Featured food: Chicken soup
We've reached the end!! Hooray!! So happy to have made it through... Almost gave up halfway... I know, you must be wondering why I started this review in the first place... Well, honestly I didn't know it was going to be 40 episodes long... :O Anyways, thanks for staying with me too!! We made it!! :D
It starts with a scene at the midnight diner, one of the regular diners was welcoming his cousin named Sun Jian into the diner. She had been away for awhile and is back in town. She gushes about a book which she read that was really good...
The writer of the book is Gao Jian Ling who specialises in love relationships. His book has sold millions and he hosts regular radio talk shows giving advice to people about their love lives. Ironically, his own marriage was on the rocks. One morning, he stumbled across some divorce papers in the drawer while searching for something at his desk. His wife was planning to divorce him... Oh noes!
Still in shock, he had to attend a book signing event. He poured out his troubles to his manager who listened to him but the show must still go on. It was really hard for him, imagine the world thinking you are the love guru but in reality his marriage was a failure...
Meanwhile back at the diner, a mysterious character appears... He seemed to be stalking Sun Jian. He gave the diner boss some instructions on how to prepare a lime drink for Sun Jian as she was not feeling well. Sun Jian didn't know that stranger had come in earlier. When he accidentally came back in and she was horrified to see him. Inspector Li realises that stranger was a stalker so he gave chase but failed to apprehend him. Sun Jian says it was alright but everyone at the diner were concerned about her safety...
The weird stalker had left his bag behind when Inspector Li gave chase. The gossip girls were curious and opened it. To their horror they discovered an urn. Omooo!!! Everyone screamed... Haha I love Ma Ling Ling here praying for herself!! The diner boss takes the bag and keeps it aside.
Mr. Gao was still distraught learning about the impending divorce. During the ride home, his assistant mentioned to him about the midnight diner. Yeah, another tie-back to an earlier episode with Richie Jen (If you remember the busker and the food critic) Apparently he is friends with the famous food critic. Anyways, Mr. Gao couldn't sleep that night and decided to call the diner for directions to the place.
The weird stalker comes back for his bag and he was about to leave when Sun Jian came in. Aigoo!! I can totally relate this feeling, you really don't want to see your stalker ugh!! She originally came to the diner in hopes to meet the famous book writer, Mr. Gao...
The diner filled up quickly with the other regulars including Ah Xian and Ah Long. Mr. Gao finally arrived at the diner but wanted to leave because the chicken soup was not ready yet. It was going to pour already and the rest persuaded him to stay...
The rest of the parts was basically like a live talk show... Haha! Everyone was pouring out their love troubles to Mr. Gao and he got overwhelmed a bit. He stepped out of the diner to make a call to his wife telling that he will be out all night.
Sun Jian tells about her love story with a guy who was actually her senior's boyfriend. She felt so embarrassed when her senior found out about it and that's why she left town for that long time. The stalker stranger told everyone about his story, an earthquake killed his wife and son... It was Sun Jian who offered help at that time and he couldn't stop following her around as she was the only reminder of his wife and child. Creepy aft!! :O And oh, the urn was his wife's remains I think... Well, something like that...
Mr. Gao told everyone at the diner about his impending divorce. He admitted that he wasn't that love guru which everyone thought he was. Aww, it takes much courage to say all that in front of strangers too!
But all's well ends well, everyone encouraged him to save his marriage and the chicken soup was finally ready! Everyone slurps down the delicious hot soup....
It was dawn and the rain stopped. Mr. Gao phones his wife saying that he will be bringing home some chicken soup and they should talk... The weird stalker says goodbye to Sun Jian, no more stalking her...What a relief... Phew! Sun Jian receives a text from her senior saying hi...
Everyone heads home and is greeted by a lovely rainbow in the blue sky! A very nice ending indeed, saying that after every storm there is always a new beginning...
This series isn't entirely a bad one. It was a pretty good effort if you think of it. Maybe some parts were lost in translation, as in adapting the original Midnight Diner series to suit the Chinese culture. Hopefully there will improvements in future adaptations. But for now, I think I've had enough of Chinese food dramas! ;D
The last featured dish was the simple chicken soup. Using chicken bones and meat, let it simmer for a couple of hours and viola!
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