''Unique Flavor'' () is a

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that began airing on

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on 16 August 2006, from Mondays to Fridays, and ended on 19 September 2007, with a total of 286 episodes. It is directed by Fung Kai, with advisor Zhou You (周游). The slogan for ''Unique Flavor'' is ''Good, Interesting, True'' (好味、趣味、真情味).

Cast

The casts are classified according to the families they belong to in the drama.

Chens (Chef Wan's Traditional Flavours)

Lius (Tai Mei Enterprise)

Liaos (King of Soups)

Zhous (Otsu-mi-ya)

''Otsu-mi-ya'' is a Japanese restaurant in the drama with the name in

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"乙味屋". It is pronounced as おつみや(otsu-mi-ya) in Japanese and Yǐ wèi wū in

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. The Japanese pronunciation was never mentioned in the drama.

Lis (Chang Shun Tea House)

Hongs (Jiu Long House Cuisine Group)

Zhaos

Yangs (Yang Guang Rice)

Domotos (Domoto Fisheries)

Domoto (

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: 堂本;

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: Dōmoto) is a

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. Japanese surnames are in

due to

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in Japan. In

, the surname is pronounced as Tángběn. All "Japanese" in this drama were in fact acted by Taiwanese actors.

Wangs (Chuang Shi Ji Group)

Luos (Wagyu business)

Gaos (Sushi expert)

Zhangs (First Hotel)

Others

Taiwan broadcast

, the show airs in Taiwan, country of origin of the drama every weeknight at

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(20:00) with episodes which have ranged in length from 135 to 150 minutes including commercial advertisements. The producers received funding from the

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to produce the series in high definition.

International broadcast

Singapore

Due to local broadcast laws prohibiting radio or television broadcasts in

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the show was dubbed into

when it aired on

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thus making it the first channel to broadcast the show in Mandarin. It was the third Taiwan drama to broadcast the show in

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Vietnam

The Vietnamese dub "''Thiên hạ đệ nhất vị''" was broadcast on Vinh Long Television Station Channel (THVL) (

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: ''Truyền Hình Vĩnh Long'') and is streamable on YouTube. The show was aired on Vietface TV from 1pm-2:30pm (PT), however, it was fully aired as it was replaced with ''

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''. The show is also currently airing on E Channel.

Malaysia

The drama is broadcasting now in 8TV in original

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language under the English title ''Unique Flavor'' for two episodes with one hour each from Monday to Friday, at 11:30

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and 14:00

with a 30 minutes break of its Midday Mandarin News at 12:30

.Utusan Malaysia 8TV TV programme list June 9, 2015

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References

{{reflist Taiwanese drama television series 2006 Taiwanese television series debuts 2007 Taiwanese television series endings Hokkien-language television shows Sanlih E-Television original programming