A Hint of You

A Hint of You
美味的想念

A Hint of You promo poster
Also known as Taste of Missing You
Genre Romance, Drama, Food
Created by Sanlih E-Television 三立電視
Written by Xu Yun Qi 許芸齊
Huang Zheng Nan 黃正男
Directed by Feng Kai 馮凱
Wu Meng En 吳蒙恩
Starring Michael Zhang 張勛傑
Nana Lee 李千娜
Danson Tang 唐禹哲
Demi Yin 茵芙
Jay Shih 是元介
Cindy Song 宋紀妍
Hans Zhang 張翰
Opening theme A Hint of You 美味的想念 by Danson Tang 唐禹哲
Ending theme Shouldn't Be Brave 不應該勇敢 by Soo Wincci 蘇盈之
Country of origin Republic of China (Taiwan)
Original language(s) Mandarin
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 68
Production
Producer(s) Guo Jian Hong 郭建宏
Zhang Man Na 張曼娜
Location(s) Taiwan
Camera setup Multi camera
Running time 60 minutes
Production company(s) Sanlih E-Television 三立電視
TransWorld Production Co. 映畫傳播事業股份有限公司
Distributor Sanlih E-Television
Broadcast
Original channel SETTV
Picture format SDTV (480i)
First shown in Republic of China (Taiwan)
Original run 6 March 2013 – 28 June 2013
Chronology
Preceded by Love, Now 真愛趁現在
External links
Official Website
Production website

A Hint of You (Chinese: 美味的想念; pinyin: Měi Wèi De Xiǎng Niàn) is a 2013 Taiwanese romantic drama 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.[1][2] 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.[3] This is SETTV last drama to air during it's weekday 9:00-10:00 pm timeslot before it was obsoleted to air variety programs instead.[4]

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.[5][6]

Cast

Main cast

Supporting cast

Lung 100 restaurant/Xia family

Fu family

Song family

Hana Japanese restaurant staff

Extended cast

Guest stars

Soundtrack

A Hint of You
Original TV Soundtrack (OST)
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released 21 June 2013
Genre Mandopop
Language Mandarin
Label Avex 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)By2 3:51
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))Instrumental 3:05
10. "I Don't Know, Love (Tian Hao confessions ver.)" (我不懂,愛 (天皓 告白版))Instrumental 2:22
11. "Sun ( An Huan his ver.)" (太陽 (安靜 吉他版))Instrumental 2:42
12. "Wait For Love (Zai Yu frustrated ver.)" (等待愛 (在宇 失意版))Instrumental 3:01
13. "Without Me, You Okay? (Huai An romantic ver.)" (沒有我,你過的好嗎? (懷安 浪漫版))Instrumental 2:21
14. "I Don't Know, Love (Crystal romantic ver.)" (我不懂,愛 (水晶 浪漫版))Instrumental 3:16

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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

Episode ratings

Competing dramas on rival channels airing at the same time slot were:

Air DateEpisodesWeekly Average RatingsRank
6–7 March 2013 1-2 1.00 4
11–14 March 2013 3-6 1.14 3
18–21 March 2013 7-10 1.25 3
25–28 March 2013 11-14 1.41 3
01-4 April 2013 15-18 1.73 3
08-11 April 2013 19-22 1.60 4
15–18 April 2013 23-26 1.54 4
22–25 April 2013 27-30 1.53 4
29 April-2 May 2013 31-34 1.42 3
06-9 May 2013 35-38 1.41 3
13–16 May 2013 39-42 1.62 3
20–23 May 2013 43-46 1.44 3
27–30 May 2013 47-50 1.57 3
03-6 June 2013 51-54 1.62 3
10–13 June 2013 55-58 1.89 3
17–21 June 2013 59-63 1.74 3
24–28 June 2013 64-68 2.19 3
Average ratings 1.56

Awards & 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.[9]

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

[10]

 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. ↑ 「美味的想念」首映會 藍心湄可演貴婦或歐巴桑 (Chinese). Retrieved April 17, 2015
  2. ↑ A Hint of You dramalist page. Retrieved April 17, 2015
  3. ↑ 美味的想念 張勛傑抱李千娜狂奔兩公里 (Chinese). Retrieved April 17, 2015
  4. ↑ 「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」！(Chinese). Retrieved April 17, 2015
  5. ↑ A Hint of You af page. Retrieved April 17, 2015
  6. ↑ A Hint of You viki page. Retrieved April 17, 2015
  7. ↑ KKbox OST page. Retrieved April 17, 2015
  8. ↑ Yesasia.com A Hint of You OST info. Retrieved April 17, 2015
  9. ↑ Award ceremony info. Retrieved April 17, 2015
  10. ↑ (Chinese) SETTV 2013 awards Retrieved 2013-02-15

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