Netflix continues to broaden its menu of dramas focused on ultra-fine-dining culture with the launch of Hunger. A new Netflix movie for 2023, this tense Thai film premiered on the streaming service on April 8, and is a great choice if you're looking for something thoughtful to watch.
It follows a young chef called Aoy (a quietly amazing performance by Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying), who we first encounter working in her family’s noodle restaurant in Thailand. Aoy is soon invited to join an elite fine-dining kitchen called Hunger, swapping traditional stir-fry noodle dishes with wafer-thin slices of wagyu. The story follows her through a rollercoaster ride of emotions centering on her own ambitions, as well as on the class divide between the people she's cooking for and the community she's come from.
