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Cooking Up A Feast in 'Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast'!
By InCinemas / 25 Sep 2013 (Wednesday)
[10/10] Update: Details of the Meet-the-cast Session
When we talk about Taiwan's gastronomic culture, besides the mouth-watering street food, we can't forget the Ban-doh (办桌) outdoor banquet events that can be traced back to the agricultural age!
Learn more about this culture and the 'head catering chef', 'Zone Pro Site’ (总铺师) after the jump. Also, we received confirmation that some of the cast and crew members of Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast will be heading down to Singapore this October!
Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast <总铺师：移动大厨> SG Promo Tour
Date: 12 October 2013 (Saturday)
Time: 5pm
Venue: Bugis Junction, Bugis Square Lvl 1 (Nearest MRT station: Bugis)
Attendees:
- Director Chen Yu-Hsun (陈玉勋)
- Producer Lee Lieh (李烈)
- Yo Yang (杨佑宁)
- Lin Mei-Hsiu (林美秀)
Synopsis
More than twenty years ago, there were three Ban-doh (outdoor banquet) Master Chefs who dominated the catering business in Taiwan. They were known as Master Silly Mortal, Master Ghost Head and Master Fly Spirit. However, the outdoor banquet business has been in decline since Taiwan’s economic take-off, and even the master chefs feel helpless to turn the tide.
Master Fly Spirit wants to pass the family recipes and culinary skills on to his only child, Wan, but she desperately wants to run away from the family business and to become a fashion model. Nevertheless, fate proves that Wan is destined to take up the challenge and mission she once shunned...
What is Zone Pro Site?
The Ban-doh (办桌), an outdoor banquet large-scaled event can be traced back to the agricultural age. At that time, restaurants and hotels were few and far between, so wedding receptions and all sorts of feasts usually took place in outdoor spaces or tents.
With a couple of simple stoves and long tables as kitchen countertops, every dish was done on the spot. The person in charge of the menu and the procedures was called a ‘Zone Pro Site’ (总铺师), meaning catering chef in Taiwanese.
During Ban-doh, the Zone Pro Site arrives with nothing but his cooking utensils and has to show his creativity by coming up with different food menus based on the theme of each feast and the ingredients provided. The greatest challenge for the Zone Pro Site was, of course, to serve dishes that both the hosts and guests could fully enjoy. If the food could satisfy the most critical guests, the Zone Pro Site would earn respect and become a legendary master chef.
Check out the latest trailer of this food-licious film!