Gilded Chopsticks — Season 1, Episode 2: Episode 2
Drama, Comedy • 45 min • 1 season, 25 episodes • ★ 7.7/10
Episode synopsis
When MO-SUET and her mother CHAU-KUK are performing on the street, the Manchu police gives them a hard time. MO-SUET starts a fight with the police. Commander NIAN GENGYAO arrives to investigate the case and he apologizes to MO-SUET. TIN-PO is nervous with the result of SZE-TO's divination and he tries to find out the meaning of "S.E.R.F." from him. The crown prince learns that the emperor misses the salted-fish buns very much and he wants YINZHEN to invite TIN-PO to the palace again. TIN-PO is sleepless before going to the palace. He discovers that SIU-YU is very good at cooking and he wants her to teach him but SIU-YU rejects him. KANGXI invites the ninth prince, YINZHEN and the others to meet up. He scolds the ninth prince in front of everybody and the ninth prince vents his anger on YINZHEN. The representative from Japan challenges the Palace Larder's chef and the chef loses.… ...
About Gilded Chopsticks
Ko Tin Bo had been an experienced eater since youth, he knows everything about food and the taste as soon as it goes into his mouth. Unfortunately due to a family crisis he and his loyal follower Lee Wai were forced to wander the streets and made a living off selling buns. Because of food, Tin Bo met a female street entertainer Gei Mo Suet, the Capital's most beautiful woman Lin Yeuk Bik and female chef Mai Siu Yue. It is also because of fate that he encountered the Fourth Royal Prince Yan Chan who discovered his talent and recommended him to the palace to work as a palace chef. In the palace, Tin Bo meets his old enemy Choi Hok Ting and set off a series of battles in the kitchen. Tin Bo also didn't know he was getting himself involved in the Eighth Royal Prince Yan Yik's evil plot.