Be Home for Dinner - Season 1

1x100 - Episode 100

August 5, 2011

YAN gives LEI a lift home. She turns down his suggestion to go up to her place for a cup of coffee. YAN sits in at the editorial meeting. NGA is interviewing the tycoons in town. YAN volunteers to give her a name list. None of the tycoons YAN recommended has accepted NGA’s interview. YAN therefore volunteers to be her interviewee. By doing so, YAN can spend a few days with the CHUNGS, thus getting close to LEI. YAN learns that NGA would like to borrow money from her family to study abroad when he is having dim sum with the family. CHU decides to call on a family meeting for the matter. YAN announces at the editorial meeting the establishment of the Outstanding Staff Award, and that the winner this year is NGA. Later, over a meal, CHU accuses YAN of meddling in the way he teaches his daughter. WING tells CHU about YAN’s family. YAN is home alone when CHU and his family suddenly turn up to celebrate his birthday with him.

1x101 - Episode 101

August 8, 2011

CHU has been described as a stern father in HON’s interview. As a result, there is a very tense atmosphere in the house during dinner at the CHUNGS. TUNG is home. He takes out a photo of CHU taken when he was young, telling the others CHU was once rebellious too. KEI has written a piece of article on French chestnut cakes. HON invites her to try his chestnut cakes after reading it. HON immerses himself in making patisserie. ROGER wonders what makes him want to be a patissier. Someone has given HING two free coupons for an expensive restaurant. HON gets the coupons in the end. He invites KEI to go with him. KEI and BING have an interview. When he learns that she is meeting HON, he deliberately prolongs the interview. She hears HON say he has no intention to chase her when she finally gets to the restaurant.

1x102 - Episode 102

August 9, 2011

CHU has been described as a stern father in HON’s interview. As a result, there is a very tense atmosphere in the house during dinner at the CHUNGS. TUNG is home. He takes out a photo of CHU taken when he was young, telling the others CHU was once rebellious too. KEI has written a piece of article on French chestnut cakes. HON invites her to try his chestnut cakes after reading it. HON immerses himself in making patisserie. ROGER wonders what makes him want to be a patissier. Someone has given HING two free coupons for an expensive restaurant. HON gets the coupons in the end. He invites KEI to go with him. KEI and BING have an interview. When he learns that she is meeting HON, he deliberately prolongs the interview. She hears HON say he has no intention to chase her when she finally gets to the restaurant.

1x103 - Episode 103

August 10, 2011

HON tells HOI about what happened to him and KEI. HOI blames him for refusing to get over his former girlfriend, MICHELE. ABBY is going to France to cover an interview soon. HING changes his mind at the last minute and tells KEI to take care of the job instead. When everybody has left, HOI asks KEI to let him go to France. KEI visits HOI. He tells her HON fell in love with patisserie because of MICHELE, whom HON was totally head over heels in love with. HOI has returned from France. He tells KEI MICHELE is married. HON runs into KEI in the elevator. He tells her he has never understood MICHELE, who has never loved him. KEI gives HON a present as they meet again for patisserie.

1x104 - Episode 104

August 11, 2011

KWAI has joined a bowling club. She demands TUNG to pay the ,000 membership fee for her. TUNG does as told, for he would rather do so than tell her how he and YEE are going. PAN is in YEE’s home fixing a burst pipe when she is home. KWAI goes out to let PAN and YEE have some time of their own. KWAI encourages YEE to find a boyfriend, but she says she already has one, who is a pilot. PAN checks out with KWAI about YEE’s likes and dislikes before inviting her to a candle-lit dinner. He intends to express his love for her, yet he gets drunk before he can do so. YEE takes him home. There is a photo of PAN and his ex-girlfriend in the sitting room. YEE is surprised to see that she and his girlfriend look very alike. PAN finds a note written by YEE when he wakes up the next morning.

1x105 - Episode 105

August 12, 2011

KWAN thinks very highly of the latest headline story of Whirlwind Daily, their competitor. He wonders why his staff cannot be as good. On hearing this, his staff tell him what MO YAN-SING, the reporter of Whirlwind Daily, have done to snatch the opportunity to do an exclusive interview. CHU sees SING throwing her counterparts on the floor as he is on his way to the office. He goes up to tell her off. Whirlwind Daily wants to sue CHU. His team members are all taken aback when they know that he plans to compensate for SING. SUM draws NGA away and then tells the others SING has injured CHU’s lower part of body. This is why he does not want to make open the incident. NGA runs into SING. She is so bold that she challenges SING to… NGA is writing a story on workplace violence; her first interviewee is no other than her father.

1x106 - Episode 106

August 15, 2011

MING has won a free meal for four persons at a restaurant. According to TUNG, it is a very famous French restaurant and a meal for four normally costs a fortune. KWAI invites YEE to join MING, TUNG and her. The dinner turns out to be a boring one as TUNG and YEE keeps eating. When they are home, KWAI asks YEE what prevents her from going out with TUNG. YEE tries to explain but KWAI just does not get it. She therefore tells KWAI again she already has a pilot boyfriend. Still, KWAI does not believe it. YEE has been invited to organize a food festival. She discusses the details with MAI CHI-YING, Banquet Manager of the organizer. YING looks surprisingly like JESSIE, TUNG’s former wife. YEE and YING get along very well. YING asks YEE out afterwards, telling her she used to go out with TUNG and he went away right before their wedding was taking place. Before she finishes, she tells YEE to watch her back.

1x107 - Episode 107

August 16, 2011

YEE follows HON to the Princess Restaurant, the restaurant that means a lot to TUNG and JESSIE. HON and HOI have a dinner appointment but HOI cannot make it. HON has dropped YING’s photo on the floor. TUNG spots it as he arrives. He tells HON how he tried to make YING a replacement of his ex-wife. Refusing to be treated as a replacement, YING fell out with TUNG one day as they were preparing for their wedding. This came as a blow to TUNG. Awakened, he went disappeared. YING shows up at Joyful Kitchen. YEE takes her away at once because TUNG is also there. HON tells YEE to try to look at the whole thing at TUNG’s angle. YEE gives it a thought, and then returns the missing puzzle to TUNG. When he finishes the jigsaw, he finally understands what YEE is trying to say to him.

1x108 - Episode 108

August 17, 2011

HON chats with his patisserie teacher, who is in Canada, on the net. His teacher’s heath is not as good as it used to be, and so he would like to take an early retirement. He suggests HO to take over his business. UNCLE GEORGE, who took care of HON when he was studying in Canada, has returned to Hong Kong. HON and CHU go to dim sum with him. UNCLE GOERGE has recently bought up the Tai Lung Fung Restaurant Group. He would like HON to act as the CEO of the group. CHU wants HON to give up his dream of becoming a chef and take up the offer. HON suggests cooking a meal for him. If CHU finds his cooking skills good, then he must let HON decide his own future. CHU has been invited to act as the chief judge of a cooking competition. NGA and HOI grasp the opportunity to interview him so as to find out his likes and dislikes for HON. On the other hand, SUM offers to help HON too. HON is deeply touched.

1x109 - Episode 109

August 18, 2011

HON stays up late at Joyful Kitchen to prepare for the meal for CHU. TUNG and YEE play bowling together, after which TUNG treats her to dinner. CHU is working as the judge of a cooking competition tonight. HON decides it is the best time his family to try out his dishes. As they eat, they watch the live broadcast of the competition. CHU is very unsparing in his comments about the participants’ performance. This comes as a blow to HON, as he is making all the mistakes the participants have made. CHU and SUM join UNCLE KAU for dinner when they run into him at a restaurant. UNCLE KAU and ROGER are opening up a restaurant to employ chef trainees. Everybody in the family has brought home the best possible cooking utensils for HON so that he can cook a good meal for CHU.

1x110 - Episode 110

August 19, 2011

CHU praises HON for his preparation for the meal. Then he points out what HON has done wrong one by one. HON goes to Joyful Kitchen, feeling defeated. He immerses himself in making rose souffle at ROGER’s kitchen. HON tells KEI this will probably be his last patisserie as they are enjoying the souffle. UNCLE GEROGE tells CHU HON has come for a word with him. HOI and the others ask HON to cook them an ordinary meal at Joyful Kitchen. They are so enthusiastic that they even have all the ingredients prepared. On the other hand, as invited by YEE, CHU comes over to Joyful Kitchen to try her dishes and write a foreword to her new book. CHU likes every of the dishes. YEE tells him frankly they are in fact cooked by HON.

1x111 - Episode 111

August 22, 2011

WING dresses up to work today. People in the office believe he has an appointment after work. But he says he is only having dinner with some school friends. Meanwhile, a man shows up with a bouquet of flowers. WING tells his colleagues the man is STANLEY, SUSAN’s former boyfriend. STANLEY will not let SUSAN go. WING goes up to her help. MEI and WING have dinner together, over which she tells him she has returned to advertising. STANLEY looks for SUSAN in the office again. SUSAN hides behind WING in no time. MEI sees through SUSAN’s mind. A woman calling herself the Epiphyllum Heroine has been distributing money to street sleepers recently. SUSAN waits for her overnight. She is very pleased when she sees WING standing not very far away watching her. SUSAN and WING are trapped in an elevator. She takes the initiative to kiss him, but his reaction breaks her heart.

1x112 - Episode 112

August 23, 2011

KWAI complains about her heavy workload at lunch. She requests TUNG to hire a part-time to ease her burden. She recommends HA. After discussing with YEE, TUNG agrees to employ HA. FOOK visits HA, bringing with him some cakes. Everybody at Pakbaodot is pleased to see the couple care so much about each other. YEE is meeting a friend. FOOK overhears their conversation and mistakes that she is seeing TUNG. HA and FOOK go to the restaurant where YEE is meeting her friend. To their huge surprise, YEE’s friend turns out to be a tall and handsome guy. YEE introduces BRIAN, her boyfriend who is a pilot, to HA and FOOK. BRIAN invites HA and FOOK to join them. KWAI and YEE are talking about BRIAN when the lovers suddenly show up. KWAI is attracted to BRIAN instantly. TUNG is having dinner at a food stall. He cannot help but feels upset when he sees YEE and BRIAN a few table away.

1x113 - Episode 113

August 24, 2011

BRIAN treats YEE’s family to dinner. While HA makes things difficult for him the whole evening, she keeps praising TUNG. YEE sees a jewelry staff deliver a diamond ring to BRIAN when she arrives at his hotel. TUNG tells SCOTT he would like to buy a home for his future family. This makes HA, who overhears their conversation, like him even more. YEE dresses up to attend her appointment with BRIAN. She cannot believe it when he presents her with a bracelet but not the diamond ring she saw. YEE believes TUNG is to blame for making HA think that they are lovers. Drunk, he goes straight to TUNG’s company to give him a good telling-off. FOOK and HA treat TUNG to dinner. He introduces his girlfriend, LEI, to them, disappointing them to the core.

1x114 - Episode 114

August 25, 2011

KWAN and YU BIU, who is an editor of Pao Cha Daily, are seen being together at the cafeteria. CHU’s team members did not realize until then that CHU is reaching his retirement age next year. The new security guard has been scolded by his supervisor. It turns out that he is a friend of CHU’s. CHU’s team members decide to check out the security guard’s background. According to what they have found, the new guard is HA CHI-SHUN, who used to be a high-ranking police officer. CHU and SHUN go to dim sum together. CHU starts to worry about his retirement life after listening to SHUN’s unhappy experience. CHU would like to talk about the possibility of postponing his retirement with MR. KO. Just when he is about to enter MR. KO’s office, he hears him and KWAN mention about his successor. CHU drops the idea immediately. The owner of Pao Cha Daily looks for CHU at the cafeteria. MR.… ...

1x115 - Episode 115

August 26, 2011

HOI-YEE and HOI are having lunch with their colleagues when HING comes over to request HOI-YEE to work over time. WING believes he is creating an opportunity for himself to get close to HOI-YEE. HING admits readily. Encouraged by HOI, MING decides to run after HOI-YEE. Wearing a mask and a pair of sunglasses, he delivers a bouquet of flowers and a present to her office. As she is away from her desk, HING receives the flowers and the present for her. MING is very down. KWAI gives him the key to her place and tells him to express his love for HOI-YEE. KWAI is talking business with DIRECTOR XIAO on Mainland China. DIRECTOR XIAO makes her drink till drunk. Meanwhile, MING is drinking like a fish in her place, so much so it is simply impossible for him to open up his heart to HOI-YEE. KWAI rushes back to Hong Kong as soon as she can when she wakes up. The next morning, MING wakes up to find himself sleeping next to KWAI.

1x116 - Episode 116

August 29, 2011

MING is horrified to find a condom package as he puts on his clothes. MING is looks troubled. ROGER cheers him up. Showing YEE and HOI-YEE the condom package, KWAI tells them what DRIECTOR XIAO has done. KWAI blames MING for failing his mission the first thing she arrives at the office. To her surprise, he gives her his passbook. TUNG reprimands KWAI for a mistake. MING defends her in no time. KWAI finds the presents MING bought HOI-YEE and decides to give him a hand. HOI sees HING invite HOI-YEE to a date. He cannot bear it anymore and tells her MING was the one who bought her the flowers. MING does not believe nothing had happened the evening when he was drunk. In order to make him relieve, his friends re-act what happened in KWAI’s house on the day.

1x117 - Episode 117

August 30, 2011

LEI’s deep fried chicken arrives at dinner time. CHU is about to have a mouthful when SUM stops him, and then removes the chicken skin for him. She explains that CHU’s cholesterol level is high and he is actually on medication. HON invites KEI to try out his new dessert at UNCLE KAU and ROGER’s restaurant, which is still under renovation. KEI has left some medicine behind. HON is surprised to see it is a heart disease drug. The model agency of MR. KO’s son, KO-KAI, opens today. KEI goes to cover the event. KAI is interested in KEI. MR. KO has a heart attack. KEI, who happens to be in the same elevator as him, saves him with her medicine. MR. KO tells WING to find out KEI’s background. On the other hand, KEI reveals her background to HON.

1x118 - Episode 118

August 31, 2011

SUSAN finds a piece of paper at the photocopier and learns that the boys in their building have a popularity chart for the girls. She is unhappy to learn that KEI ranks third on the chart. WING gets close to KEI so as to find out about her background. SUSAN notices his every move. WING has bought KEI some flowers. SUSAN cannot believe her eyes. KEI throws the flowers away as soon as she knows that they are from KAI. WING tells MR. KO KEI is his daughter and that KAI is running after her. MR. KO tells him to do all he can to stop KAI from going any further. KAI wants to date KEI but WING prevents him. Furious, he provokes WING, only to get injured. Later, WING receives a letter from KAI’s lawyer demanding ,000,000 compensation.

1x119 - Episode 119

September 1, 2011

HING suspects WING is MR. KO’s illegal son but none of his colleagues agrees with him. HING insists his opinion though, or else MR. KO will not help WING fight against KAI in the lawsuit. KAI is taken about when KEI tells KAI about the rumor that WING is MR. KO’s son. KEI tells HON WING and SUSAN quite like each other. By doing so, she is trying to remove HON’s doubt that she has a crush on WING. WING has drafted a statement to clarify his relationship with MR. KO. To his surprise, MR. KO opposes the idea of issuing a statement on the newspaper. KEI blames SUSAN for wearing the same dress as her. WING goes up to SUSAN’s help. MR. KO announces at lunch his plan to publish an autobiography. WING suggests KEI take charge of the interview as well as the writing.

1x120 - Episode 120

September 2, 2011

HOI has left his USB at HON’s place. HON goes to HOI’s office to return it. He asks NGA when she will move back to the dormitory. HOI feels sad to learn that NGA’s internship is drawing to an end. CHU announces at the editorial meeting that NGA and HOI’s column will stop soon, as NGA is going back to college. NGA cannot decide whether she should continue to write for the column. CHU suggests writing in her last article that if she receives 1,000 support letters from her readers, she will continue writing. HOI asks his readers to write to NGA. More than 2,000 readers have written to support NGA. KWAN therefore decides that the column will stay. NGA learns from her professor what HOI has done to safeguard her column.

1x121 - Episode 121

September 5, 2011

WAH of the local news section is currently on leave due to a work injury. PING tells KWAN WAH is being charged with conspiracy to defraud a company. HOI does not believe it, as WAH is such an honest person. He suggests meeting WAH to find out what is going on. NGA appears with a basket of fruit at the restaurant. No one except she and HOI show up, for none of their colleagues want to get involved. A few days later, WAH goes the cafeteria to thank HOI for lending him one hundred million dollars, without which he would not be able to hire a lawyer. CHU is very impressed by what HOI has done, and calls him “a real hero”. CHU learns from KEI that HOI and NGA like each other. HOI admits to CHU honestly, but assures him he will not want anything that is beyond what is proper. CHU and SUM strongly oppose NGA’s going out with HOI. LEI is determined to talk them into giving the two young people a chance.

1x122 - Episode 122

September 6, 2011

KAI joins the editorial meeting so as to please his father. He criticizes WING whenever he has the chance. HING would like to get back his mobile phone but the security guards do not let him. Even CHU is unable to settle the matter down. When WING sees this, he has a word with the security supervisor, who returns the phone to HING immediately. HING and the others are therefore certain that WING is MR. KO’s son. WING’s colleagues often make him pay for their lunch. As a result, he can only afford to take SUSAN to street stalls. SUSAN discovers that WING has sold is car. Later, she conducts some research on cheap but tasty restaurants to see whether CHU will be so kind to introduce them in his column. The rumor that WING is MR. KO’s love child has caused WING a lot of trouble. When MR. KO is aware of this, he writes WING a check to thank him for handling the rumor single-handedly.

1x123 - Episode 123

September 7, 2011

YEE suggests having a day-off on Christmas at a meeting with ROGER, YEE and other staff members. KWAI, HOI-YEE and YEE are talking happily about YEE’s holiday at home. BRIAN, YEE’s boyfriend, calls on suddenly to tell her he cannot make it to Thailand, disappointing her to the core. CHU and his family talk about their Mid-Autumn Festival plan. TUNG leaves suddenly, looking much occupied. Later, he is surprised to find YEE drinking beer at the pier. YEE is upset that BRIAN cannot go to Thailand with her. In return, he tells her the promise he once made to his former wife, JESSIE. JESSIE has just returned to Hong Kong. TUNG sees her and YEE together. Later, he tells YEE how he had overheard that JESSIE had an abortion many years ago.

1x124 - Episode 124

September 8, 2011

CHU tells YEE how he slapped JESSIE on the face the moment he learnt about her abortion. JESSIE has returned to Hong Kong. CHU is not sure whether he should tell TUNG. Taking Sum’s advice, he goes to Pakbaodot to tell TUNG JESSIE is now on Lamma Island. TUNG is making a delivery to Lamma Island. He receives KWAI’s text message informing him YEE is cooking for a friend’s party on Lamma Island as soon as he has landed. Then he sees YEE at a distance, but decides not to go up and say hello to her. As a result, he has missed out on JESSIE, who has come to pick YEE up. TUNG sees JESSIE’s photo at a bar. Following the instruction of the bar owner, he goes to a sweet soup shop to look for JESSIE. In fact, JESSIE is taking YEE to the sweet soup shop too. But it is fate that they do not see each other. He arrives at the boutique which is waiting for his delivery, not knowing that JESSIE is changing in the fitting room.

1x125 - Episode 125

September 9, 2011

JESSIE gives YEE a box of moon cakes and other festive food to take home. YEE runs into TUNG on the ferry. It is Mid-Autumn Festival today, and so they admire the full moon together. MR. KO gives LEI a ride home. There is a photo of her and her late husband in the sitting room. MR. KO is so careless that he spills coffee on the photo. KEI shows him the door resolutely. SUM and NGA wonder why MR. KO left LEI’s place so suddenly. LEI complains that he does not care about her as much as her late husband did. Everybody in the family is of the view that she is still living in her husband’s shadow. Many years ago, LEI’s late husband had bought her a limited edition watch with the model number of GF9413 but unfortunately it had gone missing. Once, she left home for seven days to look for the watch. MR. KO is complaining to CHU about LEI when she calls and invites him to a date.… ...

1x126 - Episode 126

September 12, 2011

LEI would like to have an Italian watch with the model number of GF9413 and serial number of 001 for birthday. MR. KO assures her she will get it. NGA and HOI try their best to look for LEI’s missing watch. The agent of the watch tells them no one has ever brought the watch over for repairs. They therefore turn to NURSE LO, who used to work for DR. YEUNG, LEI’s husband. According to NURSE LO, the son of the watch manufacturer was a patient of DR. YEUNG’s. He agreed to fix the watch for DR. YEUNG on the condition that he operated for him. DR. YEUNG had a heart attack on his way to the airport to pick up the fixed watch. MR. KO has bought LEI an expensive necklace as birthday gift but she does not like it. Someone has seen MR. KO and his ex-girlfriend in the airport. CHU, HOI and NGA worry that if LEI does not get over DR. YEUNG she will end up being alone. LEI hears them.

1x127 - Episode 127

September 13, 2011

HON has come up with a new dessert called “milk tea cheese cake”. A former student named KWONG requests a copy of his dessert class handouts. He is expecting a delivery but he needs to go out soon. He therefore asks SUM to do him a favor and stay home for the delivery. KWONG has come for the handouts. SUM tells him to get them at HON’s room. KWONG sees the recipe of “milk tea cheese cake”. He takes a photo of it with his mobile phone. HON has made some milk tea cheese cakes for people at Bird’s-Eye View Daily Post. To his surprise, the cakes KEUNG have brought taste exactly the same as his. HON is upset that his idea has been plagiarized. KEI gives him some words of consolation. CHU wants to write a feature article to expose KWONG’s evil doing. HON stops him, believing he will outdo KWONG. HON lets KEI try his modified cakes. There is some chocolate on the corner of her mouth. HON wipes her mouth.… ...

1x128 - Episode 128

September 14, 2011

HOI has covered a new residential building. He likes the flats very much. After reading the sales brochure, KEI decides they are what she wants exactly. MR. KO looks at the building in WING and KAI’s company. KAI wrongly believes that his father is buying an apartment for WING, thus hating him even more. LEI and her friends go shopping together. It happens that KAI is also in the same boutique. There is a handbag LEI likes very much, but KAI buys it before she can do so and ridicules her in front of her friends. WING accompanies MR. KO to buy a birthday present for KAI. He tells MR. KO about how KAI humiliated LEI. He also claims he will give KAI a gentle warning. WING gives KAI the present on behalf of MR. KO. Later, KAI apologizes to KEI and presents her the handbag she likes. MR. KO asks WING what he has done. WING prefers to keep it a secret.

1x129 - Episode 129

September 15, 2011

KWAI has received the wedding invitation of her former boyfriend, CHI. YEE takes her to a food stall so as to cheer her up, but KWAI ends up arguing with a waiter. The next day, MARTIN, the owner of the food stall, goes to Pakbaodot to apologize to KWAI. Both of them leave a very good impression to each other. TUNG, HON, HOI and MING go to MARTIN’s food stall for dinner. When they see KWAI working as a cashier for MARTIN, they cannot help but worry about him. KWAI goes to buy a wedding ring with a friend. She is sad to see the ring CHI wanted to buy her. MARTIN sees them. KWAI tells YEE to go to a restaurant at once. At the same time, TUNG gets a call from MARTIN, too. TUNG, HOI-YEE and MING are already there when YEE arrives at the hospital. Everybody is wondering what is going on, then MARTIN and KWAI show up together, announcing that they are getting married.

1x130 - Episode 130

September 16, 2011

MARTIN’s speed wedding comes as a huge surprise to his friends. He explains that is because he and KWAI get along very well. YEE and TUNG go for the fitting of wedding costumes on behalf of KWAI and MARTIN. The photographer of the shop takes photos of them. YEE, TUNG and his family go food tasting at a hotel restaurant for KWAI and MARTIN. YEE finds none of the dishes satisfactory. The meal turns out to be an unhappy one, as YEE and TUNG have a fierce argument over whether KWAI and MARTIN’s wedding banquet should include shark fin soup. Later, YEE seeks TUNG, KWAI and MARTIN’s comments on her vegetarian shark fin soup. It is decided that the restaurant will follow her recipe. CHI would like to see KWAI. When she arrives at the restaurant, it is his secretary that is waiting. It turns out that CHI only needs her to sign on a car insurance policy.… ...

1x131 - Episode 131

September 19, 2011

MARTIN takes KWAI to see his parents at a hotel. His parents like KWAI a lot, and both have bought her expensive jewelry. In YEE’s company, KWAI tells MARTIN she has decided not to marry him. TUNG does not agree with KWAI. In his opinion, a ring symbolizes a man’s promise to a woman. As such, both parties should keep the promise once it has been made. YEE, however, believes one should not begin a marriage simply because of a ring. KWAI asks YEE how MARTIN is doing when YEE gets home. YEE gives her a hug, and then she starts to weep. BRIAN needs to see YEE urgently. TUNG overhears him telling a waiter he is going to propose to his girlfriend.

1x132 - Episode 132

September 20, 2011

BRIAN proposes to YEE. She needs to think over it before she can make up her mind. YEE has lost her car park ticket. TUNG has picked it. The glass of YEE’s car has been broken. BRIAN’s ring which she has put in the car has been stolen too. TUNG follows the thief to the suburb. The thief throws the ring into the sea as soon as he gets out of his car. TUNG jumps into the sea without even the slightest hesitation. KWAI tells MING BRIAN has proposed to YEE. Honestly speaking, KWAI finds BRIAN a very good man. TUNG runs into BRIAN at a hotel as the latter is telling the person at the other end of the phone that he would like to cancel his holiday. TUNG reprimands BRIAN, only to be given a punch on the face. BRIAN, in return, accuses TUNG of being the other man. TUNG looks for YEE at Joyful Kitchen. Out of his expectation, JESSIE is also there.

1x133 - Episode 133

September 21, 2011

TUNG takes JESSIE to the apartment she wanted to buy ten years ago and tells her how he talked its owner into selling the apartment to him. Deeply impressed, she kisses him. KWAI thinks that it is unwise for YEE to give up before she tries. YEE tells her JESSIE is like the missing puzzle piece of TUNG’s heart. JESSIE sees YEE and TUNG’s “wedding photos”. YEE tells her she is throwing them away. JESSIE talks about her two former boyfriends, TUNG and CHUN, as she dines with her mother, ANN. In her opinion, CHUN looks like a loser to her now, while TUNG is getting more and more glamorous. She also believes that he has never really got over her. She intends to start over with TUNG again, believing she is only getting back what belongs to her. ANN implies to her that TUNG is going out with YEE. As an observer, she knows that things are getting more and more complicated.

1x134 - Episode 134

September 22, 2011

JESSIE is having lunch with YEE. She runs into CHU on the way. Many years ago she had an abortion. Now that she sees CHU again, she thanks him for keeping her abortion a secret. JESSIE goes to TUNG’s home for dinner. She invites TUNG to play a song; and he plays her favorite. She kisses him as he is giving her a ride home. To her surprise and disappointment, he pushes her away. YEE takes delivery of JESSIE’s new washing machine for JESSIE. She sees two toothbrushes and TUNG’s mobile phone, which has stored a naked photo of JESSIE, at JESSIE’s home. She jumps to the conclusion that JESSIE and TUNG have started over again with each other. TUNG invites YEE to play bowling. She turns him down with a make-up excuse. JESSIE has bought a pair of “V R the Best” necklace on the Internet. She keeps one, and gives the other one to YEE, whom she considers her best friend. YEE sees CHUN as she is having lunch with JESSIE.… ...

1x135 - Episode 135

September 23, 2011

Give Me a Father

1x136 - Episode 136

September 26, 2011

LEI dresses up to go to the press conference of MR. KO’s new book. Expecting that he is going to propose to her, she asks her friends to videotape the memorable moment. MR. KO has dropped his ring in his car. LEI sees his driver picking it up. MR. KO searches everywhere for the ring on the stage. LEI goes up to the stage, hands over the ring to him and requests that he put it on her finger. Not having a clue as to what is going go, he blushes with embarrassment. HON and KEI make open their relationship at the opening party of ROGER’s cafe, Dear Jane. CHU worries about HON and KEI. On the other hand, MR. KO tells WING to check out about CHU’s financial status. According to what WING has found, he concludes that there is no way CHU and HON can afford to buy a nice house for KEI. He therefore opposes her going out with HON.

1x137 - Episode 137

September 27, 2011

A Letter from Uncle Evan

1x138 - Episode 138

September 28, 2011

MING is getting more and more nervous, as UNCLE EVAN’s visit is around the corner. HOI-YEE suggests him writing a letter to UNCLE EVAN to confirm his exact day of visit. As she is translating MING’s reply letter, she is stunned to find that it is packed of lies. She decides to help him after listening to his explanation. On one hand, ROGER agrees to help MING with the translation. On the other, he throws MING’s letter into the rubbish bin as soon as MING has left. HON picks it up and takes it to HOI’s place. HOI-YEE visits HOI. After reading MING’s letter, she decides to help him once more. MING will give a speech and sing a song at UNCLE EVAN’s welcoming party. While HOI-YEE helps him with his English and the rehearsal, HOI asks his colleagues to put up a good show for MING. MING plays and sings a song for UNCLE EVAN at the welcoming party.

1x139 - Episode 139

September 29, 2011

MING takes UNCLE EVAN to a hotel for dinner. He has difficulty in reading the English menu. Luckily a waitress, who is actually pretended by MEI-CHING, helps him out of his embarrassment. UNCLE EVAN is leaving Hong Kong today. MING books him a limousine to the airport but he cannot be more embarrassed the moment he finds that the rental fee much higher than what he has expected. MING has lost a deal. TUNG is so furious that he wants to fire him. KWAI speaks up for MING. UNCLE EVAN’s flight has been cancelled. He goes to the Bird’s-Eye View Daily Post to look for MING. HOI-YEE and HOI are taken aback when they see UNCLE EVAN at the lobby of their office building. HING is receiving UNCLE EVAN when MING finally shows up. To his huge surprise, HING not only covers up for him but also shows UNCLE EVAN round the office. To his horror, MR. KO appears suddenly.

1x140 - Episode 140

September 30, 2011

MING believes his lies are going to be exposed soon with the sudden appearance of MR. KO. He is therefore thrilled to bits when MR. KO joins him and the others in lying to UNCLE EVAN. In fact, UNCLE EVAN saw through him a long time ago. He sponsored MING when he was living in the orphanage was to expiate his own sin. Later, MR. KO tells MING it was his daughter who requested him to help MING. When he finishes, he makes open his relationship with KEI. As everybody knows, TUNG is now being caught between JESSIE and YEE. KWAI forces MING to declare his stand. LEI, who is sitting at the next table, shows her support for YEE too. JESSIE invites YEE to dinner. When she gets tipsy, she tells YEE she wants to compensate TUNG for a mistake she made in the past. YEE sends TUNG a test to ask him to come and take care of JESSIE. It turns out that he is also. As a result, MARTIN gives him a lift to JESSIE’s home. KWAI calls TUNG.… ...

1x141 - Episode 141

October 3, 2011

MING’s bedroom have fleas. He goes to sleep in HOI’s room, only to be told-off by HOI’s mother. HOI’s mother asks HOI how his relationship with HOI-YEE is going. On the other hand, he assures NGA that he will tell his mother about her as soon as possible. HOI’s mother takes HOI-YEE to buy wedding bangles. HOI-YEE tells her HOI’s girlfriend is NGA. HOI’s mother asks MING what kind of girl NGA is. HOI is putting on a bark control collar for testing. HON waits for him. SUM does not allow NGA to go on a holiday with HOI. The mother and daughter have an argument over this. HOI tries to mediate between them but he suddenly faints. HON is fully aware that it has to do with the bark control collar, but he tells HOI’s mum and NGA that HOI is suffering from an illness which gets worse with emotional stress. HOI’s mother and NGA cook for HOI, during which quarrel again.

1x142 - Episode 142

October 4, 2011

KWAI asks TUNG to treat her and MING to dinner as soon as she hears JESSIE asks ANN and TUNG to dinner. To her disappointment, JESSIE shows up uninvited. MRS. LIU, who is a student of YEE’s, gets a call from husband, who is drunk, telling her to drop the class immediately to go picking him up. She is not confident with her driving skills, so she turns to YEE for help. YEE advises that her husband to take a taxi instead. It is band night tonight. JESSIE’s sudden appearance puts TUNG’s friends at unease. TUNG makes two consecutive strikes. YEE treats him to donuts as a reward. They both find the donuts at the cafe delicious, except that they lack variety. The owner of the cafe promises to prepare peanut donuts for them next time they come. MRS. LIU wants to withdraw from the cooking class. Her husband has beaten her; YEE notices the bruises on her face. The owner of the donut restaurant has prepared some peanut donuts for TUNG and YEE.… ...

1x143 - Episode 143

October 5, 2011

YEE goes to a remote village to see MRS. LIU. She is in such a hurry that she leaves her mobile phone on the cap. Seeing that YEE is not coming, TUNG texts to see what is going on with her. YEE is rather surprised that it is MR. LIU who is waiting for YEE. She falls down a cliff. With the help of the taxi driver, TUNG goes straight to the village, where he does not find YEE but an earring. JESSIE calls TUNG again. Something catches his attention as he is watching the playback of YEE’s cookery program at JESSIE’s place. TUNG finds YEE and takes her to the emergency room. No sooner have they got there than ANN calls to tell him that JESSIE has been admitted to hospital for drug overdoes. TUNG makes a dash for the hospital. ANN begs him to go back to JESSIE. Then she gives him a wedding ring, which JESSIE was holding when she was found. TUNG puts the ring JESSIE’s finger, her eyes filled with tears.

1x144 - Episode 144

October 6, 2011

MR. KO would like to enhance the corporate image of Bird’s-Eye View. Bearing this in mind, KWAN reminds his staff to pay attention to their personal appearance. WING spills ketchup on his trousers at lunch. SUSAN goes out to buy a new pair for him immediately and texts to inform him that she has puts them in a cabinet in the pantry. KEUNG’s hands are full of chocolate. Someone has put the trousers in the water basin. KEUGN mistakenly takes them for a cloth and wipes his hands with them. When he realizes his mistake, he takes the trousers to the washroom to clean but leaves the cleaning undone. MR. KO flies into a fit of anger when he sees the trousers. Presenting a photograph of the dirty trousers, he swears to axe the owner of the trousers if he does not stand out now. WING and SUSAN claim to be the owner simultaneously. Later when KEUNG comes back, he tells MR. KO he is the owner.

1x145 - Episode 145

October 7, 2011

KEI has bought MR. KO a box of egg tarts. He is so happy that he pays for everybody in the cafeteria. CHU is jealous. KEI walks past a cinema after work. Somebody else is selling two tickets to a blockbuster. She is more than happy to have them. A customer has postponed his booking so HON can attend UNCLE KAU’s dinner with his father. Meanwhile, KEI calls and tells him about the movie, putting him in a dilemma. Fortunately, MEI-CHING gives him a hand just in time. UNCLE KAU asks MR. KO and CHU how their children are doing. Both reply that their children are all very busy with work. As soon as they have finished, HON and KEI appear right in front of their eyes hand-in-hand. MR. KO and CHU are both embarrassed and angry. MR. KO knows very well that career and boyfriend are more important than him in KEI’s eyes. But he also knows equally well that if HON is busy, she can surely spend more time with him.

1x146 - Episode 146

October 10, 2011

HON and KEI have breakfast with their father in the staff canteen respectively. MR. KO asks whether KEI can play golf with him in Shenzhen the coming weekend. She texts HON immediately so that he can make excuses for not going home at weekend so early. KEI drops her handbag in a river when she and HON are frolicking. He hurts himself as he is getting it back for her. WING proposes purchasing computers for the supplement section. MR. KO takes the opportunity to make things difficult for CHU. KEI invites MR. KO to the movie. He therefore informs CHU there is no need to come over to report his work progress. KEI overhears CHU and MR. HO’s phone conversation as she arrives at the restaurant. She comes to know that they are pretending to be at odds with each other so that HON and she will spend more time with them. KEI visits HON’s family for the first time. MR.… ...

1x147 - Episode 147

October 11, 2011

Both KWAN and WING tell CHU about why MR. KO’s statue has been bombed. With the assistance of a Hong Kong businessman named KEN LEE, the fifth prince of the country where MR. KO has a villa and a bronze statue has initiated a coup. CHU tells HOI to dig deeper into the matter. HOI is surprised to discover that CHU’s friend LEE YAU SHING is KEN LEE, or who is better known as LEE KAU-TSAT. MR. KO has hotpot with KEI. He is taken aback to see SHING at the restaurant. CHU shows up as well. It turns out that he is meeting up with SHING, who claims to be a good friend of him. MR. KO demands CHU to clarify who is his good friend. CHU has received a legal letter from a Sichuan hotpot restaurant. HON believes MR. KO is the mastermind behind this. SUM asks LEI to give CHU a hand in the lawsuit. LEI promises to hire renowned solicitor CHING LUNG for CHU. To her disappointment, LUNG is busy with MR. KO’s business. MR.… ...

1x148 - Episode 148

October 12, 2011

NGA goes to HOI’s home to discuss the topics of their column. LEI frightens CHU and SUM by saying that something will surely happen when two lovers are in the same room. CHU does not let NGA stay at HOI’s for the night. SUM is shocked to find a pregnancy test stick, which shows a positive test result, in the rubbish bin. Later, her friends tell her they have once heard the sound of NGA and HOI making love at LEI’s home. SUM tells CHU about NGA’s pregnancy. Both fear that NGA will have an abortion. NGA clarifies to her worried parents. CHU believes the pregnancy test stick should belong to LEI. KWAI visits LEI. CHU and SUM overhear their conversation but come to the wrong conclusion that LEI is going to Shenzhen for an abortion. The truth has come to light. LEI reveals who is the owner of the test stick.

1x149 - Episode 149

October 13, 2011

MR. KO tells KAI to think of activities that can include HON. KAI suggests inviting him to his upcoming fund raising ball. HON is met with nasty remarks from KAI, who also spills champagne on his suit, at the ball. PING hears that the prince is suing MR. KO for bribing officials. MR. KO writes both KAI and HON a check for ,000,000. After checking with his father’s legal adviser, KAI worries that his father’s assets will be ordered to be frozen. MR. KO receives a call from the bank informing him KAI has altered his check. He gives his son a good telling-off afterwards but he does not feel sorry at all. MR. KO is so furious that he kicks him out of the room. KEI consoles MR. KO by saying that money is the most important thing in life. He believes she does not know human nature well enough, adding that HON has already cashed the check.

1x151 - Episode 151

October 17, 2011

TUNG has prepared a speech for his wedding. MING cannot help but feel sorry for YEE after reading the script by chance. TUNG would like to invite CHUN to be his best man. MEI-CHING asks YEE to discourage CHUN. YEE has left CHUN a voice message. TUNG is puzzled by its content. ANN advices JESSIE not to cover anything up from TUNG. JESSIE believes YEE has talked to her mother. HOI-YEE tells KWAI YEE is meeting up with CHUN. TUNG goes to where YEE and CHUN are meeting. JESSIE calls. YEE questions why CHUN has to agree to be TUNG’s best man. He replies that he could not find an excuse to turn TUNG down, assuring her he will not show up at the wedding. JESSIE tells TUNG about her abortion and her relationship with CHUN. This is such a big blow to him that he would rather she never tell him the truth.

1x152 - Episode 152

October 18, 2011

TUNG meets YEE at a pier, where she gives him a wedding gift. JESSIE tells CHUN she has told TUNG about her abortion. YEE visits JESSIE. She is astonished to learn that JESSIE is using CHU to pressure TUNG into marrying her. She sincerely believes that JESSIE would not have told TUNG the truth if TUNG has not invited CHUN to be his best man. YEE must dash for the TV station but she gets locked up in her room. As KWAI is in Shenzhen, she calls TUNG to go and help YEE. JESSIE texts KWAI the number of a locksmith using TUNG’s mobile phone. In the meantime, she tells TUNG to go to a sweet soup shop with her. They have an accident when they come to a traffic circle. TUNG’s left eye has been severely injured, resulting in his second retinal detachment. What is more, it is very likely that his right eye will also go blind. CHU blames himself for injuring TUNG’s eye many years ago.… ...

1x153 - Episode 153

October 19, 2011

TUNG’s eye surgery is very successful, though it takes two weeks until the doctor knows whether he has stored the vision of his left eye. He asks CHU to take care of the preparation of his wedding. YEE visits TUNG, who is playing the saxophone in the garden of the hospital. Despite his eye problems, he can tell by the perfume she is wearing that she has come. TUNG is going home today. His family members are surprised that he is all packed when they visit him. TUNG gives them a lesson on how to communicate with and help the visually-impaired people. TUNG discovers that tactile guide paths have been installed on their floor. JESSIE is so shocked to see the tactile guide paths that she can hardly pluck up enough courage to press on the door bell. SUM has bought some appliances specially designed for people who have visual difficulty. She tells JESSIE to install them in her place. JESSIE complains to ANN when the latter calls on her.

1x154 - Episode 154

October 20, 2011

YEE cannot make it to TUNG’s wedding, as she is going to Japan. She leaves TUNG a voice mail to tell him his, as well as sending him her blessing. The wedding ceremony is about to begin but JESSIE is nowhere to be seen. It suddenly dawns to TUNG that she has actually suffered a great deal since he lost his vision. ANN tells them JESSIE has left Hong Kong. CHU and LEE are so furious that they vent their anger on ANN. ANN passes TUNG a letter written by JESSIE. He tells HON to read the letter to him. YEE cuts short her journey as soon as she learns about the cancellation of TUNG’s wedding. The two go for bowling again, just like they did in the past. There is a power cut. TUNG decides it would be a good opportunity to let his family know that he can take care of himself. HON tells his dad that “The World on a Shoestring” has sent him an article. As he chats with “The World on a Shoestring” on the net, CHU learns at last that he is TUNG.

1x155 - Episode 155

October 21, 2011

MR. KO has won a crystal stone, the history of which dates back to the Tang Dynasty. He is told that whoever sleeps with the stone for one night will find a happy marriage. He wants to keep the stone in a glass box. KWAI volunteers to find one for him. KWAI meets a boy on the street and takes him home out of sympathy. But she soon discovers that he is a little liar. She calls his father to tell him to come over. She cannot believe it that his father is KAU TSUN, a well-known wealthy bachelor in town. TSUN goes to Pakbaodot to invite KWAI to dinner. HOI-YEE is taking part in a charity performance, at which she will play a witch and sing to the piano accompaniment of BROTHER FROG. When she finishes, she kisses BROTHER FROG as requested by the MC and the audience. She is rather surprised to find BROTHER FROG in tears. MR. KO gives KWAI a mobile phone. It rings as soon as she has received it. It is TSUN who calls.

1x156 - Episode 156

October 24, 2011

TUNG has got on the wrong bus. As his mobile phone has run out of battery, he is unable to contact YEE, who is waiting for him at the bowling center. SUM and LEI take a bus with TUNG. A few other passengers are making all sorts of noises. SUM and LEI go up to request them to keep quiet. However, TUNG tells them not to do necessary things such as these. CHU has enrolled TUNG in a one-on-one Braille class. TUNG is not happy with his arrangement. The tutor of the class reminds TUNG it takes time for the family of a visually challenged person to adapt to the changes of daily life at the beginning. CHU and the others are studying TUNG’s daily activities roster. TUNG is going to Ho Man Tin for a lesson but no one can go with him. YEE overhears their conversation, and decides to work in the same district the same day. TUNG touches a woman, taking her for YEE, accidentally. YEE, who has come to pick him up, apologizes to the woman for him.… ...

1x157 - Episode 157

October 25, 2011

The France Association of Chefs has awarded YEE the World Blue Star Chef Award 2011, making her the first Chinese to win the prestigious award. UNCLE KAU suggests throwing a big party in celebration of his as well as the anniversary of his hotel. He assigns HON to take charge of the preparation. TUNG is disappointed that YEE did not invite him to be his partner. In indeed, YEE very much likes to share her important moment with TUNG. So KWAI and HOI-YEE discuss how to help YEE fulfill her wish. CHU tells YEE his whole family is attending the ball to support her. NGA and TUNG show up at the staff cafeteria. YEE musters up the courage to invite him to be her partner. Later, she goes to shop for a piece of expensive evening dress for the celebration party. HON asks TUNG to help him with the set up of the party at the hotel, his main purpose however is to help him get familiar with the venue.… ...

1x158 - Episode 158

October 26, 2011

All agrees that practicing dance with TUNG is not a good experience. TUNG is drenched to the skin by heavy rain. He faints. CHU takes him to the hospital at once. TUNG is running a high fever, but he pleads the doctor to let him go to YEE’s celebration party. TUNG falls into sleep after drinking the water SUM gives him. YEE is very upset that TUNG cannot make it to the party. YEE would like to visit TUNG; he turns her down, unwilling to let her see his sickly countenance. YEE thanks TUNG in her speech. His sudden appearance takes her by surprise. He invites her to a dance. Then comes the competition section. Whoever is able to find their partner in the dark will win a grand prize. KWAI can tell that TUNG and YEE have been kissing.

1x159 - Episode 159

October 27, 2011

YEE decides not to give lessons on weekends so as to spend more time with TUNG. MEI-CHING regrets that their romance did not start sooner. YEE and TUNG go to the countryside. She takes a photo of almost everything she sees, so that they can review the happy moments they spend together when he restores his sight. YEE, HOI-YEE and TUNG have lunch together. BRAIN, who is at a distance, can see that there is something wrong with TUNG’s eyes. When YEE and TUNG have gone, he goes up to confirm with HOI-YEE. KWAI worries that BRAIN will pursue YEE again. TUNG overhears what she says. UNCLE KAU is opening a high-class restaurant in Beijing and his investment is as much as a hundred million dollars. He invites YEE to be the Executive Chef. TUNG encourages YEE to go pursuing her goals after learning about the news. He also tells her not to worry about him. Deeply touched, she asks him to marry her.

1x160 - Episode 160

October 28, 2011

Two years have passed. CHU has retired. HING has taken his place as Editor-in-chief. He tells HON to cover the opening of YEE’s new restaurant, which is on a trial run. TUNG looks after the baby of his neighbor. While he likes kids a lot, he has to face the reality too. TUNG and his wife join the CHUNG and KO families for dinner. MR. KO is looking forward to having a grandchild. KEI and HON, who got married recently, make it clear that they are not going to have any children in the coming two years. UNCLE KAU is very happy with the turnover of Dear Jane. He plans to open another cafe on the Hong Kong Island. He intends to let HON take charge of it, but HON is starting up his own bakery. The hospital informs TUNG that they have found a suitable retinal. HON’s family and friends have all come to the opening of his bakery. YEE and TUNG go to the kitchen to get some food. She suddenly has a feeling of wanting to vomit.