TV series

Be Home for Dinner

2011 · 1 season

A gentle, food-filled family sitcom that ambles through everyday squabbles and small reconciliations, easy to dip into and comforting to watch.

Overview: 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.
How it feels: Warm, light, earnest and satirical. Measured and fine in the background.
About: Family, parenthood, work, identity
Content: No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
parenthood
work
identity
love
Places: big city
home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: serialised
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none