Hainan Kopi Tales 琼园咖啡香 |
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Genre | Family Drama |
Created by | Koh Teng Liang (许声亮) |
Written by | Chen Chun'an (陈春安) |
Directed by | Chia Mien Yang (谢敏洋) |
Starring |
Chew Chor Meng Cynthia Koh Florence Tan Lin Meijiao |
Opening theme | 咖啡香 by Mavis Hee |
Country of origin | Singapore |
Original language(s) | Chinese, Hainanese |
No. of episodes | 20 |
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Executive producer(s) | Yeo Saik Pin (杨锡彬) |
Release | |
Original network | TCS-8 |
Original release | July 2000 |
Hainan Kopi Tales (琼园咖啡香) is a Singaporean Chinese drama serial which aired in year 2000 on Channel 8.
Using Qiong Yuan, a Hainan coffeeshop as a backdrop, this nostalgic drama explores the Hainanese way of life from the 60s to the 80s.
Long Fuyuan (Li Wenhai), a Hainanese coffeeshop owner, has two sons (Ah Sing and Ah Zhuo) with his second wife in Indonesia. Long's first wife constantly makes life difficult for his second wife and her sons when they move to Singapore.
Ah Sing (Chew Chor Meng) decides to be sailor in order to avoid her. Not long after Long returns to Hainan Island to retire and Ah Sing is asked to manage the coffeeshop when Long's first wife cannot save the ailing business.