A Hint of You
Promo poster
Also known asTaste of Missing You
美味的想念
GenreRomance, Drama, Food
Created bySanlih E-Television
Written byXu Yun Qi 許芸齊
Huang Zheng Nan 黃正男
Directed byFeng Kai 馮凱
Wu Meng En 吳蒙恩
StarringMichael Zhang
Nana Lee
Danson Tang
Demi Yin
Jay Shih
Cindy Song
Hans Zhang
Opening themeA Hint of You 美味的想念 by Danson Tang
Ending themeShouldn't Be Brave 不應該勇敢 by Soo Wincci
Country of originTaiwan
Original languageMandarin
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes68
Production
ProducersGuo Jian Hong 郭建宏
Zhang Man Na 張曼娜
Production locationTaiwan
Camera setupMulti camera
Running time60 minutes
Production companiesSanlih E-Television
TransWorld Production Co. 映畫傳播事業股份有限公司
Original release
NetworkSETTV
Release6 March (2013-03-06) 
28 June 2013 (2013-06-28)

A Hint of You (Chinese: 美味的想念; pinyin: Měi Wèi De Xiǎng Niàn) is a 2013 Taiwanese romantic television series with a food theme television series produced by Sanlih E-Television, starring Michael Zhang, Nana Lee, Danson Tang, Demi Yin, Jay Shih, Cindy Song and Hans Zhang as the main cast. The Chinese title literally translates to "Taste of Missing You". Filming began on February 14, 2013 and completed on June 25, 2013, the drama was filmed as it aired. First original broadcast began on March 6, 2013 on SETTV airing on weekdays from 9:00-10:00 pm, final episode aired on June 28, 2013 with 68 episodes total. This is SETTV last drama to air during its weekday 9:00-10:00 pm timeslot before it was obsoleted to air variety programs instead.[1]

Synopsis

Xia Qing You works as a cook at her small family owned seafood restaurant that was started by her late father. She is unaware that the dishes she creates are subpar, until Fu Zai Yu dines at her restaurant one evening and harshly criticizes her cooking. Not taking his comments well, she, her family and regular patrons at the restaurant out number Zai Yu in his argument. One day a VIP customer who was a regular patron of her father reserves the entire restaurant and pays top dollars to taste a lobster dish he had eaten when her dad was running the restaurant. After tasting Qing You's dishes he is not happy and starts comparing her father's cooking to hers, he also tells her that her level of cooking will eventually put the restaurant out of business. After finding out that her father was once a chef at the high end Hana Japanese Restaurant, she decides to dine there to have a taste of their food. At Hana she runs into Zai Yu, who is the head chef at the restaurant. He cooks her his signature egg friend rice dish to show her how good food should taste like. Upon her first bite it brings her back to the taste of her father's fried rice dish. After many failed attempts at duplicating the taste of Zai Yu's dish, she begs and stalks Zai Yu to accept her as his student in order to learn how to make his fried rice dish.[2][3]

Cast

Main

  • Michael Zhang 張勛傑 as Fu Zai Yu 傅在宇 - Male age 30
  • Nana Lee 李千娜 as Xia Qing You 夏青柚 - Female age 27
  • Danson Tang 唐禹哲 as Du Huai An 杜懷安 - Male age 26
  • Demi Yin 茵芙 as Xia Yi Huan 夏以歡 - Female age 25
  • Jay Shih as Sun Tian Hao 孫天皓 - Male age 27
  • Cindy Song 宋紀妍 as Song Yu Xin 宋玉欣 - Female age 26
  • Hans Zhang 張翰 as Lu Zhen Ya 陸振雅 - Male age 38

Supporting

Lung 100 restaurant/Xia family

  • Akio Chen 陳慕義 as Xia De 夏德 - Male age 55
  • Ke Shu Qin 柯淑勤 as Xia Lin Zhao Di 夏林招弟 - Female age 50
  • Ivy Shao 邵雨薇 as You Zhen Zhen 游真真 - Female age 22

Fu family

  • Fu Lei 傅雷 as Fu Chang Nian 傅長年 - Male age 53
  • Alice Huang 黃采儀 as Zhou Jia Mei 周家梅 - Female age 51

Song family

  • Don Wong 王道 as Song Si Qi 宋斯祺 - Male age 54
  • Fang Wen Lin 方文琳 as Zhang Wan Wan 張婉婉 / Ke Meng Rong 柯孟容 - Female age 49
  • Denny Huang 黃柏鈞 as Song Yu Zong 宋玉宗 - Male age 22

Hana Japanese restaurant staff

  • Huang Wei Ting 黃薇渟 as Wang Mei Xiang 王美香 - Female age 22
  • Kevin Zhou 周凱文 as Lian Wen Xiang 連文翔 - Male age 27
  • Vincent Qiu 邱俊儒 as Jin Zhong Gang 金仲剛 - Male age 30
  • Chen Jia Hao 陳嘉豪 as Guo Wei Cheng 郭偉成 - Male age 32
  • Josh Lu 陸侲曦 as Chen Kai Xi 陳凱曦 - Male age 20

Extended

  • Tsai Ming-hsiu as Driver 司機
  • Lucas Luo 駱炫銘) as Dong Dong 東東
  • Calvin Lee 地球 as Wang Zai 旺仔
  • Dou Fei 杜霏 as Boss Tsai 蔡老師
  • Zhao Shun 趙舜 as Mr. Tu 涂先生
  • Shen Chang Hung 沈昶宏 as young Zai Yu 小在宇
  • Vent Teng 鄧志鴻 as Guo Seng 高桑
  • Liu Er-chin as General Manager 總經理
  • Baebae Lin 林采欣 as Rebecca
  • Chen Sui-yi 陳隨意 as Ah Siu Se 阿水師

Guest star

  • Chris Wang 宥勝 as Zai Yu's friend
  • Summer Meng 孟耿如 as Zai Yu's friend
  • Alan Kuo 柯有倫 as Alan Zai Yu's friend
  • Jolie Cheng 程潔莉 as Zai Yu's friend
  • Ting Chiang 丁強 as Boss Lin 林老闆
  • George Chang 張兆志 as Host 主持人
  • Cherry Hsia 夏如芝 as Marko
  • Joelle Lu 陸明君 as Wang Fang Rui 王芳蕊
  • Gino 宇騰 as Mr. Michellin 米奇林先生
  • Jenson Tien 田家達 as Fang Rui's ex-husband 芳蕊前夫

Soundtrack

A Hint of You
Original TV Soundtrack (OST)
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
Released21 June 2013
GenreMandopop
LanguageMandarin
LabelAvex Taiwan Inc.

A Hint of You Original TV Soundtrack (OST) (美味的想念 電視原聲帶) was released on June 21, 2013 by various artists under Avex Taiwan Inc. record label. It contains 14 tracks total, in which 6 tracks are instrumental versions of the original songs. The opening theme is track 2 "A Hint of You 美味的想念 " by Danson Tang, while the closing theme is track 1 "Shouldn't Be Brave 不應該勇敢" by Soo Wincci.

Track listing

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Shouldn't Be Brave" (不應該勇敢)Soo Wincci 蘇盈之4:24
2."A Hint of You" (美味的想念)Danson Tang 唐禹哲3:29
3."I Don't Know, Love" (我不懂,愛)Ryan Ding 丁衣凡3:51
4."Wait For Love" (等待愛)Nico An 安晨妤3:20
5."Sun" (太陽)Min Hsiung 民雄4:45
6."Without Me, You Okay?" (沒有我,你過的好嗎?)Danson Tang 唐禹哲4:17
7."Can't Hide" (藏不住)By23:51
8."Pride and Prejudice" (傲慢與偏見)Soo Wincci 蘇盈之4:33
9."Shouldn't Be Brave (Qing Zi warm ver.)" (不應該勇敢 (柚子 溫馨版))Instrumental3:05
10."I Don't Know, Love (Tian Hao confessions ver.)" (我不懂,愛 (天皓 告白版))Instrumental2:22
11."Sun ( An Huan his ver.)" (太陽 (安靜 吉他版))Instrumental2:42
12."Wait For Love (Zai Yu frustrated ver.)" (等待愛 (在宇 失意版))Instrumental3:01
13."Without Me, You Okay? (Huai An romantic ver.)" (沒有我,你過的好嗎? (懷安 浪漫版))Instrumental2:21
14."I Don't Know, Love (Crystal romantic ver.)" (我不懂,愛 (水晶 浪漫版))Instrumental3:16

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Broadcast

NetworkCountryAiring DateTimeslot
SETTV TaiwanMarch 6, 2013Monday to Friday 9:00-10:00 pm
ETTVMonday to Friday 11:00 pm –12:00 am
Astro Quan Jia HD MalaysiaJuly 6, 2013Saturday 1:00-5:30 pm
StarHub TV SingaporeMay 27, 2013Monday to Friday 7:00-8:00 pm
TVB J2 Hong KongFebruary 6, 2015Monday to Friday 7:30-8:30 am
Amarin TV ThailandSeptember 10, 2015Monday to Friday 2:00-3:30 pm

Episode ratings

Competing dramas on rival channels airing at the same time slot were:
Air DateEpisodesWeekly Average RatingsRank
6–7 March 20131-21.004
11–14 March 20133-61.143
18–21 March 20137-101.253
25–28 March 201311-141.413
01-4 April 201315-181.733
08-11 April 201319-221.604
15–18 April 201323-261.544
22–25 April 201327-301.534
29 April-2 May 201331-341.423
06-9 May 201335-381.413
13–16 May 201339-421.623
20–23 May 201343-461.443
27–30 May 201347-501.573
03-6 June 201351-541.623
10–13 June 201355-581.893
17–21 June 201359-631.743
24–28 June 201364-682.193
Average ratings1.56

Awards and nominations

The 2013 Sanlih Drama Awards Ceremony were held on December 28, 2013 at Sanlih's headquarters and broadcasting studios at No. 159, Section 1, Jiuzong Rd, Neihu District Taipei City, Taiwan.

Year Ceremony Category Nominee Result
2013 2013 Sanlih Drama Awards 華劇大賞

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Viewers Choice Drama Award A Hint of You Nominated
Best Actor Award Micheal Zhang Nominated
Best Actress Award Nana Lee Nominated
Best Screen Couple Award Micheal Zhang & Nana Lee Nominated
Best Kiss Award Micheal Zhang & Nana Lee Nominated
Best Foolishly Award Ke Shu-qin Won
Fang Wen-lin Nominated

References

  1. "吳宗憲,張勛傑 - 綜藝大熱門_Yes圖庫". Archived from the original on 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2015-04-17. 「美味的想念」交接「綜藝大熱門」開拓「華人娛樂」市場 吳宗憲、張勛傑龍蝦交接 收視「活跳跳」!(in Chinese). Retrieved April 17, 2015
  2. A Hint of You af page. Retrieved April 17, 2015
  3. A Hint of You viki page. Retrieved April 17, 2015
  4. KKbox OST page. Retrieved April 17, 2015
  5. Yesasia.com A Hint of You OST info. Retrieved April 17, 2015
  6. "2013華劇大賞_微博網路獨家合作投票" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2014-10-22. Retrieved 2015-04-17. SETTV 2013 awards Retrieved 2013-02-15
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