Once upon a time in the Middle East 欢迎来龙餐馆

The Story Xu Fu is a debt-ridden chef from Northeast China who travels to the fictional Middle Eastern city of Bahata in 2002 to work at a Chinese restaurant, hoping to support his family and pay off what he owes. Teaming up with the restaurant’s savvy floor manager Ma Junsheng, he transforms the struggling Dragon Restaurant into a bustling success with dishes like Kung Pao chicken and candied sweet potatoes. But when war suddenly engulfs the city, their hard-won stability shatters, and the restaurant becomes an unlikely refuge for displaced civilians, orphans, and even American soldiers caught in the conflict. What begins as a simple quest for survival evolves into a quiet, devastating meditation on what it means to preserve humanity when the world around you collapses. Characters Xu Fu (played by Shen Teng): A skilled chef from Northeast China who travels to the Middle East to pay off family debts. Pragmatic and initially focused only on survival, he gradually becomes the reluctant…

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