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Main Cast:

Grandpa Yang
(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.
Yang Yu Wen

(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.

Yuan Mu Xiu Si
(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.
Yang Er Shan
(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.
Yang Ke Fan
(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.
Ah De
(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.
Liu Ting Ting
(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.
Hong En Qi
(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.
Zhang Hong Wen
(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.
Yang Shou Zhi

(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.

Xue Yi
(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.

Guest Appearance By Episode:

Head Chef
(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.
Food Critic
(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.
Mother Chen
(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.
Ding Jia Hui
(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.
Father Ding
(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.
Dong Li Huo Che
(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.
Dong Li Huo Chen
(portrayed by Yan Zhi Lin) – Episode 6.
Tang Li Cheng
(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. 
Lin Yu Zhen
(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.
Fang Li Li
(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.
Jia Deng’s Owner
(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.  
Han Zheng
(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.
An An
(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.
Da Wang
(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.
Ah Qiu
(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. 
DJ Xiao Ji
(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.
Reporter Xiao Mei
(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.
Mafia Leader Ah Xi

(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.

Robber Li Chun Cai
(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.
Li Wei Zheng
(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.
Ah Guo
(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.
Xiao Qing
(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. 
Ah Kai
(portrayed by Qiu Long Jie) – Episode 20.

  translated by mandy

Lover of Herb synopsis