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#1
Youth, Family, Life
Tan Songyun, Song Weilong, Zhang Xincheng
Three children who are not related by blood and have suffered different traumas in their original families are brought together by coincidence to become brother and sister. The elder brother Ling Xiao, the second brother He Ziqiu, and the younger sister Li Jianjian are raised by two fathers Li Haichao and Ling Heping. They support each other and grow up together. After graduating from high school, the two brothers return to their families of origin. On one side is the new family that they recognize and cherish each other, and on the other side is their biological parents that they cannot choose but have an indifferent relationship. They wandered between two families. Nine years later, the brothers return to their new families and are finally reunited, but the psychological problems caused by their families of origin still follow them. Facing various difficulties in life, they choose to make a concerted effort to get through them. After some trials and tribulations, they finally bravely step out of the shadow of their past, allowing their parents to face their problems and making each other become better and better.Love The Way You Are
#2
Youth, Romance
Judy Qi, Derek Chang
EVA, a rising star in the supermodel industry, has a devilish figure and is a very successful model in everyone’s heart. However, people don’t know that she has a very special physique, she cannot eat more than 1,000 calories a day. Because of excessive weight loss before, as long as she eats more than a thousand calories, she will become fat. But after Eva met her schoolboy Ruan Dongsheng, who she once had a crush on, she found that she would not get fat when she ate the food Ruan Dongsheng cooked. For the food and good figure, EVA stayed with Ruan Dongsheng’s side, but she did not know that Ruan Dongsheng always liked her (the fat Zhen Yuanyuan before). Finally, they went through all kinds of trials and tribulations. During the period, they gradually developed an affection for each other and started a sweet and youthful love.Sweet Trap
#3
Romance
Xie Binbin, Zhang Miaoyi
Set in a culinary Jianghu, this drama tells the story of Li Nai, an apprentice with a gift for smell, who goes undercover under the highly intelligent chef Jiang Jie to take avenge for her master. Then they start a food dural.Delicious Destiny
#4
Urban, Youth, Romance
Mike D.Angelo, Mao Xiaotong
The star chef of Western food, Li Yuzhe, and the editorial director of the TV food program, Song Jiaming, met because of program production. Li Yuzhe is obsessed with food and has a glamorous background as a graduate from Le Cordon Bleu in France, and runs his own restaurant in an elegant style. Song Jiaming, who has an excellent palate, assists her father, Song Dezhong, in running a popular traditional snack bar. In order to produce the show, Song Jiaming, and the cold-faced chef Li Yuzhe had various conflicts in philosophy. But after the friction, Yuzhe was impressed by Jiaming’s talent and love for cooking and was gradually attracted by the brightness and tenacity of Jiaming’s personality. Jiaming also gradually felt the charm of Yu Zhe. They were gradually attracted to each other. However, they were tested by the inextricable grudges of the previous generation. They went forward through hardships but still persisted in their dreams. On the other hand, Ye Yilan, Li Yuzhe, and Zhao Han are good friends who grew up together. Yilan was jealous of Yuzhe’s love for Jiaming, and Yilan deliberately approached and pursued Yuzhe despite Zhao Han’s affection. At the same time, the old house where the Song family snack bar was located was being deliberately acquired. Jiaming faced a crisis in her family and love, but she accidentally discovered that her mother Chen Lihua, whom she had been searching for for years, was the stepmother of Yilan. Yilan’s younger brother, Yi Xuan, and Yuzhe’s sister, Yu Xi who met due to the business venture, were secretly in love. With the emotional entanglement and career competition between the young people, the inextricable ties and secrets behind the several young people are uncovered little by little.Cupid's Kitchen
#5
Urban, Romance, Comedy
Ethan Juan, Song Zu Er
Lin Kesong, a young girl with a genius sense of taste, falls in love with her classmate Song Yiran and chases him to America, where she accidentally meets Jiang Qianfan, a three-star Michelin chef. Jiang Qianfan takes Lin Kesong as his apprentice and teaches her cooking skills, and they prepare for a cooking competition three months later together. Although Lin Ke Song has a talented palate, she knows nothing about cooking. After Jiang Qianfan’s devilish training and innovation, Lin Kesong actually has her own set of special cooking skills, she gradually finds her confidence in the process and becomes better. In this process, Song Yiran also gradually develops love for Lin Ke Song, and Jiang Qianfan regains his eyesight. In the end, Lin Kesong wins the cooking competition and finally be in love with Jiang Qianfan.Shuttle Love Millennium
#6
Romance, Fantasy
Wei Daxun, Janice Man, Puff Kuo
A bullet is discharged, and two lives of destiny are shifted. The playboy Sun Qilong returned to the old Shanghai of 1936, the legendary chef Zhang Zhigang came to 2016, they carried each other’s identities and exchanged fates, traveling through 80 years. The secret of the family heirloom, the entanglement of love and hate, all the mysteries are waiting to be answered. And it is sure that time and space are changing, only love remains the same.To Be A Better Man
#7
Urban, Romance, Life
Sun Honglei, Jiang Shuying, David Wang
Lu Yuan is a Chinese man who worked in the United States and became a three-star Michelin restaurant chef. In the hearts of most people, he is living a wanton, unrestrained life; in the hearts of his lover, he is definitely a different kind of “good man”, dedicated and kind. The nightmarish car accident in the United States did not kill him, but let him live more and more strong. Returning to China, Lu Yuan originally had three purposes: to bring back the ashes of his buddy Dapeng, who died in a car accident, so that he could return to his roots; to send Dapeng’s under-18-year-old daughter Peng Jiahe back to her own mother, and to find a secluded place to hang himself with a rope. But he didn’t expect that once he landed, he met his ex-girlfriend Gan Jing who he didn’t want to meet and Gan Jing’s current boyfriend. It turned out that Jiang Haokun was the childhood friend of Lu Yuan. However, the relationship with his old love is not yet clear, he was bothered not only by his apprentice who is interested in learning to cook, but also by Jiang Haokun’s sister Jiang Lai, who entered his life with a vengeance. The two “gamer masters” who have similar souls, eventually get closer together, and a love battle between a mature man and a mature woman was staged.Gentlemen of East 8th
#8
Urban, Life, Comedy
Zhang Han, Wang Xiaochen, Du Chun
Tong Yu, Guo Chong, Li Jiesen and Xiang Xiaofei are four college friends with different personalities and from all over the country, who have gone through their youth together and are now past their prime. In the year 2020 in Shanghai, Tong Yu, an artificial intelligence engineer, Guo Chong, a university teacher, Xiang Xiaofei, a brand shop manager, and Li Jiesen, a chef in a western restaurant, have become mature and reliable, yet all four of them have the same dilemma as men. Tong Yu faces great difficulties in research and development, Guo Chong loses his passion in his stable job, Li Jiesen has difficulty in breaking through the bottleneck, and Xiang Xiaofei struggles and wanders between money and his ideals. The four men face a typical mid-life crisis, supporting each other and seeking a breakthrough amidst the ups and downs. The four men also encounter love in their respective lives. Tong Yu has many emotional ups and downs with Xu Duo, a company executive, Guo Chong and Ai Mi, a graduate, seem to be inseparable, Li Jiesen pursues his idol, the Weibo writer Yue Ziqian, and Xiang Xiaofei has a flash marriage with Liu Shengnan, a businesswoman. The road to romance is far more winding than career. In the end, they embrace their careers, embrace their love, and move towards maturity and a better version of themselves in this best of times.Be Your Own Light
#9
Urban, Romance, Business
Liu Tao, Qin Hailu, Liu Yuning
He Huan hits rock bottom when her husband runs away from home, leaves behind huge debts, suffers a career setback and her mother falls seriously ill. With the encouragement of her friends, and after the initial experience of being at a loss, she faced all the difficulties head-on with resilience and started from scratch. With wisdom and sincerity, she overcame the difficulties of his mother's medical treatment and the trouble given by her creditors. And with persistence, she quickly grew from a grassroots hotline operator to a program host, returning to the peak of her career and becoming a light of her own. After realizing her personal dream, He Huan and his colleagues began to actively explore the path of traditional media's transformation into integrated media. With the help of online blogger Jiang Junhao, He Huan plunged into the "tide" of the times. After founding a successful self-media, she actively joined the construction of the TV station's integrated media. While her career is getting better, He Huan faces a new decision in her emotions. Her husband's selfishness and ruthlessness have led to He Huan's sobriety and independence. Her relationship with Jiang Junhao has evolved from dislike, and suspicion to understanding, consideration, appreciation, and admiration. They have eventually become mutual support with tacit understanding.Time Seems to Have Forgotten
#10
Urban, Romance, Fantasy
Lan Yingying, Fan Chengcheng
The drama tells the story of Wu Yang and Lu Xiaofan, who reunite after losing their love memories for each other, and embark on an inspirational story of old memories and new love.Let's Date, Professor Xie
#11
Urban, Romance, Comedy
Xu Jiaqi, Zhang Zhihao
When Ling Yang, a top chef bearing the mission of the "Pickled Vegetable Family," goes on a blind date with Xie Yufei, a biological female PhD, who always single. It was initially thought to be a comedic blind date. However, due to the destined fate, they are forcibly bound together and become a "contracted couple" who gradually fall in love with each other. They embark on a love pursuit entangled by "financial temptation."Stay Young Stay Passion
#12
War, Suspense, Life
Yang Shuo, Zhang Han, Guo Xiaoting
After the 1927 Guangzhou Anti-Revolutionary Coup, the underground members of the Chinese Communist Party, the Han couple, bravely sacrificed themselves. Their three separated children were each adopted by ordinary families. The eldest son became an apprentice in a pharmacy, the second son became a chef, and the youngest daughter pursued a career as a Cantonese opera performer. Under the guidance of their respective mentors, they grew into experts in their fields. Just as they were about to find and seek revenge on the individuals responsible for their parents' deaths, the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out, and Guangzhou fell under occupation. This drastically altered their destinies. The eldest son engaged in a seven-year struggle against a Japanese pharmaceutical merchant to protect traditional Chinese medicine formulas and ultimately sacrificed his life while opposing Japanese biological weapons. The second son refused to collaborate with the enemy and moved to Hong Kong to promote Cantonese cuisine. When his career was successful, he returned to Guangzhou to help his brother save the people. The youngest daughter led a theater troupe in contributing to the war effort and continued to refine her Cantonese opera skills, seeking a balance between the harsh realities of life and the beautiful world of theater. Until the end of the war, the three siblings steadfastly upheld their national pride and continued to pass on their respective skills and traditions.Just Between Us
#13
Urban, Romance, Drama
Liu Haikuan, Liu Yitong
The outwardly stern foreign chef, Wang Tingzhi, and his daughter, Wang Qianqian, along with the local "Little Chili" Huang Yilin and her grandmother Zhang Baoqin from Macau, are brought together by fate through a "house." As their emotions heat up over "delicious food," they eventually come together under the same roof and embark on a journey of love.Legend of the Undercover Chef
#14
Historical, Wuxia, Comedy
Zhao Benshan, Song Xiaobao, Song Xiaofeng
At the end of some dynasty, wokou pirates run amuck and the eunuchs had the imperial power in their hands. Eunuch Cao of the Eastern Bureau colludes with the wokou pirates to slaughter the people of the Chinese martial arts world and plot a rebellion. Changhai is known as the leader of the Magpie Saber Sect and actually a member of a secret anti-wokou-pirate organization. Apart from wiping out the wokou pirates, his other important task is to discover the officials who collude with the wokou pirates. Meanwhile, Eunuch Cao also finds that some martial artists are opposing him, so he secretly assigns his people to monitor all sects. To conceal his identity and proceed with his secret task, Ximen Changhai finds his twin brother, Ximen Changzai, who is living in their hometown, and asks the latter to disguise him. Twins as they are, Ximen Changhai and Ximen Changzai are utterly distinctive in character and choice of life. Ximen Changzai is a vigilant hero while Ximen Changhai is a timid cook. Facing his brother’s daring request, Ximen Changzai doesn’t agree at first but allured by Changhai’s promise to get him a wife, Ximen Changzai still agrees to disguise himself as his brother. As such, Ximen Changzai becomes a leader of a sect and breaks into the thrilling martial arts world. To disguise himself as his brother, the first hurdle Ximen Changzai has to face is his brother’s family members, Hao Meng, the eldest disciple who is dull and staid, Ye Siniang, who is extremely passionate, Zhao Dezhu, the second disciple, who is reckless and impulsive, and Ximen Rou, the daughter of Ximen Changhai, the most difficult one. Ximen Changzai meant to muddle through in a low key. However, trouble keeps knocking at the door. Gao Damao, the leader of the Celestial Pool Gang, the sovereign of the Five Poison Sect and others all come to him. Most dangerously, Ximen Changzai arouses the attention and suspicion of Eunuch Cao!
