Recently, I was scrolling through Netflix looking for something to watch. The app kept suggesting Hunger to watch. It was one of those shows that I’ve seen a multitude of times. Ultimately, I made a decision to watch it. Here’s my Hunger review.
What is Hunger about?
If you’re not familiar with the movie, it’s about a young woman named Aoy (Chutimon Chuengcharoensukyingsoon). Aoy is working at her family’s business making noodles in Bangkok. One day, she serves a steaming bowl of noodles to the right person, Tone (Gunn Svasti Na Ayudhya). Tone is a young chef working for Thailand’s number one luxury chef, Chef Paul (Nopachai Chaiyanam). With the recent departure of their fry chef, Aoy joins the team. She gets to know the dark side of Chef Paul and the high-end food industry.
One of the best things I liked about the movie is the double meaning of the word HUNGER. In the movie, Chef Paul prides himself on making food that the ultra rich hungers for. He creates lavish dishes with themes that has catapulted him to the top chef for the elites.
For Aoy, it seems like a dream come true. She was to be special. Aoy develops a hunger to be the best. She aspires to make the kind of food Chef Paul creates. The dark side of Chef Paul is revealed along with the bitter aftertaste of the luxury food industry.
Chef Paul has a terrifying presence in the kitchen and demands perfection from all his chefs. For Aoy, he berates and ridicules her for everything she cooks. In one scene, she stays up all night cooking Wagyu beef. Chef Paul don’t want the customer to chew the meat. The meat must melt in their mouth. You can’t help but to hate the guy.
In Summary
Without giving too much on the plot, I found myself rooting for Aoy. She conquers every impossible task Chef Paul gives her. She realizes that this may not be what she really hungered for. It’s the story of the number one luxury chef versus a street-food cook.
At times it can be cheese, Hunger is worth watching. There are many tense scenes full of emotion. The depiction of the rich is almost gluttonous. It was like a pack of animals ripping flesh of their prey. And if you are a foodie, you’ll love the food cinematography. I wouldn’t watch this on an empty stomach. Hunger is now streaming on Netflix.
