# Food in Films - Your favorite scenes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 11, 2002, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-in-films-your-favorite-scenes/108409 "2002-05-11T01:19:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skijumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Skijumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skijumper)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-in-films-your-favorite-scenes/108409/1 "2002-05-11T01:19:28Z")
I love ‘Big Night’, especially the scene at the end where Stanley Tucci whips up breakfast for his brother and assistant. Big Night…Louis Prima and Timpano…mmmmmm. Then there’s Frances McDormand moving down the buffet table in Fargo. And the spaghetti eating scene in Goodfellas. Damn, I’m hungry. ---
**Author:** ![Romola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e36b37/32.png) [@Romola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Romola)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-in-films-your-favorite-scenes/108409/2 "2002-05-11T01:39:28Z")
_Eat Drink Man Woman_ has easily the most beautiful chinese food I have ever seen before. I love the food preparation scenes as much as the story itself. ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-in-films-your-favorite-scenes/108409/3 "2002-05-11T06:12:52Z")
The lunch scene in _The Breakfast Club_. It’s only a brief scene in a montage, but I love the scene in _Chasing Amy_ when Holden presents a birthday cake to Alyssa. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-in-films-your-favorite-scenes/108409/4 "2002-05-11T06:42:46Z")
tampopo is the best food movie ever. i especially like the room service scene, the oyster scene, and most especially the egg yolk scene. i usually need to get hosed down after that one. ---
**Author:** ![Osbie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cdc98d/32.png) [@Osbie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osbie)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-in-films-your-favorite-scenes/108409/5 "2002-05-11T07:24:39Z")
I second _Eat Drink Man Woman_ I wanna be able to chop things up like he does! I also nominate the eating scene in _Tom Jones_! ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-in-films-your-favorite-scenes/108409/6 "2002-05-11T08:02:35Z")
So many scenes in _Like Water For Chocolate_ that I actually gained five pounds just by watching the film. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-in-films-your-favorite-scenes/108409/7 "2002-05-11T11:53:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Octavia Smythe-Bunion I. Esq. \* > \*\* > > I also nominate the eating scene in _Tom Jones_! \*\* There you go, stealing my chance to seem classy. Bastard. That scene was great. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-in-films-your-favorite-scenes/108409/8 "2002-05-11T12:05:41Z")
The Monty Python sketch in the meaning of life 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-in-films-your-favorite-scenes/108409/9 "2002-05-11T14:14:54Z")
Eww. The _Meaning of Life_ scene is one of the few bits of Monty Python I could do without. Eww, eww. On the other hand, I second the mention of _Like Water for Chocolate_, particularly the lusty meal (quail with rose petals, was it?). I also enjoyed _Babette’s Feast_ and every single restaurant scene in _When Harry Met Sally_ (“On the side is a very big deal for you…”). ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-in-films-your-favorite-scenes/108409/10 "2002-05-11T14:26:40Z")
The Prince’s feast in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: Slice open the belly of the snake and catch the live eels slithering out, have a little eye-ball soup, and chilled monkey brains for dessert…MMMMMMM. ---
**Author:** ![peepthis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@peepthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peepthis)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-in-films-your-favorite-scenes/108409/11 "2002-05-11T15:26:45Z")
“9 1/2 Weeks”; or how about the parody of it in “Hot Shots”? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-in-films-your-favorite-scenes/108409/12 "2002-05-11T15:52:32Z")
Easy- John Belushi at the Faber College cafeteria line, in “Animal House.” I can see him now, surping down Jello, helping himself omassive quantities of food, to the strains of Sam Cooke’s “Wonderful World.” Capped off by “I’m a zit, get it?” And the food fight. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-in-films-your-favorite-scenes/108409/13 "2002-05-11T21:22:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by moi \* > \*\*I also enjoyed _Babette’s Feast_ … \*\* I’ll second this. I loved the way the old people, so determined not to like the “witch’s feast”, slowly grew to enjoy the food and wine and ended up having a great time. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@PatrickM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickM)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-in-films-your-favorite-scenes/108409/14 "2002-05-11T23:45:14Z")
I nominate the diner scene in “The In-Laws.” ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Rubin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billy_rubin/32/3622_2.png) [@Billy\_Rubin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Rubin)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-in-films-your-favorite-scenes/108409/15 "2002-05-12T02:30:12Z")
Eating breakfast with the boys in Reservoir dogs. “You want I should shoot this son of a bitch?” Hannibal Lecter, sauteing Ray Liotta’s brains in Hannibal. Oh, and the pork&beans around the campfire in Blazing Saddles. b. ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-in-films-your-favorite-scenes/108409/16 "2002-05-12T10:10:37Z")
_Big Night_ and _Babbette’s Feast_ were the two movies that immediately popped into my mind on reading the thread title. And although _Tampopo_ may very well be the best food movie ever, I have a special place in my heart for _Iron Monkey_. It’s the _Big Night_ of Kung-Fu films. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![kase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@kase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kase)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-in-films-your-favorite-scenes/108409/17 "2002-05-12T12:08:22Z")
Tom Hanks eating an itty-bitty corn in “Big”. This is not really food but; Danny DeVito slamming Billy Chrystal with a frying-pan[ Saying: “You LIED to me” \*_twack_ \* at the dinner table in “Throw Mama from the Train” ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-in-films-your-favorite-scenes/108409/18 "2002-05-12T13:59:31Z")
Juliette Binoche whipping up hot chocolate with chili in _Chocolat_. And her chocolate Nipples of Venus, of course. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-in-films-your-favorite-scenes/108409/19 "2002-05-12T14:02:29Z")
Definitely Eat Drink Man Woman. It’s inspiring. I also like the Godfather when Clemenza shows Michael how to make sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Jeremy\_s\_Evil\_Twin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Jeremy\_s\_Evil\_Twin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeremy_s_Evil_Twin)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-in-films-your-favorite-scenes/108409/20 "2002-05-12T14:17:17Z")
“Spaghetti eating scene in Goodfellas”? Doesn’t ring a bell. For true gluttony, it’s hard to beat Peter Greenaway’s _The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover_. Starts with coprophagia, ends with cannibalism, with all sorts of lovely appetizers in between. A classic! One of my favorite eating scenes on TV was in “Married with Children”, when Peggy redecorated Al’s bathroom in frilly pink and was showing it off to a bunch of her friends. Al retaliates by chomping down about half a dozen burritos & tacos, then picks up his newspaper and waddles off to the bathroom…from where Peg & her friends flee in terror, a split second later. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-in-films-your-favorite-scenes/108409.md?page=2)