''Taste of Life'' () is a

Taiwanese Hokkien Taiwanese Hokkien ( , ), or simply Taiwanese, also known as Taigi ( zh, c=臺語, tl=Tâi-gí), Taiwanese Southern Min ( zh, c=臺灣閩南語, tl=Tâi-uân Bân-lâm-gí), Hoklo and Holo, is a variety of the Hokkien language spoken natively ...

television drama In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional te ...

that began airing on

SET Taiwan SET Taiwan () is a television channel of the Sanlih E-Television in Taiwan, launched in September 1993. It mainly broadcasts Taiwanese drama. Productions Drama Daily * Ah Bian and Ah Jane * Accompany Me Through Life * Nine Refers to the B ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

on 28 July 2015, from Mondays to Fridays.

Synopsis

Chu-Tsai, Chao and his wife have five children. Devoted all his life into developing soy sauce products, Chu-Tsai very much hopes that one of his kids can follow his footsteps and take over his business, but he also respects their own passions and aspirations. Because of their father's invention dream, the Chao brother's lives are about to change...

Cast

Wang Shih-hsien Wang Shih-hsien (; born 11 February 1968) is a Taiwanese singer and actor. Career As a singer, Wang won Best Taiwanese language performer at the 16th Golden Melody Awards. Wang has been nominated multiple times, including in 2008 and 2011, wh ...

as Zhao Xinda *

Athena Lee Yen Athena Lee Yen or Cloud Yin (born 20 November 1981) is a Taiwanese actress who graduated from the New Taipei Municipal Jui-Fang Industrial High School. Private life She married who was chairperson of Changhua County and the chairperson of the ...

as Chen Yixuan and Jiang Jiang hao * Eric Huang as Zhao Yingkai * Angel Han as Yang Zixin *

Vicky Tseng Vicky Tseng Wan-ting (; born 5 May 1982) is a Taiwanese actress who debuted as a child actress at the age of 16 with minor television roles. She began starring in sitcoms after 2006, including her role as Lin Ai-ting in ''Lee's Family Reunion'' (2 ...

as Zhou Xiaojing * Franco Chiang as Jiang Da Tong * Carolyn Chen as Jiang Qian Qian *

Lung Shao-hua Lung Shao-hua (; 25 March 1953 – 14 September 2021) was a Taiwanese actor, singer and television host. Lung was found unresponsive in Kaohsiung Kaohsiung, officially Kaohsiung City, is a special municipality located in southern Taiw ...

as King *

Miao Ke-li Miao Ke-li (Chinese: 苗可麗; born 13 January 1971) is a Taiwanese actress, television host and singer. Born in Taichung, Miao began her career as a singer in 1988 after participating in a singing competition at the age of fifteen. She turne ...

as Kayla (cameo) *

Frankie Huang Brando Huang (; born 22 March 1981) is a Taiwanese actor and television host. Early life and education Born in Huwei, Yunlin, Huang attended Chien Hsin University of Science and Technology and graduated with a bachelor's degree in electronic ...

as Hsien Ge (cameo) *Grace Lin as Yan Qiao Ling *Angus Hiseh as Gao Ke Wei *Cocco Wu as An Chen Xi and Chen Yi Mei *Norman Chen as Li Jia Liang and Zhuge Yu *Chunya Chao as Luo Shou Zhen *James Chen as Li Jia Ming *Margaret Wang as Wang Le Le *Ruby Lin as Gao Yuan Yuan *Nic Chang as Shi Da Lin *Elissa Liao as Lai Tian Jie *Joyce Yu as Weng Mei Ji and Lin Qiu Ping *Serene Wang as Liu Ya Lin *Leo Ting as Huang Wen Chang

Broadcast

International broadcast

Singapore broadcast

The series was broadcast on weekdays from 4.30pm to 5.30 pm due to local broadcast laws prohibiting radio or television broadcasts in Chinese dialects, the show was dubbed into

Mandarin Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...

when it aired on Singapore's

MediaCorp Channel 8 Channel 8 ( zh, 8頻道) is a Singaporean Mandarin-language free-to-air terrestrial television channel in Singapore, owned by state media conglomerate Mediacorp. The channel broadcasts general entertainment and news programming in the Manda ...

, thus making it the first channel to broadcast the show in Mandarin.

Repeat Telecast (2019)

It repeated its run from Tuesday - Saturday from 4.00am to 6.00am, succeeding ''

Mom's House ''Mom's House'' is a Taiwanese Hokkien television drama that began airing on Formosa Television in Taiwan. This is also known as the first HD drama ever broadcast on Formosa Television. During the last week of the drama's run, where the final two ...

''. From 12 Jun 2020, it air from 4.00am to 5.00am, airing the previous weekday episode.

Repeat Telecast (2023)

It repeated its run from 14 September 2023 at 11.30am , succeeding '' Spring Flower'' which ended the same day. From 18 September 2023, it air from 10.30am to 12.30pm, airing 2 episodes.

References

External links

Taste of Life Website
Sanlih E-Television original programming Taiwanese drama television series 2015 Taiwanese television series debuts Hokkien-language television shows {{Taiwan-tv-stub