Yr/TV Stn: 2011/TVB
Cast:
Julian Cheung ~ Yu Zhi Ying
Michael Tse ~ Yu Zhi Xiao
Tavia Yeung ~ Sai Si Long
Myolie Wu ~ Jiang Jiang
Damian Lau ~ Murong Cheng
Synopsis: (edited from Dramawiki)
A Hong Kong dining mogul leaves behind a sushi restaurant to his second wife, their son, Zhi Xiao and the son from his third wife, Zhi Ying. Xiao and Ying are remarkable Japanese cuisine chefs whose main aim in life is to pursue excellence in chefhood. Although Xiao and Ying have different mothers, they get along very well. When their father's first wife creates trouble for the restaurant, Xiao declares to challenge her, claiming whoever wins will have the restaurant. The first wife sends her personal nurse, Si Long to get close to Xiao. On the other hand, their supply for fresh food has been shut out. Ying has to make a trip to Hokkaido to buy fish. He meets Jiang Jiang, a willful girl from a wealthy family on the plane. They also meet Murong Cheng, who is known as "The God of Fish" by chance in the fish market. As the relationship between Ying and Jiang grows, Jinag finds out that Cheng is actually her long lost father. Cheng becomes Ying's mentor and helps him through the competition to win the first overseas Japanese restaurant franchise in Hong Kong. As Ying's career grows, Xiao becomes more jealous of his brother and starts to scheme with Si Long to get his father's fortunes. As Xiao and Ying meet with setbacks in their careers, family and their loved ones after their attempt to save the restaurant, the two brothers decide to have a competition once and for all.
Slacker's review:
Julian is back on the small screen!!! Actually he's the main reason why I watched this drama. The storyline is predictable, but some parts made no sense to me, especially the r/s b/w Xiao and Long. Well, the consolation is I get to see the delicious sushi!!! Yummy!
Julian does not seem to age, and he has good chemistry with his co-cast. His character Zhi Ying is more realistic, whereas Michael's Zhi Xiao is too stiff & unnatural. Actually Michael's performance was good, but Xiao is not a character one wld feel close to.
Tavia seems to be the "hot" actress on par with Myolie now. I do believe she's a better actress as compared to Myolie, and she did not disappoints me. Though I think Si Long is a pretty flawed character, Tavia managed to express her emotions well from being scheming, feeling blissful to regretful tears.
Myolie's Jiang Jiang is the typical rich and stubborn girl. Quite irritating yet clever girl. I liked Myolie, but sometimes her acting was kind of forceful. I think I prefer her in more matured roles, but her looks did give her some constraints.
The surprise came from Damian Lau. The veteran's acting was so different as per his norm! Murong is such a whacky and odd person. Damian's previous roles were pretty serious, so Murong is totally a break-free of his previous images.
Theme song is "Jiu Jing Hai You Ji Shen" by Julian Cheung.
