The film stars Anna-Maija Tuokko, Chu Pak Hong, Kari Väänänen, Lucas Hsuan and Vesa-Matti Loiri, with dialogue in Finnish, Mandarin and English.
[2] The story concerns the Chinese master cook Cheng (Hong), who travels to the small village of Raattama in Kittilä, Lapland, with his son.
After the death of his wife, the Chinese cook Cheng travels to the Finnish village of Pohjanjoki with his son to meet his benefactor Fongtron, who had helped him in a difficult situation back home in Shanghai.
Instead of her basic dish of pork bits with mashed potatoes, Cheng makes the tourists Chinese noodle soup from simple ingredients.
This turns out to work as his food cures people of ailments ranging from high blood pressure to menstrual pain.