Be Home for Dinner
Be Home for Dinner

Be Home for Dinner

2011 1 Seasons 160 Episodes ⭐ 0.0 Drama Comedy

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.

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.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Episode 1

Renowned food critic CHUNG KWOK-CHU is invited by a new restaurant to give comments on their food. AU KO-WING and TIN HO

EP 2

Episode 2

HON and JOE are making cakes in the kitchen. LEI is shocked to hear that they have already registered in Canada. For fea

EP 3

Episode 3

CHU has lost his fountain pen. Then he sees a woman picking up a fountain pen. He requests her to give it back to him bu

EP 4

Episode 4

HON discovers that YEE earns the same reputation as her fellow colleague ROGER, a western chef. He goes to Joyful Kitche

EP 5

Episode 5

Entertainment news assignment editor HING has taken photo of LAU CHUNG, their supplement writer, going out with a woman.

EP 6

Episode 6

SUM and her friend see a flowerpot falling from a building. Just when it is about to land an old woman, who is pushing a

EP 7

Episode 7

BIU, supplement editor, is immersing himself in horse racing broadcast when CHING puts a proof at his desk for endorseme

EP 8

Episode 8

CHING corrects the recipe after she has clarified with the hotel. On the other hand, CHU puts the printing on hold when

EP 9

Episode 9

SZ-NGA moves back home, as she cannot get along with her roommate. HON has to sleep in the sitting room as a result. YEE

EP 10

Episode 10

The competition between YEE and HON begins. The judge, in this case CHU, finds YEE’s pork chops more delicious. HON ca

EP 11

Episode 11

YEE and KWAI fight over a clock at a shop. Neither of them is willing to give up. It turns out YEE has ordered a porcela

EP 12

Episode 12

SUM asks CHU to take a watch for repair. CHU tells HON to do it but HON asks TUNG instead. SUM and her friends do volunt

EP 13

Episode 13

CHING thinks KA-KEUNG is too addicted to computer games. She frowns when she hears his romances in the past. The colleag

EP 14

Episode 14

HOI passes CHU CHING’s interview article on well-known shoemaker SIU KWOK-WAH. He believes she will replace KEUNG’s

EP 15

Episode 15

YEE has moved into KWAI’s flat. KWAI likes her body lotion, so she puts it in the bathroom so that KWAI can also use i

EP 16

Episode 16

TUNG delivers something to Joyful Kitchen to YEE. She tells him to take a box of soy sauce chicken to KWAI, his girlfrie

EP 17

Episode 17

HON needs to buy some cooking utensils. He borrows CHU’s new car. Somebody has parked in HING’s car park. He deliver

EP 18

Episode 18

SUM has been running around in the kitchen. MABEL’s boyfriend dumped her because she is a terrible cook. SUM tells her

EP 19

Episode 19

There is an ant’s nest at home and so the CHUNG’s decide to have a thorough cleanup. NGA has found a family photo in

EP 20

Episode 20

TUNG has returned from Zhuhai. He complains that everybody has forgotten about their trip. HON has made a dessert for LE

EP 21

Episode 21

MEI-CHING has left her wallet in the office. HING pays for her lunch, taking the opportunity to invite her to the movie.

EP 22

Episode 22

TUNG sits in his car, his eye fixed on a distant restaurant. What he does not know is, his family is watching him in a d

EP 23

Episode 23

HOI overhears in a motorcar showroom that TUNG has ordered a limited edition sports car. None of TUNG’s family believe

EP 24

Episode 24

MING has been absent for a few days. Not until TUNG asks about him then KWAI tells him MING had resigned via email. MING

EP 25

Episode 25

KWAI is tidying up the storeroom when a burglar breaks into the room. She resists and ends up all bruises and raggle-tag

EP 26

Episode 26

HOI is writing a feature article on wedding. He and CHING pretend to be lovers and gather material at a wedding company.

EP 27

Episode 27

CHING needs to tell YEE the content of a student notice. She is completely stumped when she faces YEE. HON asks her what

EP 28

Episode 28

LIN asks TUNG to search for a battery for an old model cell phone. The shop he recommends is surrounded by motels and sa

EP 29

Episode 29

HON would like CHU to comment on his dishes without prejudice. So he asks LEI to claim she prepares them. CHU is too tir

EP 30

Episode 30

HON has cooked something for TUNG. He rushes back to the Joyful Kitchen after taking them to him. LIN calls TUNG to see

EP 31

Episode 31

CHU sits on SUM’s glasses and breaks them. He tells her to buy a new pair. She hesitates, as this means spending money

EP 32

Episode 32

The hot pot restaurant of MR. KO, owner of the news agency, opens today. CHU sits poker-faced all the way and leaves mid

EP 33

Episode 33

CHU goes to Man Mo Restaurant for one of its signature dishes, i.e. “chicken stuffed with shark fin in double-boiled s

EP 34

Episode 34

CHU enjoys the meal very much. He is surprised he is not allergic to the dishes. HON tells him what he has done in arran

EP 35

Episode 35

CHU and the others take the mango tree to Aunt To’s Farm. When they finally arrive at the restaurant, SUM has already

EP 36

Episode 36

WAI is looking forward to his Korean trip. He could not be more disappointed when KWAN, who is not happy with the story

EP 37

Episode 37

SUSAN sees JIMMY, who is a fund manager, peeping into ABBY’s skirt. She goes up to expose him but WING stops her. The

EP 38

Episode 38

RAYMOND tries his best to please SUSAN, including invites her to go to sea. On the other hand, he tells WING to buy an a

EP 39

Episode 39

KWAI and YEE are surrounded by reporters at a restaurant. While YEE finds it annoying, KWAI enjoys being in the limeligh

EP 40

Episode 40

YEE runs into TUNG as she is buying underwear. TUNG accompanies LIN to return a mattress. TUNG has gone to pick up his c

EP 41

Episode 41

NGA goes home for holiday. SUM waits for her at a bus stop. NGA shouts out loudly when the traffic lights turn green and

EP 42

Episode 42

LEI sees NGA going into a vice establishment. NGA confesses she is tutoring for the son of a sex worker when SUM and CHU

EP 43

Episode 43

HON calls and tells HOI to meet up at the restaurant they used to go with CHING in their school days. HOI texts HO at a

EP 44

Episode 44

MEI-CHING is reading an article about 3S women, i.e. women who are single, born in the seventies, and stuck. YEE pays no

EP 45

Episode 45

A reporter had a traffic accident. He blames the news car for being too old. KWAN suggests buying a new one but MR. KO t

EP 46

Episode 46

HOI and CHING go to a community center for an interview. CHEUNG YAU-TAK, a mentally challenged member of the center, is

EP 47

Episode 47

A customer is dissatisfied with a lamp bought from TUNG and requests for a refund. MING’s girlfriend demands for a bre

EP 48

Episode 48

HON has left his menu at home. He calls and asks SUM to take it to Joyful Kitchen after telling YEE about this. YEE volu

EP 49

Episode 49

More than one client would like to place an ad in the paper, one of them is CHU’s cousin. CHU tells WING to stick to t

EP 50

Episode 50

The missing of the copper cow statue turns out to be a marketing tactic of the “King of Stock”. KWAN commends NGA in

EP 51

Episode 51

TUNG invites HON to call on his band on Tuesday. LEI asks HON to attend a charity ball with her on Wednesday. SUM’s ch

EP 52

Episode 52

HOI has got the recipe for Kwan Li Kee’s casserole rice. HON follows the recipe. Both HOI and ROGER find his rice deli

EP 53

Episode 53

HON suggests using cheese rather than fermented bean curd to bake vegetables. YEE does not find this a good idea though.

EP 54

Episode 54

WAI needs to go to dragon boat practice in the afternoon. He demands colleagues at the local news section to let him use

EP 55

Episode 55

LEI has left a message in her digital recorder that she is not coming back. She also complains that nobody in the family

EP 56

Episode 56

WEI has conducted an interview with MR. KO, the new golf champion. MR. KO mentioned in the interview that massage therap

EP 57

Episode 57

LEI and SUM’s respective NGOs are organizing a charity ball together. The NGO that SUM represents would like her to ta

EP 58

Episode 58

EP 59

Episode 59

CHU snapped TUNG on the face years ago. TUNG had a retinal detachment because of this, and his dream of becoming a polic

EP 60

Episode 60

MING has been taken in and lost some goods. KWAI scolds him so loudly that TUNG can hear them at the doorstep. Having fa

EP 61

Episode 61

EP 62

Episode 62

There has been a lot of positive feedback on SUSAN’s feature article on organ donation. KWAN tells her at the team mee

EP 63

Episode 63

Father’s Day is coming. NGA would like to take part in a mixed triathlon with HON, believing a golden medal will make

EP 64

Episode 64

SUSAN is interviewing a feng shui master. She plans to take the opportunity to ask for a few charms for other girls. KWA

EP 65

Episode 65

People in the office have found an x-rated movie VCD. Everybody believes it belongs to WAI, who is responsible for the a

EP 66

Episode 66

HON asks WAI where he got SUET’s photos, which obviously are not downloaded from the Internet. So WAI tells him. SUET

EP 67

Episode 67

MR. KO, who is hot on bowling, has recently bought a bowling center. He invites his staff and their family to play at th

EP 68

Episode 68

CHING, KWAI, SUSAN and LIN gather at the swimming pool where YEE is giving them training. YEE tells them to swim back an

EP 69

Episode 69

KWAI waits YEE at Joyful Kitchen. YEE has received piles of letters from her supporters. The letter sent from Buenos Air

EP 70

Episode 70

CHING is singing at her good friend EVA’s wedding. She invites HOI to play a piano accompaniment for her. She is also

EP 71

Episode 71

The bank has sent CHING a letter. HOI deduces from this that she will not come back again. MING is sad to see her go too

EP 72

Episode 72

KWAI is totally astonished to learn that YEE and CHING are sisters. TUNG reminds her not to hurt her feelings. HOI and M

EP 73

Episode 73

YEE waits TUNG at the bowling center but he is very late. In fact, TUNG is going up to mainland China for business with

EP 74

Episode 74

YEE does not see her mother when she gets to the hospital. She breaks down, believing her mother has already passed away

EP 75

Episode 75

YEE and ROGER have a meeting. HA keeps calling her for some trivial matters. What is more, she shows up uninvited at the

EP 76

Episode 76

SUM has forgotten about her appointment with LEI and their friends. As a result, she is being made a fool of and gets te

EP 77

Episode 77

LEI stomps into the conference room, accusing KWAN of forbidding his staff to dinner. KWAN does not get mad though. LEI

EP 78

Episode 78

KWAN is thinking letting HING work as supplement editor concurrently. Unwilling to see KWAN take the opportunity to adva

EP 79

Episode 79

KEUNG is learning Judo. He applies Judo throws at HOI accidentally, almost twists his arms. He invites his colleagues to

EP 80

Episode 80

Shortly after CHU has warned JIMMY not to lay a finger on NGA a person from JIMMY’s calls and informs her that somebod

EP 81

Episode 81

KWAI visits YEE. YEE tells her HA is much better now and can go to the wet market and cook a meal on her own. CHU asks H

EP 82

Episode 82

HING intends to find out who is the owner of the car from its license plate. Then he discovers that the photos of the ca

EP 83

Episode 83

HOI broke his notebook carelessly while conducting an interview. He requests HING to apply for a new one for him but HIN

EP 84

Episode 84

HON is jealous to see CHU and HOI get along very well. HING learns that Ko Tsim Daily has been given the opportunity to

EP 85

Episode 85

HOI talks about the story of a liver donor at a meeting. HOI-YEE, who is family of a chronic patient, shares her thought

EP 86

Episode 86

Rumors have it that UNCLE KAU is leaving Hong Kong soon. As all know, YEE and UNCLE KAU are very close. KWAN offers to p

EP 87

Episode 87

The feature on the retrospective on LAU SZE-SZE’s work ranks the most popular story in terms of Internet hit count. As

EP 88

Episode 88

MR. KO invites CHU to try out the food in KIU FUNG’s hotpot restaurant. He also asks CHU to return LEI’s notebook to

EP 89

Episode 89

KWAN announces at a meeting that he is nominating three pieces of articles for the “Worldwide Chinese Newspapers Award

EP 90

Episode 90

HING has replaced HOI’s article with somebody else’s. HOI reasons with him. HING retorts that, if published, HOI’s

EP 91

Episode 91

HA can go home soon. A friend of UNCLE KEI has an accident. He therefore tells HOI-YEE to pick up TONG FOOK, who is her

EP 92

Episode 92

HOI and MING eat snacks and microwave rice for dinner. KWAI misses the good old days when YEE lived with her. YEE would

EP 93

Episode 93

Ko Tsim Daily has secured a big advertising deal with a cosmetic company. The client requests that the paper conduct an

EP 94

Episode 94

Susan teaches the other girls make-up skills at the cafeteria. The boys in the office tease them for having outer beauty

EP 95

Episode 95

UNCLE KAU has a meeting with ROGER at Joyful Kitchen. YEE only buys kitchen appliances from TUNG recently. ROGER therefo

EP 96

Episode 96

HON buys fresh eggs for YEE at a rural village. KEI are being kicked away by some villagers. HON goes up to her help. HO

EP 97

Episode 97

The Inland Revenue Department requests to look at Pakbaodot’s ledgers. TUNG tells KWAI to get the job done as soon as

EP 98

Episode 98

MEI-CHING returns the ledgers to Pakbaodot, where she overhears TUNG and SCOTT’s talk about CHUN’s difficulties. YEE

EP 99

Episode 99

SCOTT tells TUNG CHUN refuses to give up his business dream, and that he has borrowed a large amount of money from a gir

EP 100

Episode 100

YAN gives LEI a lift home. She turns down his suggestion to go up to her place for a cup of coffee. YAN sits in at the e

EP 101

Episode 101

CHU has been described as a stern father in HON’s interview. As a result, there is a very tense atmosphere in the hous

EP 102

Episode 102

CHU has been described as a stern father in HON’s interview. As a result, there is a very tense atmosphere in the hous

EP 103

Episode 103

HON tells HOI about what happened to him and KEI. HOI blames him for refusing to get over his former girlfriend, MICHELE

EP 104

Episode 104

KWAI has joined a bowling club. She demands TUNG to pay the $2,000 membership fee for her. TUNG does as told, for he wou

EP 105

Episode 105

KWAN thinks very highly of the latest headline story of Whirlwind Daily, their competitor. He wonders why his staff cann

EP 106

Episode 106

MING has won a free meal for four persons at a restaurant. According to TUNG, it is a very famous French restaurant and

EP 107

Episode 107

YEE follows HON to the Princess Restaurant, the restaurant that means a lot to TUNG and JESSIE. HON and HOI have a dinne

EP 108

Episode 108

HON chats with his patisserie teacher, who is in Canada, on the net. His teacher’s heath is not as good as it used to

EP 109

Episode 109

HON stays up late at Joyful Kitchen to prepare for the meal for CHU. TUNG and YEE play bowling together, after which TUN

EP 110

Episode 110

CHU praises HON for his preparation for the meal. Then he points out what HON has done wrong one by one. HON goes to Joy

EP 111

Episode 111

WING dresses up to work today. People in the office believe he has an appointment after work. But he says he is only hav

EP 112

Episode 112

KWAI complains about her heavy workload at lunch. She requests TUNG to hire a part-time to ease her burden. She recommen

EP 113

Episode 113

BRIAN treats YEE’s family to dinner. While HA makes things difficult for him the whole evening, she keeps praising TUN

EP 114

Episode 114

KWAN and YU BIU, who is an editor of Pao Cha Daily, are seen being together at the cafeteria. CHU’s team members did n

EP 115

Episode 115

HOI-YEE and HOI are having lunch with their colleagues when HING comes over to request HOI-YEE to work over time. WING b

EP 116

Episode 116

MING is horrified to find a condom package as he puts on his clothes. MING is looks troubled. ROGER cheers him up. Showi

EP 117

Episode 117

LEI’s deep fried chicken arrives at dinner time. CHU is about to have a mouthful when SUM stops him, and then removes

EP 118

Episode 118

SUSAN finds a piece of paper at the photocopier and learns that the boys in their building have a popularity chart for t

EP 119

Episode 119

HING suspects WING is MR. KO’s illegal son but none of his colleagues agrees with him. HING insists his opinion though

EP 120

Episode 120

HOI has left his USB at HON’s place. HON goes to HOI’s office to return it. He asks NGA when she will move back to t

EP 121

Episode 121

WAH of the local news section is currently on leave due to a work injury. PING tells KWAN WAH is being charged with cons

EP 122

Episode 122

KAI joins the editorial meeting so as to please his father. He criticizes WING whenever he has the chance. HING would li

EP 123

Episode 123

YEE suggests having a day-off on Christmas at a meeting with ROGER, YEE and other staff members. KWAI, HOI-YEE and YEE a

EP 124

Episode 124

CHU tells YEE how he slapped JESSIE on the face the moment he learnt about her abortion. JESSIE has returned to Hong Kon

EP 125

Episode 125

JESSIE gives YEE a box of moon cakes and other festive food to take home. YEE runs into TUNG on the ferry. It is Mid-Aut

EP 126

Episode 126

LEI would like to have an Italian watch with the model number of GF9413 and serial number of 001 for birthday. MR. KO as

EP 127

Episode 127

HON has come up with a new dessert called “milk tea cheese cake”. A former student named KWONG requests a copy of hi

EP 128

Episode 128

HOI has covered a new residential building. He likes the flats very much. After reading the sales brochure, KEI decides

EP 129

Episode 129

KWAI has received the wedding invitation of her former boyfriend, CHI. YEE takes her to a food stall so as to cheer her

EP 130

Episode 130

MARTIN’s speed wedding comes as a huge surprise to his friends. He explains that is because he and KWAI get along very

EP 131

Episode 131

MARTIN takes KWAI to see his parents at a hotel. His parents like KWAI a lot, and both have bought her expensive jewelry

EP 132

Episode 132

BRIAN proposes to YEE. She needs to think over it before she can make up her mind. YEE has lost her car park ticket. TUN

EP 133

Episode 133

TUNG takes JESSIE to the apartment she wanted to buy ten years ago and tells her how he talked its owner into selling th

EP 134

Episode 134

JESSIE is having lunch with YEE. She runs into CHU on the way. Many years ago she had an abortion. Now that she sees CHU

EP 135

Episode 135

Give Me a Father

EP 136

Episode 136

LEI dresses up to go to the press conference of MR. KO’s new book. Expecting that he is going to propose to her, she a

EP 137

Episode 137

A Letter from Uncle Evan

EP 138

Episode 138

MING is getting more and more nervous, as UNCLE EVAN’s visit is around the corner. HOI-YEE suggests him writing a lett

EP 139

Episode 139

MING takes UNCLE EVAN to a hotel for dinner. He has difficulty in reading the English menu. Luckily a waitress, who is a

EP 140

Episode 140

MING believes his lies are going to be exposed soon with the sudden appearance of MR. KO. He is therefore thrilled to bi

EP 141

Episode 141

MING’s bedroom have fleas. He goes to sleep in HOI’s room, only to be told-off by HOI’s mother. HOI’s mother ask

EP 142

Episode 142

KWAI asks TUNG to treat her and MING to dinner as soon as she hears JESSIE asks ANN and TUNG to dinner. To her disappoin

EP 143

Episode 143

YEE goes to a remote village to see MRS. LIU. She is in such a hurry that she leaves her mobile phone on the cap. Seeing

EP 144

Episode 144

MR. KO would like to enhance the corporate image of Bird’s-Eye View. Bearing this in mind, KWAN reminds his staff to p

EP 145

Episode 145

KEI has bought MR. KO a box of egg tarts. He is so happy that he pays for everybody in the cafeteria. CHU is jealous. KE

EP 146

Episode 146

HON and KEI have breakfast with their father in the staff canteen respectively. MR. KO asks whether KEI can play golf wi

EP 147

Episode 147

Both KWAN and WING tell CHU about why MR. KO’s statue has been bombed. With the assistance of a Hong Kong businessman

EP 148

Episode 148

NGA goes to HOI’s home to discuss the topics of their column. LEI frightens CHU and SUM by saying that something will

EP 149

Episode 149

MR. KO tells KAI to think of activities that can include HON. KAI suggests inviting him to his upcoming fund raising bal

EP 150

Episode 150

KEI tells her father it is indeed her idea that HON should cash the check. She promises to tell HON to explain the whole

EP 151

Episode 151

TUNG has prepared a speech for his wedding. MING cannot help but feel sorry for YEE after reading the script by chance.

EP 152

Episode 152

TUNG meets YEE at a pier, where she gives him a wedding gift. JESSIE tells CHUN she has told TUNG about her abortion. YE

EP 153

Episode 153

TUNG’s eye surgery is very successful, though it takes two weeks until the doctor knows whether he has stored the visi

EP 154

Episode 154

YEE cannot make it to TUNG’s wedding, as she is going to Japan. She leaves TUNG a voice mail to tell him his, as well

EP 155

Episode 155

MR. KO has won a crystal stone, the history of which dates back to the Tang Dynasty. He is told that whoever sleeps with

EP 156

Episode 156

TUNG has got on the wrong bus. As his mobile phone has run out of battery, he is unable to contact YEE, who is waiting f

EP 157

Episode 157

The France Association of Chefs has awarded YEE the World Blue Star Chef Award 2011, making her the first Chinese to win

EP 158

Episode 158

All agrees that practicing dance with TUNG is not a good experience. TUNG is drenched to the skin by heavy rain. He fain

EP 159

Episode 159

YEE decides not to give lessons on weekends so as to spend more time with TUNG. MEI-CHING regrets that their romance did

EP 160

Episode 160

Two years have passed. CHU has retired. HING has taken his place as Editor-in-chief. He tells HON to cover the opening o

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