Be Home for Dinner — Season 1, Episode 139: Episode 139
Drama, Comedy • 23 min • 1 season, 160 episodes
Episode synopsis
MING takes UNCLE EVAN to a hotel for dinner. He has difficulty in reading the English menu. Luckily a waitress, who is actually pretended by MEI-CHING, helps him out of his embarrassment. UNCLE EVAN is leaving Hong Kong today. MING books him a limousine to the airport but he cannot be more embarrassed the moment he finds that the rental fee much higher than what he has expected. MING has lost a deal. TUNG is so furious that he wants to fire him. KWAI speaks up for MING. UNCLE EVAN’s flight has been cancelled. He goes to the Bird’s-Eye View Daily Post to look for MING. HOI-YEE and HOI are taken aback when they see UNCLE EVAN at the lobby of their office building. HING is receiving UNCLE EVAN when MING finally shows up. To his huge surprise, HING not only covers up for him but also shows UNCLE EVAN round the office. To his horror, MR. KO appears suddenly.
About Be Home for Dinner
Chung Kwok-Chu is a renowned food critic and an assistant editor-in-chief of a newspaper, Ko Jim Daily. When his son, Si-Hon returns from Canada, Chu is disappointed to find that Si Hon intends to become a chef rather than taking up a professional career. His attempts to guide his son away are thwarted when Shum Bui-yee, a well-known and respected chef, reluctantly accepts Si-Hon as her assistant. Meanwhile, Kwok-Chu struggles to keep peace amongst extended family members.