{{Infobox television , native_name = 浓浓咖啡乌 , image = , caption = , genre = , runtime = approx. 45 minutes , creator = , director = Lin Mingzhe 林明哲 , producer = , writer = , starring = Cai Ping Kai

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return from the original series while many younger artistes made their early television appearances.

Synopsis

The series chronicles the everyday lives of vendors and workers at the humble neighbourhood "kopitiam" (coffee shop), the heart of Singaporean life. People from all statuses and walks of life cross paths at the coffee shop. Sixth Auntie lives with her eldest son Jianzhong and his wife but was later driven out by them. Her second son Jianyi is disabled so she moves in with her youngest son Jianren, who is a reformed former gangster. For protection, he conceals his identity by running a western food stall with his wife Yuyan at the neighbourhood coffee shop. He shares the coffee shop with several other vendors, each with their own stories and hidden secrets.

Cast

*Lina Choy Peng Hoy as "Sixth Auntie" 六婶 (''liu shen'') *

Bryan Chan Chen Guohua, born Tan Kok Hwa, is a Singaporean actor and contracted artiste under MediaCorp. Career Chen graduated from the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation Mediacorp Pte. Ltd., doing business as Mediacorp and stylised as mediacorp, is a ...

as Shen Jianyi 沈健义 *

as Shen Jianren 沈健仁 *Liu Qiulian as Wu Yuyan 吴玉燕, Jianren's wife *

as Chen Mingcai 陈明财, sells chicken rice *Tracer Wong as Wang Aizhen 王爱珍, Mingcai's wife *

Li Yinzhu Li Yinzhu (simplified Chinese: 李茵珠; born 14 September 1949) is a Singaporean actress. She has been in the entertainment industry since 1969 and has filmed more than 150 drama serials. Career In 1980, Li signed with Singapore Broadcasti ...

as Xiuzhu 秀珠, sells fish porridge and noodles *

Zen Chong Zen Chong (; born on 15 August 1978) is a Malaysian actor who is based in Singapore and contracted artiste under MediaCorp. Career Chong joined MediaCorp in 2001 after finishing third in that year's Malaysian edition of Star Search Singapore. ...

as Hong Fuxing 洪福星, Xiuzhu's grandson *Joey Ng as Pauline 林佩玲, Fuxing's girlfriend *Chin Chi Kang 钱治钢 as Hong Jintu 沈金土, Jinbao's father *

as Wenjuan 文隽 *

Nick Shen Nick Shen (, born 26 August 1976) is a Singaporean actor and singer. He was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1999 to 2012 but continues to film on an ad-hoc basis. He has been working on the promotion of Chinese opera in Singapore ...

as Hong Jinbao 洪金宝, Jintu's son * Yang Lina *

Vivian Lai Vivian Lai Yi-ling is a Taiwanese-born Singaporean actress & television host. Life and career Born in Taiwan, Lai migrated to Singapore with her Taiwanese family when she was still a student. She joined ''Star Search Singapore 1999'' and was the w ...

as Stella aka shuyun aka xiaoyun, Jinhua's daughter *

as Hong Jinhua 洪金花, Stella's mother *Liang Tian as Hong Tian 洪天, Fuxing's biological father *Le Yao as Randy 陈丽珊 *John Wong Teck Yenn as Shui Lian 水莲 *Ang Puay Heng

External links

''Kopi-O II''
(English) Singapore Chinese dramas