The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World

West Lake Restaurant in South Chinas Changsha can safely call itself the biggest Chinese restaurant in the world with its staff of 1000 working 5000 tables and serving no fewer than 150 ducks per day and 200 snakes per week The words of the restaurants staff and guests are used in the film to paint a picture of modern China the proprietress one of the citys 20 selfmade millionaires speaks candidly about her failed marriage a bridegroomtobe who is celebrating at the restaurant explains the modern Chinese customs associated with the wedding party and a waitress visits her poor parents in the countryside Through these scenes we gain insight into the unique combination of the ancient religious values and the new capitalist values with which China is stepping into the 21st century