S01E01 Episode 1
Emperor KANGXI appoints his eldest son as the crown prince. The crown prince is a rude and unreasonable person. All the brothers dislike him. Among the people opposing the crown prince, the eighth prince YINSI...
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Overview
Ko Tin Bo had been an experienced eater since youth, he knows everything about food and the taste as soon as it goes into his mouth. Unfortunately due to a family crisis he and his loyal follower Lee Wai were forced to wander the streets and made a living off selling buns. Because of food, Tin Bo met a female street entertainer Gei Mo Suet, the Capital's most beautiful woman Lin Yeuk Bik and female chef Mai Siu Yue. It is also because of fate that he encountered the Fourth Royal Prince Yan Chan who discovered his talent and recommended him to the palace to work as a palace chef. In the palace, Tin Bo meets his old enemy Choi Hok Ting and set off a series of battles in the kitchen. Tin Bo also didn't know he was getting himself involved in the Eighth Royal Prince Yan Yik's evil plot.
Episodes
S01E02 Episode 2
When MO-SUET and her mother CHAU-KUK are performing on the street, the Manchu police gives them a hard time. MO-SUET starts a fight with the police. Commander NIAN GENGYAO arrives to investigate the case and...
S01E03 Episode 3
SIU-YU also arrives to support TIN-PO in fighting against the Japan chef. TIN-PO finds that SIU-YU is very skillful with knife and he wants to be her apprentice. On the next day, TIN-PO goes to...
S01E04 Episode 4
RUOBI suddenly organizes a Gourmet Bridal Contest. TIN-PO wants to marry RUOBI and he asks SIU-YU to take him as her apprentice. He is shocked to discover that SIU-YU knows how to cook the Five...
S01E05 Episode 5
KANGXI questions all princes. YINZHEN has discovered a jade pendant in Shanxi and the crown prince gives it to KANGXI. KANGXI recognizes that the jade pendant belongs to the ninth prince. He is very angry...
S01E06 Episode 6
TIN-BO sneaks into the palace to investigate the Shanxi's lost silver case. YINZHEN hesitates if he should unmask the crown prince. An orphan is missing at the slums of the capital. MO-SUET rushes to the...
S01E07 Episode 7
GENGYAO has killed the leader of the palace guards and KANGXI sends him to jail. RUOBI is worried and she visits YINZHEN. YINZHEN speaks for GENGYAO and KANGXI finally decides to send GENGYAO to the...
S01E08 Episode 8
RUOBI learns that SIU-YU has entered the palace with TIN-BO and she asks GENGYAO to help delivering a letter. SIU-YU wants to get rid of RUOBI and she agrees to help matching up TIN-BO and...
S01E09 Episode 9
RUOBI learns that SIU-YU has entered the palace with TIN-BO and she asks GENGYAO to help delivering a letter. SIU-YU wants to get rid of RUOBI and she agrees to help matching up TIN-BO and...
S01E10 Episode 10
YINZHEN settles down the issue successfully but KANGXI decides put the new policy on hold. YINZHEN seeks advice from SZE-TO and he is shocked to realize that he has been causing harm to the country...
S01E11 Episode 11
RUOBI discovers that SIU-YU is a woman. SIU-YU tells her the reason behind and asks her to keep the secret for her. KANGXI organizes a banquet for different countries' representatives. In order to take all...
S01E12 Episode 12
YINZHEN worries about KANGXI and he asks the guards to chase after MO-SUET. After learning about MO-SUET's real identity, KANGXI brings YINZHEN and MO-SUET to the palace temple. SIU-YU suspects that Old FUNG is Five...
S01E13 Episode 13
YINSI puts KANGXI under house arrest and KANGXI sets his testament secretly. YINZHEN wants to rescue KANGXI and he discusses the issue with SZE-TO and GENGYAO. TIN-BO visits KANGXI by saying that he wants to...
S01E14 Episode 14
TIN-BO tries to take strong laxatives but he still fails to get the testament. GENGYAO learns that YINSI's people have asked the palace guards to kill YINZHEN and he tries to convey the message by...
S01E15 Episode 15
GENGYAO asks SZE-TO to treat RUOBI's eye disease but SZE-TO has no clue. Some people are making troubles at the border area. The ministers suggest persuading the gangsters to capitulate but GENGYAO objects it. YINZHEN...
S01E16 Episode 16
TIN-BO and SIU-YU sneak away when GENGYAO is not there. They go to the village nearby to look for Tianshan snow lotus. TIN-BO tries to steal the Tianshan snow lotus but the villagers discover him...
S01E17 Episode 17
TIN-BO delivers SIU-YU's desserts to RUOBI. RUOBI senses that SIU-YU is having worries from the taste of the desserts. SIU-YU visits her mother's grave secretly. Old FUNG passes by and discovers her secret. TIN-BO wants...
S01E18 Episode 18
TIN-BO becomes the apprentice of Five Taste Master and he shares his dishes with SIU-YU. SIU-YU recognizes that the dishes come from Five Taste Master. MO-SUET enters the palace. Everybody know that YINZHEN loves MO-SUET...
S01E19 Episode 19
In order to achieve political stability, YINZHEN finally decides to marry LONGKODO's granddaughter and RUOBI as his concubines. On his wedding night, he goes to the Palace Larder to look for TIN-BO and he discovers...
S01E20 Episode 20
LEE WAI and SIU-TO try to create chance for TIN-BO to meet up with RUOBI but RUOBI uses cruel words to discourage TIN-BO. TIN-BO drinks at the riverside and he falls into the river accidentally....
S01E21 Episode 21
TIN-BO rescues SIU-YU from the bathhouse and he finally discovers her secret. He worries that SIU-YU will be punished for cheating and he urges her to leave the palace but SIU-YU reveals that she has...
S01E22 Episode 22
GENGYAO is degraded by YINZHEN and he becomes a soldier. He wears the imperial yellow jacket that YINZHEN gave him to show everybody that YINZHEN is an ungrateful man. YINZHEN needs to leave the palace...
S01E23 Episode 23
YINZHEN resorts to alcohol and RUOBI takes care of him. YINZHEN misconceives that RUOBI is MO-SUET and he sleeps with her. After the death of MO-SUET, YINZHEN changes completely and he kills the supporters of...
S01E24 Episode 24
YINZHEN wants to kill TIN-BO but he cannot since TIN-BO has got a Pardon token from KANGXI. He therefore sends TIN-BO to jail. HOK-TING learns that Old FUNG is Five Taste Master and he wants...
S01E25 Episode 25
A Russia chef suddenly arrives to challenge the chef at the Palace Larder and YINZHEN asks HOK-TING to compete with him. This is actually a contest arranged by YINSI but SIU-YU overhears their plan accidentally....
Cast
Stephanie Ho
米小鱼
Wong Cho-Lam
高天宝
Ben Wong Chi-Yin
胤禛, 四皇子
Joey Man Yee-Man
纪慕雪
Nancy Wu Ting-Yan
年若碧
Jack Wu
李卫
Ram Chiang Chi-Kwong
邬思道
Louis Cheung
Bob Lam Shing-Ban
Power Chan
Elliot Ngok Wah
Jimmy Au Shui-Wai
