Also known as Taste of Missing You First episode date 6 March 2013 Number of episodes 68 | Final episode date 28 June 2013 Number of seasons 1 | |
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Written by Xu Yun Qi 許芸齊Huang Zheng Nan 黃正男 Directed by Feng Kai 馮凱Wu Meng En 吳蒙恩 Starring Michael Chang 張勛傑Nana Lee 李千娜Danson Tang 唐禹哲Demi Yin 茵芙Jay Shih 是元介Cindy Song 宋紀妍Hans Zhang 張翰 Cast Danson Tang, Nana Lee, Jay Shih, Yin Fu, Cindy Song Similar Lady Maid Maid, Ia Ia - I do, Sweet Sweet Bodyguard, Youth Power, Wake Up |
A hint of you part 1
A Hint of You (Chinese: 美味的想念; pinyin: Měi Wèi De Xiǎng Niàn) is a 2013 Taiwanese romantic drama with a food theme television series produced by Sanlih E-Television, starring Michael Zhang, Nana Lee, Danson Tang, Demi Yin, Jay Shih, Cindy Song and Hans Zhang as the main cast. The Chinese title literally translates to "Taste of Missing You". Filming began on February 14, 2013 and completed on June 25, 2013, the drama was filmed as it aired. First original broadcast began on March 6, 2013 on SETTV airing on weekdays from 9:00-10:00 pm, final episode aired on June 28, 2013 with 68 episodes total. This is SETTV last drama to air during its weekday 9:00-10:00 pm timeslot before it was obsoleted to air variety programs instead.
Contents
- A hint of you part 1
- Synopsis
- Main cast
- Lung 100 restaurantXia family
- Fu family
- Song family
- Hana Japanese restaurant staff
- Extended cast
- Guest stars
- Soundtrack
- Episode ratings
- Awards Nominations
- References
Synopsis

Xia Qing You works as a cook at her small family owned seafood restaurant that was started by her late father. She is unaware that the dishes she creates are subpar, until Fu Zai Yu dines at her restaurant one evening and harshly criticizes her cooking. Not taking his comments well, she, her family and regular patrons at the restaurant out number Zai Yu in his argument. One day a VIP customer who was a regular patron of her father reserves the entire restaurant and pays top dollars to taste a lobster dish he had eaten when her dad was running the restaurant. After tasting Qing You's dishes he is not happy and starts comparing her father's cooking to hers, he also tells her that her level of cooking will eventually put the restaurant out of business. After finding out that her father was once a chef at the high end Hana Japanese Restaurant, she decides to dine there to have a taste of their food. At Hana she runs into Zai Yu, who is the head chef at the restaurant. He cooks her his signature egg friend rice dish to show her how good food should taste like. Upon her first bite it brings her back to the taste of her father's fried rice dish. After many failed attempts at duplicating the taste of Zai Yu's dish, she begs and stalks Zai Yu to accept her as his student in order to learn how to make his fried rice dish.
Main cast

Lung 100 restaurant/Xia family

Fu family

Song family
Hana Japanese restaurant staff
Extended cast
Guest stars
Soundtrack
A Hint of You Original TV Soundtrack (OST) (美味的想念 電視原聲帶) was released on June 21, 2013 by various artists under Avex Taiwan Inc. record label. It contains 14 tracks total, in which 6 tracks are instrumental versions of the original songs. The opening theme is track 2 "A Hint of You 美味的想念 " by Danson Tang, while the closing theme is track 1 "Shouldn't Be Brave 不應該勇敢" by Soo Wincci.
Episode ratings
Competing dramas on rival channels airing at the same time slot were:
Awards & Nominations
The 2013 Sanlih Drama Awards Ceremony were held on December 28, 2013 at Sanlih's headquarters and broadcasting studios at No. 159, Section 1, Jiuzong Rd, Neihu District Taipei City, Taiwan.