The Dating Menu
New York Asian Film Festival 2026
July 10 - 23
Searching for his long-lost chat room crush Zelda, a Hong Kong chef cooks his way through four dates, four Zeldas, and one deliciously awkward reckoning with love, memory, and appetite in Amos Why (Far Far Away, NYAFF 2022) and Frankie Chung’s funny, tender romance.
Screening + Q&A
with Frankie Chung
Thursday, July 16
Showtimes
Thu, July 16
Screening + Q&A
with Frankie Chung
Thursday, July 16
A private chef whose business is barely staying afloat looks for love the modern way: he opens a dating app and searches for Zelda, the girl who once captured his heart in a teenage chat room. Instead, the app gives him four Zeldas, each with a different life and story. For each one, he cooks a meal—part flirtation, part confession—as if the right dish might recover the person he was, or the future he missed. Amos Why, director of the beloved Far Far Away (NYAFF 2022), and co-director Frankie Chung serve a funny, tender Hong Kong romance about old flames, new disappointments, and the strange comfort of not moving on. Around the table, the film catches a food culture under threat, and the small, stubborn memories that survive in what people cook for one another.
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