It is established early on that one of the lead characters from “In the Mood for Love” makes repeat trips to the local noodle stall to pick up her food because she “doesn’t like to cook.”

The two leads also have a chat about sesame syrup, which helped me choose the sesame ginger sauce for this pairing.

Our recipe for these forbidden rice noodles with sesame ginger tempeh and broccoli is pretty easy, with just four ingredients. It is vegan, low FODMAP and gluten-free, making 4 “servings.”

Ingredients
4 servings forbidden rice noodles
1 10-ounce package frozen broccoli
1 236-mL bottle sesame ginger sauce
2 blocks tempeh, cubed

Instructions
Prepare your noodles according to their packaging. For us, after a pot of water came to a boil, we added our noodles and cooked them for five minutes.

While your water is boiling, heat the broccoli, sesame ginger sauce and cubed tempeh in a covered wok or skillet.

When the noodles are done and drained, put them back in their pot along with the sauced tempeh and broccoli, mixing everything together with a big spoon or tongs.

Serve and enjoy with “In the Mood for Love!”

The Easy Route
You might be able to find some pre-cubed tempeh for this. You can also heat the broccoli, tempeh and sauce in the microwave for a quicker option.

The Pairing
Yes, as promised, I’m here with my second pairing featuring a Wong Kar-wai film in less than a year.

“In the Mood for Love” revolves around the new residents of a Hong Kong apartment building in the 1960s.

Tony Leung Chiu-wai once again is the lead in this film, a drama that makes the everyday poetic and shows how slight variances of routines can be disruptive and change your life, both in positive and negative ways.

Mr. Chan (Leung) and Mrs. Chow (Maggie Cheung Man-yuk) are neighbors who discover that their spouses are having an affair, and they quickly develop an unusual relationship.

The cinematography of “In the Mood for Love” is stunning, echoing the emotional world of the film’s two leads.

The shots pair with the film’s score and often silent performances to truly make this film unforgettable. I saw it for the first time in college, and it’s really stayed with me for the last 15 years.

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