The Meal: Ang Lee's family drama is an overloaded plate when it comes to great recipes - not surprising, given that it's the tale of a chef and his three daughters.

When the old man starts to lose his sense of taste, he decides to throw a big family meal to compensate - at least seven dishes are shown being prepared in the first scene alone, among them chicken and cucumber cold salad.

The Chef: Senior Master Chef Chu (Sihung Lung), who has the perfect name and lives up to his title far better than many of the pillocks who go on the BBC's Masterchef.

How To Recreate It: We won't go for all seven ,so here's chicken and cucumber salad...

Two chicken breasts, two cucumbers
, six tablespoons of soy sauce
, two tablespoons of vinegar
, one teaspoon of sugar
, two tablespoons of sesame oil
, two teaspoons of minced garlic
, two scallions, chopped.

    •    Cook chicken in boiling water, cook over medium heat for 15 minutes.
    •    Take out, let cool, and shred (or tear by hand).
    •    Peel cucumbers into strips, skin and all, and put the strips in a large bowl.
    •    Put chicken shreds on cucumber, mix the sauce and pour on top.
    •    Sprinkle scallions on top of salad.

And just a pinch of multi-generational family drama.