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Lobster Bisque

Writer's picture: Peter K F Cheung SBSPeter K F Cheung SBS
  1. FADE IN.


  2. Act 1


  3. INT. RESTAURANT - SATURDAY NIGHT


  4. Cosy. Sitting opposite to each other, PETER and SON, his WIFE and DAUGHTER are reading the menus.


  5. WIFE: We'll order Lobster Bisque.


  6. PETER: Why? Your home-made Lobster Bisque is on par with the best restaurant in Hong Kong.


  7. WIFE: The standard of this restaurant isn't bad. I want to do some benchmarking.


  8. PETER: Eat right. Okay then, we'll also have Lobster Bisque.


  9. PETER (V.O.): I don't think the food ingredients here can beat my wife's.


  10. They continue to read the menus.


  11. PETER (Cont'd): I think we can skip oysters.


  12. WIFE: Yes, we often have nice ones at home. We'll order other main courses.


  13. PETER: Okay, I'll have Fish & Chips. I want to do some benching marketing with those I had elsewhere.


  14. Act 2


  15. INT. RESTAURANT - CONTINUOUS


  16. A WAITER takes their orders by just listening.


  17. PETER (V.O.): When I was working as a part-time hotel waiter, I did the same sometimes. I had very good memory then.


  18. Recalling.


  19. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): There wasn't Lobster Bisque in the hotel restaurant menu. The Russian Borscht soup was classic.


  20. Pausing.


  21. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The Hong Kong high society in the 1960s was less affluent than now. To have shrimps was already a luxury.


  22. Pausing.


  23. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): My first taste of Lobster Bisque was when I became a professional.


  24. Soon, a main course is presented.


  25. PETER: Oh! How can they serve the main course ahead of the soup! So unprofessional!


  26. WIFE: Never mind. We share our food.


  27. PETER: But the order of courses is quite basic.


  28. PETER (V.O.): That's one of the first things I learned as a waiter.


  29. Then, the Lobster Bisques are served.


  30. PETER: They look good with puff pastry caps.


  31. Peter tastes his Lobster Bisque.


  32. PETER: Having some Thai flavour, it's a little different.


  33. Peter stirs the soup.


  34. PETER (Cont'd): There're two shrimps with shells. But no lobster meat.


  35. WIFE: You shouldn't be comparing with the Lobster Bisque that I prepared at home.


  36. Peter samples the shrimps.


  37. PETER: Oh, they're tasteless! Worse than any Tom Yum soup.


  38. Pausing.


  39. PETER (V.O.): Shrimps aren't lobsters!


  40. WIFE: What do you expect from a $70 soup?


  41. After two more main courses are served, Peter's wife gestures to the waiter.


  42. WIFE: Our Fish & Chips is still outstanding.


  43. The waiter checks the electronic records in a device nearby.


  44. WAITER: I'm ordering that for you now.


  45. PETER (V.O.): When I was in his position, I was accurate and orderly in everything that I did.


  46. Pausing.


  47. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Accuracy leads to credibility.


  48. Later, as the waiter presents a main course, Peter's FAMILY focus on it.


  49. WIFE: It doesn't look like Fish & Chips...


  50. Later, the waiter brings them the accurate dish.


  51. Act 3


  52. INT. HOME - SUNDAY AFTERNOON


  53. Peter's wife is going out.


  54. WIFE: Apart from the main dinner courses, what soup would you like to have?


  55. PETER: Your Lobster Bisque!


  56. INT. KITCHEN - SUNDAY NIGHT


  57. As his wife's preparing for Lobster Bisque, Peter checks it out.


  58. PETER: That's quite a preparation.


  59. Recalling.


  60. PETER (V.O.): I used to be a good cook. I learned by observing and experimenting.


  61. Thinking.


  62. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Cooking is one of the great gifts to those we love.


  63. Pausing.


  64. PETER (Cont'd): Let me cook one dinner for the family one night!


  65. WIFE: Only when our maid isn't on leave.


  66. Peter smiles.


  67. FADE OUT.


  68. THE END



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