At the beginning of the film This Is Not What I Expected, we are
introduced to a wealthy businessman named
Jin. He owns several businesses, most of which
are restaurants. Jin is a culinary art enthusiast
and is very particular about the food sold in
his restaurants. He spends hours tasting dishes
served by famous chefs to make them perfect.
Through the years, he has developed a unique
talent where he can tell what ingredients
a dish is made of just by smelling it.
One day, Shengnan goes to a five-star
hotel that he is looking to buy.
The first dish he is served is the famous beef
wellington which is a specialty of the head chef.
Jin tries a bite and spits it out, saying that
the type of mushroom used in the dish is wrong.
Similarly, he served a plethora of different
dishes, all of which are the chef’s special.
However, each of them has one drawback or the
other that dissatisfies him. By the end of an
hour, the head chef runs out of ideas and
feels helpless. The staff also have no clue
how to impress someone as picky as Jin.
This is when we are introduced to a young
chef named Shengnan. Although she is just an
intern, her knowledge of worldwide culinary
styles is impeccable and she is soon to
be promoted because of her talent.
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Even though they only have twenty
minutes left before Jin leaves,
Shengnan takes the challenge to make him
something he likes. None of the staff members
think she can pull it off but right after twenty
minutes, Jin has a new dish on his table.
When he smells the first whiff of the food, his
eyes open wide. He recognizes it as the special
Romani dish named Spaghetti Alla Strega.
Jin can even tell that the cook is a woman
because the dish is passed down to females of
Romani origin. The spices must be very carefully
measured because it is a traditional dish that
doesn’t allow any personal spin on it. Shengnan
has made it exactly how it is supposed to be which
gains Jin’s appreciation. He cleans the plate dry
and decides to stay at the hotel for a
few days to taste more of her dishes.
The manager tells Shengnan about Jin’s comment,
making her realize that he has a vast knowledge
of food. She takes it as a challenge and is
ready to blow his mind with her cooking.
Shengnan is also dating the restaurant’s
general manager. He takes advantage of
her position and makes her cook food for him
even on the days she is busy. One afternoon,
after enjoying everything she made for him, he
reveals that he wants to break up because she
is too skinny for his liking.
Shengnan is heartbroken but
she knows there is no point in arguing.
Later that day, Jin is on his way out when
he notices her sitting on his car’s hood.
He doesn’t recognize her as the chef since
he never saw her face. Shengnan thinks the car
belongs to her ex-boyfriend and scratches it to
teach him a lesson. When Jin calls her out, she
realizes she came to the wrong floor. She quickly
apologizes and promises to paint it new.
At night, Shengnan gets drunk and climbs on
the roof. At the same time, Jin is making
ramen in his room. He believes that
even the two-minute noodle is a difficult dish to
make since one has to measure the ingredients and
time precisely. Just when he is about to
take a bite, someone falls on his balcony.
It is none other than a drunk Shengnan who has
fallen from the roof. When she refuses to go out,
Jin puts her into a suitcase and keeps her
inside the elevator. She is found by two
staff members who go into a frenzy,
assuming that she is a dead body.
In the following scene, Jin is locked inside a
cell with other criminals. Shengnan is outside
explaining what happened to the policeman. A while
later, Jin’s assistant arrives and bails him out.
Jin hopes to never meet Shengnan again
but they cross paths the very next day.
Shengnan is helping some kids when she
accidentally touches a beehive. The bees
attack Jin, making his face swell. Having had
enough of her, he gives her a watch that will
alert her if she is near him. Shengnan promises
to run away as soon as she hears the alarm.
Starting the next day, Jin orders
several dishes to test the chef’s talent.
Shengnan impresses him with every single dish but
Jin is still unaware that she is the same girl he
wants to stay away from. With time, he starts
ordering food that is not even on the menu.
Shengnan works till midnight and is very tired
but Jin doesn’t show signs of exhaustion.
Hence, she puts squid ink on one of the
dishes, symbolizing that she is running away.
Jin understands the message and
stops ordering food for the night.
He also sends her a letter asking her to be
a good opponent instead of running away.
The following day, Jin has to appear
in an interview. The interviewer asks
him questions about the suitcase scandal,
making him uncomfortable. At the same time,
Shengnan finds out the picky client is none
other than the same guy who she has to stay
away from. Scared that her watch will ring, she
tries to run but falls into the swimming pool.
For the next meal, Jin wants Shengnan to showcase
her creativity. Instead of the name of the dishes,
he sends her three themes that she is
free to interpret however she likes.
The themes are; a time, a place, and a moment.
For the first theme, Shengnan makes extremely
spicy seafood, indicating summertime. Jin has a
hard time eating anything spicy but is happy that
she nailed the theme. The second one is the place.
In this dish, Jin can smell rosemary which reminds
him of a lighthouse by the sea. He realizes it is
a depiction of Shanghai. Then, for the last dish,
she makes pork with matcha seasoning that Jin
associates with the Japanese tea ceremony.
He is beyond impressed by Shengnan’s talent
while Shengnan is impressed that he could
find out exactly what she was trying to
portray with each dish. For the dessert,
she requests she makes an original dish.
It is a sweet cake made of up ingredients that are
typically from the US, Canada, and the UK. These
are the three places Jin has lived in over the
years so he understands that it represents him.
However, there is a truffle on the side that takes
him by surprise. He asks the waiter to bring the
chef so she can explain its meaning personally.
Afraid to face him, Shengnan sends the head
chef outside with her message. He reveals that
the truffle grows underground and eats everything
around it to maintain its power. Shengnan believes
Jin is like a truffle which is why she made it.
Jin refuses to believe the head chef and goes
looking for Shengnan but she runs away before
he finds her. A while later, they bump into
each other in the bathroom. Jin smells the
scent of food from her and recognizes her
as the chef who has been cooking for him.
The following day at work, he turns off his watch
and catches her cooking in the restaurant’s
kitchen. Shengnan has to reluctantly admit
that she is his chef. She also affirms that
the truffle was to symbolize his arrogance.
Jin gives it a thought and praises her for
understanding him better than himself.
Later, he is in his room when he gets a
call from his father Mr. Lu. The man is so
business-oriented that he frequently fails to be
a father to Jin. Lu urges him to return to work as
he has spent a lot of time in a single hotel.
Next morning, Jin calls the room service to order
the first meal of the day. However, he is told
Shengnan is on sick leave. Not wanting to eat food
cooked by anyone else, he goes to her apartment.
He has even brought all the necessary ingredients
so she can make the dish that he wants her to.
Her home is messy but Jin declutters and sets
himself a table while she cooks. Shengnan is still
weirded out by his appearance but she sits down
with him to eat. To her surprise, he asks her
to eat in the kitchen because he prefers eating
alone. She curses him for being arrogant before
doing as told. When she comes out a while later,
she finds Jin taking a nap on her couch.
He has a hard time falling asleep anywhere
else but for some reason, her couch is very
comfortable. Jin wakes up hours later and finds
Shengnan sleeping on her bed. The next day, he
comes again and makes her cook a different dish.
After eating, he falls asleep again. On the third
day, he comes with a sheet to cover the couch to
make it more comfortable. As days pass, he starts
bringing pajamas and his personal belongings.
All this time, Shengnan can hardly fall asleep
because of his snoring and has a hard time at
work because of it. One afternoon, Shengnan allows
her to eat with him and they two enjoy a long meal
together. They also eat blowfish for the first
time, unaware that it makes people high.
Soon, the two feel its effects and
hallucinate that it is raining.
They stay under an umbrella even when indoors and
talk about several things that make no sense.
A while later, they go out for a walk, still
thinking that it is raining when the weather
is completely dry. Then, they end up inside a
bus where Jin’s high wears off. He realizes that
people are looking at him and asks Shengnan to
put the umbrella down. She doesn’t listen to him,
still affected by the high.
By the end of the night,
Jin brings her home and tucks her in. Cut to two
days later. Shengnan hasn’t seen him since they
last ate together. He has also checked out
of the hotel which worries her. Deciding to
check up on him, she arrives at his home.
To her surprise, he is enjoying a meal made
by his personal chef of seven years. The women
instantly see each other as rivals and try to
prove how important they are to Jin. In the end,
an infuriated Shengnan storms off in anger.
The next day, the other chef
comes to meet Shengnan at work
and asks her to be an assistant chef for Jin.
Shengnan refuses, asking her to go away. At night,
Jin comes to her apartment to apologize but drives
away at the last minute. He has never felt close
to anyone in his life other than Shengnan which
is why he is scared of losing her. But he doesn’t
understand that it is love and pulls away.
Then he goes to the restaurant the next day and
fires all the kitchen employees. He has decided
to buy the hotel but since it doesn’t live up to
their standard management wise, their company
has decided to use it for something else. Jin
tries to talk to Shengnan, but she doesn’t
want to listen to a word he has to say.
During dinner, Jin asks his chef to join him.
She is surprised because over the course of
seven years he has never asked her to eat.
She reveals that she only made one portion
like she always does. After she leaves,
Jin gets a message from her saying that she
cannot be more than a personal chef to him.
Jin has to catch a flight in a few hours. He
wants to see Shengnan before leaving but decides
against it. In the following scene, he is with
his father who is disappointed in him for letting
his personal interests get in the way of business.
They have a meal together and Jin asks Mr.
Lu if he has ever been in love with someone.
His father answers that he doesn’t indulge in
anything that doesn’t support his business.
At this moment, Jin registers he doesn’t want to
be like his father. He takes the next flight to
Shanghai to meet Shengnan again. Meanwhile, she
is about to sell the watch he gave her long ago.
Suddenly, it starts to ring, indicating his
presence. Shengnan sees him on the other
side of the road and quickly takes a taxi. She
doesn’t want to face him or talk to him.
Jin, on the other hand, is stubborn. He follows
the taxi behind and ends up in a crowded market.
Upon taking the watch’s signal, he
finds Shengnan’s dog with it. Then,
the dog brings him to a place where Shengnan has
locked herself inside. She refuses to talk to him,
but her internet piques when he mentions that
she is the only friend he has had in life.
He confesses his love and asks her to come
outside. Shengnan even makes him say that
she is the sexiest person in the world. After the
interaction, they go to her apartment building but
Jin brings her to a different apartment because
it has a better view of the sky. The movie ends
as they watch the sunset together.
This movie ends here.
Thank You.
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