''Happy Michelin Kitchen'' () is a 2012 Taiwanese romantic-comedy television series. The television drama was produced by Anhui Television International Media Ltd., starring

Lan Cheng-lung Lan Cheng-lung (, born March 1, 1979) is a Taiwanese actor and film director. He was born in Yilan, Taiwan. Career Lan made his acting debut in 2001 and gained attention for one of his first roles, a small cameo as Ya-men, Dao Ming Si's olde ...

and

Cheryl Yang Cheryl Yang (; born 12 December 1977) is a Taiwanese actress. She joined the entertainment scene at the age of 14 when she filmed her first commercial. Not long after she started her career, she filmed a music video together with Andy Lau, whic ...

. The shooting began during mid-June 2011, and first aired on January 23, 2012 on

Anhui Television Anhui Television (AHTV; ), is a television network in the Hefei and Anhui province. It was founded and started to broadcast in September 1960. AHTV currently broadcasts in Mandarin. List of Anhui Television programs Current programming Former pro ...

."Happy Michelin Kitchen"
. ''Anhui TV''. Retrieved 2013-08-30.

Synopsis

An Shao Cheng (

Lan Cheng Long Lan Cheng-lung (, born March 1, 1979) is a Taiwanese actor and film director. He was born in Yilan, Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a Country, country in East Asia, at the junction of the East China Sea, East a ...

) is a second generation restaurateur who is supposed to take over their restaurant after he was fooled about his mother's death. He, then meets and falls in love with an ordinary looking but extraordinarily skilled chef, Xin Duo Duo (

Cast

Main

as An Shao Cheng *

as Xin Duo Duo *Li Jin Ming as Li Ru Zhen *Wu Jian Fei as Gu Da Peng * Ying Er as Zhou Jia Qi *Li Zhi Nan as Ding Wei Gang

Supporting

*Li Yi Feng as Xiang Yu Chao *Liu Chao as Ding Wei Ming * Lu Yi-ching as Xiao Qing *Li Sheng Rong as Li Yi Yang *Xu Zhi He as Xiao Qiang *Fan Xiao Po as Lu Mei Ci *Zhou Da Qing as Zhou Jing *Yan Jing Yao (as Ye Min Fang *Dong Zhi Cheng as Na Bai Chuang *Chen You Fang as Zeng Cui Hua *Marie Zhuge as Cai Shan *An Dong Ni as Tao Zhe Ming *Wang Jing Qiao as Meng Xiao Fei *Abe Tsuyoshi as store manager *Lu Jia Xing as Song Xin Xin

Guest appearances

;''from Happy and Love Forever'' *

Ming Dao Ming Dao (; born 26 February 1980) is a Taiwanese actor, singer and model. He is known for starring in ''The Prince Who Turns into a Frog'', which held the highest single episode average rating of 6.99 for a Taiwanese drama from 2005 to 2008, ...

as Yi Ding Qiang *

Annie Chen Annie Chen Ting-ni (; born 28 April 1989) is a Taiwanese actress, host and model. She was the first person to win at the Kaiwo Phantasy Star Catwalk Girl modeling contest in 2007.

as Pan Xiao Nuo ;''from Sunny Happiness'' * Mike He as Xiang Yu Jie *

Janine Chang Janine Chang Chun-ning (; born September 4, 1982) is a Taiwanese actress and film producer. Chang attended National Taipei University and obtained a bachelor's degree in law. In June 2010, Chang graduated from the Institute of Industrial Econom ...

as Fang Yong Yong

Broadcast

Multimedia

''Happy Michelin Kitchen'' () did not release any soundtrack. However, there are songs used in the series. In particular, the series had nine songs from different artists, released in their respective albums. The opening theme song used is "This Time: :Love You" or "Zhe Yi Ci Ai Ni" by COLOR band, while the ending theme song used is by Chen Si Han entitled "Shuo Ai Bu Ai".

Track listing

Episode ratings

''Happy Michelin Kitchen'' ranked fourth in its pilot episode, until it gradually goes to the third spot in the last series, with a total average of 0.56. Its drama competitors were TTV's ''Love Forward'', CTS's '' I Love You So Much'' and ''Alice in Wonder City'', and FTV's '' Skip Beat!'' and ''

Absolute Darling ''Absolute Boyfriend'' (, "Absolute darling", titled ''My Perfect Darling'' in English in Japan) is a Taiwanese romance drama television series based on the manga by Yuu Watase. Jiro Wang, member of Taiwanese boy band Fahrenheit played Night T ...

''. The viewers survey was conducted by AGB Nielsen."中時娛樂"
. ''Showbiz Times''.

References

External links

* ttp://www.ctv.com.tw/opencms/2012/HappyMichelin3/ Happy Michelin Kitchen on CTV * ttp://ent.sina.com.cn/f/v/xingfskxing/index.shtml Happy Michelin Kitchenon Sina * ttps://web.archive.org/web/20130901202758/http://www.ahtv.cn/huod/2012/01/xfskx/ Happy Michelin Kitchenon Anhui Television * {{Anhui Television Dramas China Television original programming 2012 Taiwanese television series debuts 2012 Taiwanese television series endings Taiwanese romantic comedy television series Anhui Television original programming