Soup of Life
| Soup of Life 砂煲肉骨茶 |
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|---|---|
| Genre | Family Melodrama Food |
| Story by | Ding Yun |
| Starring |
Yao Wenlong Ann Kok Belinda Lee Terence Cao Nat Ho Zhou Ying Jerry Yeo Lin Meijiao |
| Opening theme | 人生闲聊话 by Joshua Foo |
| Ending theme | 爱你 by Peter Tan and Wei En 花月正良宵 by Ling Xiao |
| Country of origin |
Malaysia Singapore |
| Original language(s) | Mandarin |
| No. of episodes | 25 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Yeo Saik Pin |
| Location(s) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Running time | approx. 45 minutes (excluding advertisements) |
| Distributor | MediaCorp TV |
| Release | |
| Original network | Mediacorp Channel 8 (Singapore) |
| Picture format | 16:9 HDTV |
| Original release | 5 February – 11 March 2014 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Yes We Can! |
| Followed by | The Caregivers |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Soup of Life (simplified Chinese: 砂煲肉骨茶) is considered the tenth Malaysian production by MediaCorp Studios Malaysia. Filming began in 2013 and took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It made its debut in Singapore on 5 February 2014.
Life is like a bowl of Bak Kut Teh soup, as one must be able to withstand the test of time to understand himself, and know his own self-worth. Only thus can life be truly exciting! This was a principle Ah Yuan’s mother had told him to live by. When Ah Yuan was young, he was a gangster, and often committed petty thefts. Once when there was a gang fight, Ah Yuan’s buddy, Ah Hai, took the blame and pleaded guilty in court in order to protect him.
Ah Yuan was grateful to Ah Hai for his sacrifice, and decided to turn over a new leaf, taking over his father’s business of selling Bak Kut Teh at a coffee shop together with his wife, Ah Mei. Ah Yuan was hardworking and honest, and refused to cut corners when cooking his Bak Kut The. He soon had a steady stream of regular customers. However, Ah Mei’s ex-boyfriend, Hei Ge, continued to pester the couple, wanting her to leave Ah Yuan and return to him. Once when they were having an argument, Ah Yuan was pushed beyond his limits and scalded Hei Ge. He Ge swore to put Ah Yuan behind bars…
After Ah Hai was released from prison, he wanted to start life anew. When he knew that Hei Ge was causing trouble for Ah Yuan, he looked Hei Ge up quietly to negotiate with him. However, Hei Ge wanted Ah Hai to help him in smuggling, but was stopped in time by Ah Yuan. The two buddies proceeded to work together to put Hei Ge behind bars.
Ah Hai had a lot of difficulty finding a job because of his background, and when he finally found a job as a chef, he met his previous chief, Long Ge. Knowing Ah Hai’s capabilities, he wanted Ah Hai to work for him again. However, Ah Hai was very unwilling to return to crime, and kept rejecting him, offending him in the process. Ah Hai had no choice but to open a Nasi Lemak stall at the coffee shop with Ah Yuan’s help.
At the coffee shop was a lady selling duck rice named Lin Fang, who was very hardworking, and sacrificed a lot for her family. Her husband, Mark, was bad tempered and abusive as a result of being jobless for a long time, and was having an affair with a bar owner named Amy. Lin Fang was torn between tolerating the affair to keep the family together and confronting him. As Mark was trying to seek Lin Fang’s forgiveness, Amy appeared and sowed discord among the family members, causing Lin Fang and her son’s relationship to be strained. To get Mark to return to her side, Amy kept causing trouble for the family, and caused the marriage to fall apart.
Having lost her husband, Lin Fang had the help of those at the coffee shop to pull herself together. As Ah Hai helped her repeatedly, the two of them started developing feelings for each other. However, they could not move beyond being mere friends because of their own circumstances. At that time, Ah Yuan was framed for a murder, and was arrested by the police. Knowing that Long Ge was behind it, Ah Hai agreed to work for him in order for Ah Yuan to be released. Thus when Ah Yuan was released, Ah Hai “disappeared” without a word. One day, Lin Fang spotted Ah Hai and discovered that he was working for a gang. This tested their relationship further.
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