Series synopsis
A Taste of Love, also known as 美味情緣 is a drama comedy television series that premiered on TVB Jade on June 4, 2001. It ended on July 6, 2001. It was created by Chi Wah Lam. It stars Lawrence Ng Kai-Wah, Flora Chan Wai-Shan, Joe Ma Tak-Chung and Joyce Tang Lai-Ming.
Qiao Huazhi was a kindergarten teacher with an optimistic and cheerful personality. She lived a harmonious life with her mother and stepfather until one day she received a lawyer's letter asking her to inherit her biological father Jiang Yaozhu 51% stake in a seafood restaurant named Bailixian on Lamma Island, and met with her half-brother Jiang Shang, whom she had never met. Baili Xian was originally a famous restaurant on the island, but since Zhu's death, the position of the chef has been han ...
Premise
Qiao Huazhi was a kindergarten teacher with an optimistic and cheerful personality. She lived a harmonious life with her mother and stepfather until one day she received a lawyer's letter asking her to inherit her biological father Jiang Yaozhu 51% stake in a seafood restaurant named Bailixian on Lamma Island, and met with her half-brother Jiang Shang, whom she had never met. Baili Xian was originally a famous restaurant on the island, but since Zhu's death, the position of the chef has been hanging, and the business has since plummeted. Zhiwei was inferior, so looking for the legendary genius chef Ma You to come back.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Lawrence Ng Kai-Wah
- Flora Chan Wai-Shan
- Joe Ma Tak-Chung
- Joyce Tang Lai-Ming
- Raymond Lam Fung
- Miriam Yeung Chin-Wah
- Hilary Tsui Ho-Ying
- Shing Fui-On
Supporting cast
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 25 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 25 | June 4, 2001 | July 6, 2001 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 ‘Prodigy Chef’ - MA YUI learns that his boss, a Chinese restaurant owner CHUI will come for dinner, so he prepares some of the restaurant specialties for him. CHUI appreciates his cooking and feels sad about his son SHEUNG YAU. Two years later, after CHUI’s funeral, the present chef for the restaurant goes on strike. SHEUNG YAU kicks him out and says that he can handle the restaurant. This comforts his mother KUK. CHUI’s illegitimate daughter GEE) inherited half of the restaurant. She is wondering whether she should give up teaching to run the restaurant. SHEUNG YAU is not interested in running the restaurant. His uncle JOE suggests he should sell it and tells him that someone is prepared to buy it for $2 million. The potential buyer is CHUI’s long-term enemy KUNG, the owner of another competing restaurant. When SHEUNG YAU finds out that GEE holds half of the restaurant shares, he tries to persuade her to sell it.… ... |
June 4, 2001 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 YAU scares off customers, hoping to make GEE give up the restaurant. PUNG suggests hiring YUI to be the chef. GEE finds out that YUI is selling fish soup in a street store. When she invites him to work in her restaurant, he will only consider it if she knows how to make a tasty fish soup. GEE’s friend, YEE suggests her to ask a famous chef SUN. SUN invites his boss, YUEN and two other critics to try his new recipes. They love the dishes and say that no one can beat him in cooking, but this reminds him of his colleague YUI. SUN loves MAY, but she is being difficult. GEE finds out the recipe for fish soup, but YUI still turns her down and annoys her. PUNG tells her that he will be convinced if she mentions CHUI, so she talks to him again but he still turns down her offer even though he is shocked to learn that CHUI is dead. |
June 5, 2001 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 GEE announces she will give all staff a 30 % pay rise if the restaurant makes a profit. Everyone is excited and works hard. When YAU sees them serving customers well, he feels betrayed and only finds out that they are just acting later. GEE meets YUI during a student home visit. He is reminded of CHUI’s help when he sees her cooking for her student. He agrees to work for her on condition that he is in charge of everything. YUI kicks YAU out of the kitchen when he is not co-operative. YUEN’s daughter, PO is back from Swissland. YUEN asks her to work for him, but she feels awkard as she studied music instead of business which YUEN expected of her. SUN advises her to tell YUEN the truth. YUI moves to Lamma. He is upset when he looks at the wedding ring, which reminds him so much of MAY. |
June 6, 2001 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TVB Jade |
|---|---|
| First aired | June 4, 2001 |
| Last aired | July 6, 2001 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Status | Ended |