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Chinese cuisine is the promise of an inexpensive taste journey, right on your doorstep… Tasty and fragrant, it is the most popular exotic food in France. But do we know the authentic gastronomy of the Middle Kingdom? Buffets and caterers have a bad reputation. Their back kitchens are the subject of all fantasies, even the most outlandish. What do you really find there? How far are some prepared to go to lower prices? Fortunately, a new generation of restaurateurs shares a fixed idea. To restore the reputation of Chinese cuisine, with great strokes of authenticity. Their menu mainly displays regional specialties. China has a thousand-year-old culinary tradition. We went back to the origins of certain emblematic dishes, such as noodles… From the confines of the Chinese terroir to the backstage of French restaurateurs, is this cuisine to be eaten with chopsticks? Director: Floriane Chaume