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The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World

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China's West Lake Restaurant has seating for 5,000 people, a live-in staff and live entertainment.

Critics Reviews

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Jeremy Heilman MovieMartyr.com 01/10/2011
43/100
Taken as a whole, it's as trivial as anything in the Guiness Book of World Records. Go to Full Review Kam Williams CNA Newsworld 02/01/2010
4/4
A brilliant examination of Chinese culture and cuisine which subtly uncovers a telling microcosm of the myriad contradictions that the communist nation has manifested en route to its embrace of elements of capitalism. Go to Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 09/17/2008
1.5/4
...an interminable misfire. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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02/01/2009 Not quite what I was expecting; I thought there would be more about the food, and interviews with the chefs would have been appreciated. Still, it was very interesting. See more Read all reviews
The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World

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Cast & Crew

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Weijun Chen

Director

Mette Hoffmann Meyer

Executive Producer

Roo Rogers

Executive Producer

Lawrence Elman

Producer

Movie Info

Synopsis China's West Lake Restaurant has seating for 5,000 people, a live-in staff and live entertainment.
Director
Weijun Chen
Producer
Lawrence Elman
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Chinese
Runtime
1h 20m