This is Not What I Expected is a Hong Kong romantic comedy (Mandarin with subtitles). Lu Jin (Takeshi Kaneshiro) is a multimillionaire with a lot of OCD and exacting tastes in food. Gu Sheng Nan (Zhou Dongyu) is a clumsy hotel chef who cooks with passion.

Lu Jin is staying at the hotel to determine whether or not to buy it. After he rejects all dishes the manager asks Gu Sheng Nan to come up with a dish and she creates something he likes. After that she is his de facto personal chef but they never meet.

Meanwhile outside of that role Lu Jin and Gu Sheng Nan are sort of antagonists. Gu Sheng Nan keyed Lu Jin's car and later got him arrested. Whenever she's around something bad seems to happen to Lu Jin.

And then about half way through the film they finally meet. Gu Sheng Nan takes a vacation and Lu Jin follows her home, almost forcing her to cook for him. They start to get to know each other a bit. Gu Sheng Nan is definitely falling for Lu Jin but does he feel the same?

I think it's over two hours long which is long for a romantic comedy. But I like how the story develops and it does come to a satisfying conclusion. So overall a pretty good film.