| Native Name: | 美味的想念 |
| Alt Name: | Taste of Missing You |
| Genre: | Romance, Drama, Food |
| Creator: | Sanlih E-Television |
| Director: | Feng Kai 馮凱 Wu Meng En 吳蒙恩 |
| Starring: | Nana Lee Danson Tang Jay Shih Hans Zhang |
| Opentheme: | A Hint of You 美味的想念 by Danson Tang |
| Endtheme: | Shouldn't Be Brave 不應該勇敢 by Soo Wincci |
| Country: | Taiwan |
| Language: | Mandarin |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 68 |
| Producer: | Guo Jian Hong 郭建宏 Zhang Man Na 張曼娜 |
| Location: | Taiwan |
| Camera: | Multi camera |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes |
| Company: | Sanlih E-Television TransWorld Production Co. 映畫傳播事業股份有限公司 |
| Channel: | SETTV |
A Hint of You is a 2013 Taiwanese romantic television series with a food theme produced by Sanlih E-Television, starring, Nana Lee, Danson Tang,, Jay Shih, 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, with the last of the 68 episodes aired on June 28, 2013. This is SETTV's last drama to air during its weekday 9:00-10:00 pm timeslot before it was obsoleted to air variety programs instead.[1]
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.[2] [3]
| A Hint of You Original TV Soundtrack (OST) | |
| Type: | soundtrack |
| Artist: | Various artists |
| Released: | 21 June 2013 |
| Genre: | Mandopop |
| Language: | Mandarin |
| Label: | Avex Taiwan Inc. |
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.
| Network | Country | Airing Date | Timeslot | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SETTV | March 6, 2013 | Monday to Friday 9:00-10:00 pm | ||
| ETTV | Monday to Friday 11:00 pm –12:00 am | |||
| Astro Quan Jia HD | July 6, 2013 | Saturday 1:00-5:30 pm | ||
| StarHub TV | May 27, 2013 | Monday to Friday 7:00-8:00 pm | ||
| TVB J2 | February 6, 2015 | Monday to Friday 7:30-8:30 am | ||
| Amarin TV | September 10, 2015 | Monday to Friday 2:00-3:30 pm |
| Air Date | Episodes | Weekly Average Ratings | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–7 March 2013 | 1-2 | 1.00 | 4 | |
| 11–14 March 2013 | 3-6 | 1.14 | 3 | |
| 18–21 March 2013 | 7-10 | 1.25 | 3 | |
| 25–28 March 2013 | 11-14 | 1.41 | 3 | |
| 01-4 April 2013 | 15-18 | 1.73 | 3 | |
| 08-11 April 2013 | 19-22 | 1.60 | 4 | |
| 15–18 April 2013 | 23-26 | 1.54 | 4 | |
| 22–25 April 2013 | 27-30 | 1.53 | 4 | |
| 29 April-2 May 2013 | 31-34 | 1.42 | 3 | |
| 06-9 May 2013 | 35-38 | 1.41 | 3 | |
| 13–16 May 2013 | 39-42 | 1.62 | 3 | |
| 20–23 May 2013 | 43-46 | 1.44 | 3 | |
| 27–30 May 2013 | 47-50 | 1.57 | 3 | |
| 03-6 June 2013 | 51-54 | 1.62 | 3 | |
| 10–13 June 2013 | 55-58 | 1.89 | 3 | |
| 17–21 June 2013 | 59-63 | 1.74 | 3 | |
| 24–28 June 2013 | 64-68 | 2.19 | 3 | |
| Average ratings | 1.56 | |||
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.
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2013 Sanlih Drama Awards 華劇大賞[6] | Viewers Choice Drama Award | A Hint of You | |
| Best Actor Award | Micheal Zhang | |||
| Best Actress Award | Nana Lee | |||
| Best Screen Couple Award | Micheal Zhang & Nana Lee | |||
| Best Kiss Award | Micheal Zhang & Nana Lee | |||
| Best Foolishly Award | Ke Shu-qin | |||
| Fang Wen-lin |