People’s growing wealth has pushed the food industry forward, especially the high-end dining world. Directed by Mark Mylod and starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult, the recently released dark comedy thriller The Menu is a satire on the absurdity of classism. It follows a famous chef and his restaurant guests, including the wealthy, the celebrity, the food critic and the foodie blogger, for a deadly experience they are not expecting. Apart from the film’s apparent themes, what’s more worth examining is perhaps the mechanism behind the pretentious side of ultra-fine dining.