Food Lore

In Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, a talented Japanese chef, Thang, woos a beautiful stewardess, Van, with a special tofu dessert. The couple quickly enters a whirlwind romance but soon discovers their irreconcilable differences about food and love. Desperate to win Van back, Thang attempts a series of dubious culinary experiments to keep her in his life.

Faced with debt and hardship, Anbu moves to Singapore to serve as a caretaker to an elderly man, Raja, suffering from Alzheimers disease. Amidst their struggles and differences, the unlikely duo forms an intimate bond over food and past memories--but just when all seems to be going well, an unexpected event threatens to unravel Anbus world once again.

During a night out, Julie, a beautiful French chef new to Singapore, crosses paths with Ifran, a single father struggling to maintain his mothers food stall. Faced with a daunting challenge at the restaurant where she works, Julie seeks Ifrans help to create a unique Malaysian-French fusion dish. The result is a powerful exploration of flavor and emotion.

A young entrepreneur, Tim, hopes to start a restaurant franchise in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with Maki, a short-tempered genius chef. Maki resists Tims efforts to broker a deal with a well-known investor, but when Tim discovers the secret to Makis sambal petai, hes torn between his desire to sell the recipe and his loyalty to his new friend.