Taste of Love is a 2015 Taiwanese romantic comedy television series produced by TVBS, starring Ray Chang, Vivian Sung, :zh:戴祖雄|Hero Tai and :zh:楊晴|Ching Yang as the main cast. Filming began in August, 2015 on location in Macau and will be filmed as it airs. First original broadcast began October 16, 2015 on TTV channel airing on Friday nights from 10:00-11:30 pm.
Synopsis
Chris Man, the younger heir to "Man Kee Restaurant", an Michelin star restaurant in Macau, lives an affluent selfish life. His family restaurant's most famous dish is the roast goose with special house sauce, which his mother is the only one that knows of the secret recipe. The restaurant finds itself in dire consequences when his mother collapses and goes into an coma. When the media reports about their mother's condition and that she is the only one that knows of the secret recipe this puts the restaurant's reputation and business in jeopardy. After only finding a postcard with a Taiwan address in the safe box where the recipe is supposedly kept, Chris heads to Taiwan hoping to find the origin of the secret recipe to save his family's restaurant. In Taiwan, Ye Xiao He is assigned to be his personal tour guide. She is a happy-go-lucky foodie who cares more about food then materialistic things. Their first meeting at the airport gets off on the wrong foot as she mistakes him to be a pervert when someone pushes him into her rear end. Further thinking he is still trying to harass her when he tries to tell her she is his tour guide she pepper sprays him. Once she finds out Chris is her VIP client she becomes apologetic as she is afraid to be written up again due to an earlier tour event where she wandered around by herself and lost track of time making her tour group wait for her. Chris hands Xiao He an address and tells her to find the place. When they arrived they find out the address is an abandoned restaurant. With no other leads Xiao He asks her chef friend Chen Jun Hao if he has any information about the abandoned restaurant. One of Jun Hao's co-workers is only able to provide Chris with what he knows of the abandoned restaurant's chef reputation and his surname. With the little information they just received Chris proceeds on his journey, but before they can continue Xiao He reminds him that the day is almost over and he must pay for that day's services. Soon realizing he got pocketed of his identifications and wallet at the airport, he swallows his pride and unpleasant attitude to depend on Xiao He for food and broad that night when he backs out of contacting Charlie, the only person he knows in Taiwan. Xiao He brings Chris to her home and catches her live-in boyfriend naked with another woman. When Xiao He refuse to forgive her boyfriend's infidelity he becomes petty and kicks her out of their home because the deed is in his name and takes back all the gifts he ever gave her. With nowhere to go Xiao He goes back and brings Chris with her to her hometown village to stay at her family home. At Xiao He's home Chris encounters Xiao He's man hungry older sister and learns of Xiao He's estranged relationship with her mother. He also encounters Charlie who thinks he went to Taiwan to find her since the two had a past relationship, but he lies and tells Charlie that he and Xiao He are a couple.
Cast
Characters of Macau origin, names are listed in Cantonese then Mandarin pronunciations.
