The Chicken, the Fish and the King Crab, 86 minutes.
There really is only one thing you have to know before seeing this Spanish-language film about chef Jesus Almagro's preparations for the prestigious "Bocuse d'Or" cooking contest:
Absolutely, positively do not watch when hungry. It's bad enough watching the parade of food prepared by the world's best in two dimensions. No need to make it worse.
The funniest scenes are those in which Almagro's fellow Spanish chefs debate the flaws in every dish he prepares, perhaps the most compelling argument ever filmed for the notion of too many cooks spoiling the broth.
"The halibut is insipid!'' one chef declares.
This is in contrast to the scene of the Norwegian fish farm where the halibut in the contest has been raised. "These are happy halibut,'' says a farmer. "When the halibut is happy, we are happy."
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Halibut????
Mama O's on Spenard....where halibut is king.
It's all about the cheeks.