the brush-off. One day, however, Wang collapses due to overwork, and is left with partial paralysis. Hearing the rumor of the restaurant’s closure, Takako resigns from the department store and becomes an apprentice to Wang.
The film follows different stages in the life of Sofía, a young girl born in Argentina of Chinese descent. From her childhood to her adulthood, she's conflicted by the clash and fusion of both her cultures, all while facing a strenuous relationship with her mother Jia, who places concerns and demands on her.
Han-kook starts to work as an apprentice chef at a Chinese restauraunt belonging to his father's friend, but rather than follow the painstaking process of preparing the food by hand, Han-kook begins to use pre-processed ingredients.