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Main
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(portrayed by Wang Jue)
– Owner of the farm, male, 65 years old, Sagittarius. Possesses a farm and a
flower garden in the hills. Cultivates vanilla plants and flowering plants,
raises Ke Fan and Er Shan into adults, wants to hand over the farm to Ke Fan and
gets Alzheimer’s Disease, clear-headed one moment and muddle-headed the next. |
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(portrayed by Li Dai Ling)
– Er Shan’s mom, female, 45 years old, Cancer. Grandpa Yang’s daughter. Moved
back to the farm after her husband passed away in a car accident. Treats Ke Fan
as her own born and is against Er Shan liking Ke Fan. She wants to match make
Shou Zhi and Er Shan together. Yu Wen has a solemn and strong personality, is a
traditional, middle-age woman.
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(portrayed by Wang Dao)
– Ke Fan’s father, male, 48 years old, Aries. Japanese landscape designer.
After the death of Ke Fan’s mom, he gave Ke Fan to Grandpa Yang. When he is
contracted with a serious illness, he returns to Taiwan to find his son. He
bought “Lover of Herb” and gives it to be operated by Ke Fan. Returns to Japan
to treat his illness. |
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(portrayed by Margaret Lin Li Wen)
– Chef, female, 23 years old, Pisces. Has an innocent and adorable appearance,
natural innocence, talented cooking skills. After arriving at Lover of Herb,
her feelings for Ke Fan has long been more than that of brother and sister. On
the other hand, there is the bright, Shou Zhi who is persistently pursuing her.
One love story after another starts to play out in Lover of Herb. She manages
the herb cuisines. Pouring out her heart into every kind of sour, sweet, bitter
and spicy feelings. |
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(portrayed by Zhang Tian Lin)
– Manager, male, 25 years old, Virgo. Grew up in the farm on the hills.
Appears wooden but mature. When his identity is uncovered, he succeeds his
father’s Herb restaurant. Towards his non-blood related “sister”, Er Shan, are
the feelings of family or of love? The result of suppressing his feelings gives
way to an entangled triangle of love. Love and work, who knew that there are
even more crises that are waiting for him. |
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(portrayed by
Li Hou Hao)
– Worker on the farm, male, 20 years old, Aquarius. Original resident, loves to
eat the foods that Er Shan cooks. Often delivers herbs to the Yang home and
Lover of Herb restaurant. Is the important contact person between the two
places. |
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(portrayed by Yang Na Zhu)
– Waiter, female, 18 years old, Scorpio. A strange girl with a confused
personality. She always speaks before she thinks, missing some brain cells.
She is an orphan and treats “Lover of Herb” as her own family. Although her
personality is completely different than En Qi’s, yet they are very good friends
and talk about everything. |
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(portrayed by Chen Yi Jia)
– Waiter, female, 18 years old, Leo. A cool girl with a cute appearance.
Strong and independent. A smart and clever, easy-going girl. Although she has
a mafia boss for a father, yet she leaves her home and comes to the restaurant
to work. Seeing Ke Fan always putting forth his boss’s status, she would often
do things opposite of what he would like. |
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(portrayed by Wu Jun Qiang)
– Waiter, male, 20 years old, Taurus. Gentle and considerate appearance.
Thoughtful, sensitive, detailed. A bit introverted and childish. He came from
the South to study in Taipei and works at the restaurant. Has a crush on Shou
Zhi and also tries to break up Shou Zhi and Er Shan’s relationship. He believes
that there will be a day when Shou Zhi would understand his feelings. |
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(portrayed by Duncan Zhou Qun Da)
- Bartender, male, 23 years old, Libra. Wild and untamed appearance. Lively
and energetic. Is very popular with the girls. Named as the “lady-killer” at
the restaurant. A Hong Kong guy who treats the hotels as his homes. Constantly
changes girlfriends, until he meets Er Shan. He who is humorous and witty,
loves Er Shan with all his heart yet he still wasn’t able to get her heart. His
outgoing personality is totally different than Ke Fan’s.
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(portrayed by Shen Hai Rong)
– Cleaning lady in the kitchen, female, 50 years old, Capricorn. More than 10
years ago through the introduction of Ke Fan’s father, Yuan Mu Xiu Si, she came
to the restaurant to work until now. Open-minded, often gives Er Shan and Ke
Fan advices, acting as their mentor. Yet she has a tragic marriage that no one
knows about. |
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Guest Appearance By Episode: |
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(portrayed
by Rong Xiang)
– Episode 2. The head chef at Lover of Herb, loves to drink, thinks that the
restaurant is dependent on him to attract customers, arrogant attitude, not easy
to get close to. |
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(portrayed by Chen Hong)
– Episode 3. In the drama, he acts his own self. Has
done a lot of research on herb cuisines. After being a
part of Lover of Herb, he is the first person to be put on a
test and challenge. |
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(portrayed by Jin Yu Lan)
– Episode 4. A rich madam who built her own fortune. Has a picky and
unreasonable personality. She forced herself to come to Lover of Herb for her
son and Xue Yi’s daughter’s marriage; one to test Xue Yi’s patience and also to
test out the special delicacies of the Lover of Herb restaurant. |
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(portrayed by Phyllis
Guo Fei Li)
– Episode 4. Xue Yi’s daughter. Intelligent, opinionated. A modern,
independent flight attendant. She and Xue Yi don’t see each other often. For
her marriage, a lot of trouble comes about and she also accidentally finds her
father who has been missing for a while. |
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(portrayed by Liu Ke Mian)
– Episode 5. Because of an affair, he abandoned Xue Yi and Jia Hui. Later, he
was betrayed by his mistress and became a homeless wanderer. He accidentally
meets up with Xue Yi and Jia Hui again and was able to enjoy a brief moment of
family happiness. |
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(portrayed by You Qiu Xing)
– Episode 6. Accidentally came to Lover of Herb restaurant because a record
company is looking for new singers for a newcomers contest. Giving Ting Ting,
who worships them, an unforgettable experience. |
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(portrayed by Yan Zhi Lin)
– Episode 6. |
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(portrayed by Dane Gu Han Yun – Ah Dan)
– Episode 7. A guy who would dare to love bravely. Because his girlfriend, Lin
Yu Zhen abandoned him, he has a delusion illness. He treats the place where
they always hang out, Lover of Herb Restaurant, and the special coffee, Zi Na
Tie, as an imaginary friend and talks to himself all the time. |
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(portrayed by Katherine Wang Kai Di)
– Episode 7. Sophisticated personality. Because she finds out that she has a
disease called muscular dystrophy, she didn’t want to be a burden to Tang Li
Cheng’s future and breaks up with him. In the end, because of Ke Fan and Er
Shan’s help, she was able to get back together with Li Cheng. |
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(portrayed by Ji Wen Hui)
– Episode 8. She is originally a model. After her boyfriend had a car accident
and fell into a coma, she didn’t know how to go about helping him. Later,
because of Er Shan’s help, she is finally able to call forth her boyfriend’s
real tears. |
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(portrayed by Xue Zhi Zheng)
– Episode 9, 10, 11. Being the tycoon of a chain of franchise restaurants, he
wants to use
Shou Zhi and Er Shan, win over Lover of Herb, caused chaos for everyone, so that
he can reach his goal of taking over the restaurant. |
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(portrayed
by Yang Ze Zhong)
– Episode 11. A food critic from France with Michelin honors. Gets acquainted
with Lover of Herb because Ke Fan came to his rescue. Encourages and teaches Er
Shan on her cooking methods. At the same time, he helps to fight against Jia
Deng’s owner’s scheme to take over Lover of Herb. |
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(portrayed by
Yang Qi An)
– Episode 12. Ting Ting’s classmate who comes from a rich family. Because her
brand-name bag fascinated Ting Ting, it lead to Ting Ting stealing money and
loses the confidence that Lover of Herb has in her. |
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(portrayed
by Jin Gang)
– Episode 12. He works for En Qi’s father and he always has this thinking that
it is his mission to try to rectify En Qi and her father, Ah Xi’s relationship.
Seeing that she won’t even go home to celebrate her mom’s birthday, therefore,
Da Wang secretly followed her to Lover of Herb. He wanted to convince En Qi to
go home yet he accidentally gets involved with Ting Ting’s disappearance. |
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(portrayed by
Bei Cun Feng Qing)
– Episode 13. A
care-free guy that is from Japan. His family is in the restaurant business.
Because he doesn’t want to inherit his father’s business, he leaves Japan to
come to Taiwan to make his living by performing on the streets. Later, he
accidentally meets Grandpa Yang and because of Er Shan, he gets back his
confidence and hopes. |
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(portrayed by Zhang Zhi Cheng)
– Episode 14. A very talented radio DJ. Because of arguments, he loses his
wife and arrives at Lover of Herb to find his old memories. For this reason, he
influences Ke Fan’s determination towards love and the future. |
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(portrayed by Xie Li Jin)
– Episode 15. Her goal is to become a famous reporter. She comes to Lover of
Herb because she is reporting on cuisines. She accidentally discovers the news
that En Qi’s father is a mafia leader. She wants to rely on this topic to
increase the popularity of the readership. |
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(portrayed by Chen Bo Zheng)
– Episode 15. Being En Qi’s father, he has been a mafia boss early in the
days. Because of a misunderstanding with his daughter, he came to Lover of Herb
to find her. Hoping to get this chance to show some family and fatherly love.
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(portrayed by Lin Yi Hong)
- Episode 15. An unemployed person who is in desperate need of money. At
first, he was going to run away with the money that he has stolen but who knew
that the police would chase after him all the way to Lover of Herb where he
accidentally meets up with mafia boss, Ah Xi. It is also this incident that
brought Ah Xi and his daughter together again. |
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(portrayed by Alvin Ceng Yao Yang)
– Episode 16. Ke Fan’s senior classmate. He came to Taipei to start his
future. He encourages Ke Fan to take his work and go into competitions with
it. Yet because he is faced with mountains of debt, he betrays Ke Fan. |
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(portrayed
Zhang Rui Jia)
- Episode 17. A middle school student who doesn’t look highly on money.
Because he didn’t have any money to use, he came to Lover of Herb to work and
earn some money. He loves to place bets with his girlfriend, Xiao Qing. The
provoke one another and bring wave after wave of thievery problems. |
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(portrayed
by Li Jia Yu)
– Episode 17. Is the same type of modernized youth like Ah Guo. Impulsive and
cunning. Followed Ah Guo to come and work at Lover of Herb. Uses gambling bets
to create chaos between everyone at the restaurant. |
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(portrayed by Qiu Long Jie)
– Episode 20. |