Season 1 • Episode 1
LatestSweet Relationship is a Taiwanese drama starring Vic Chou of F4, Alan Kuo, Megan Lai and Patty Hou. It is based on a Japanese josei manga Oishii Kankei by Satoru Makimura. It was produced by Comic Ritz International Production with Chai Zhi Ping as producer and directed by Chu Yu-ning. The series was first boardcasted in Taiwan on free-to-air Chinese Television System from 16 September 2007 to 27 January 2008, every Sunday from 22:00 to 23:30 and cable TV Gala Television Variety Show/CH 28 from 22 September 2007 to 2 February 2008, every Saturday at 21:00. It only received moderate rating despite the promising cast as well as story. The average rating of the drama after the final episode was 1.50.
Acting
Vic Chou's brooding chef era hits different.
Production
Food close-ups so lush you'll order takeout immediately.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Vic Chou was still riding F4 superstardom here, making his 'grumpy chef' transformation a deliberate image shift. The moderate ratings suggest Taiwan wasn't ready.
The manga adaptation swapped Japanese culinary hierarchy for Taiwanese family restaurant dynamics, losing some class tension but gaining melodramatic parent-child conflict that hit harder with local audiences.
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