This is the first time I'm doing a movie review, properly, on my blog. I say this because I'm constantly talking about movies I watch, tweeting about them and Instagramming pictures of my newly found favourite actors. Since I love watching movies so much, and since this blog is about things I love AND this particular movie is about food, I don't see how this first review could be more perfect. What's also convenient is that it's still in theatres (in India) so if this review evokes any kind of hunger pangs or urge to go watch it, you still can.
Okay, so a quick background before I get into the details of the movie. It's written and directed by Jon Favreau. Remember Pete from Friends and Happy from Iron Man? Yes, that's him.
In a nutshell, the movie is about a chef called Carl Casper, who is head chef at a pretty popular restaurant but has constant disagreements with the owner about what food to put up. It's the classic battle he has; whether to stay true to himself or keep his respectable job. Things get out of hand when a food blogger (ahem), goes to the restaurant to taste his food and is highly disappointed with the lack of creativity in the menu. He tweets about his experience and Casper hears about it, joins Twitter, fights back and ultimately quits his job. After a lot of reconsideration, he starts his very own food truck where he cooks the real food he believes in.
What I loved about this movie is how authentic it is. Favreau has worked on his chef skills almost as well as Natalie Portman worked on her ballet for Black Swan. Not that it's any comparison, but you get the gist. What stayed with me after the movie was over were 3 dishes that I still can't stop thinking about that he made in the movie and with the utmost prowess; A wonderfully clean and fresh looking linguni, an unbelievably magical grilled cheese and grilled Cubano sandwiches. If not for all 3, I'm positive that I'm going to make the linguini and grilled cheese soon enough. Oh, and I almost forgot, the cast is just great. SO perfect for their respective roles.
If you love food, watch this movie. I'd suggest you plan it in the following way; make a reservation at your favourite restaurant, eat till you can eat no more and then sit down to watch Chef. If you don't have a nice meal before watching, you'll find the movie to be more of a nuisance than really enjoyable cinema. So, trust me.
For those of you who've already watched this movie and, like me, want to recreate some of the recipes, here's a guideline you might find useful : ChefMovieRecipes
I'll post pictures of the dishes I make as soon as I get around to it. In the meanwhile, you can follow me on Twitter to see me ranting about what I love in food and cinema and a weensy bit of fashion haha :)
Hope this made some sort of impact on those who haven't watched the movie yet and who now feel and those who have and feel the same way I do.
Let me know if you have anything to say about this post in the comments below :)
xoxo
D
Okay, so a quick background before I get into the details of the movie. It's written and directed by Jon Favreau. Remember Pete from Friends and Happy from Iron Man? Yes, that's him.
In a nutshell, the movie is about a chef called Carl Casper, who is head chef at a pretty popular restaurant but has constant disagreements with the owner about what food to put up. It's the classic battle he has; whether to stay true to himself or keep his respectable job. Things get out of hand when a food blogger (ahem), goes to the restaurant to taste his food and is highly disappointed with the lack of creativity in the menu. He tweets about his experience and Casper hears about it, joins Twitter, fights back and ultimately quits his job. After a lot of reconsideration, he starts his very own food truck where he cooks the real food he believes in.
What I loved about this movie is how authentic it is. Favreau has worked on his chef skills almost as well as Natalie Portman worked on her ballet for Black Swan. Not that it's any comparison, but you get the gist. What stayed with me after the movie was over were 3 dishes that I still can't stop thinking about that he made in the movie and with the utmost prowess; A wonderfully clean and fresh looking linguni, an unbelievably magical grilled cheese and grilled Cubano sandwiches. If not for all 3, I'm positive that I'm going to make the linguini and grilled cheese soon enough. Oh, and I almost forgot, the cast is just great. SO perfect for their respective roles.
If you love food, watch this movie. I'd suggest you plan it in the following way; make a reservation at your favourite restaurant, eat till you can eat no more and then sit down to watch Chef. If you don't have a nice meal before watching, you'll find the movie to be more of a nuisance than really enjoyable cinema. So, trust me.
For those of you who've already watched this movie and, like me, want to recreate some of the recipes, here's a guideline you might find useful : ChefMovieRecipes
I'll post pictures of the dishes I make as soon as I get around to it. In the meanwhile, you can follow me on Twitter to see me ranting about what I love in food and cinema and a weensy bit of fashion haha :)
Hope this made some sort of impact on those who haven't watched the movie yet and who now feel and those who have and feel the same way I do.
Let me know if you have anything to say about this post in the comments below :)
xoxo
D
