Author: Cesar Hsu

Taiwan food in Netflix: STREET FOOD ASIA(世界小吃:亞洲)

by Cesar Hsu, posted in Mandarin TV Show

Netflix's "Street Food Asia" is a documentary series that explores the vibrant street food culture across different countries in Asia, including Taiwan. The episode, Chiayi, Taiwan, highlights the bustling street food scenes in cities like Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, and another smaller city, Chiayi(嘉義) and explores the stories of local food vendors who have dedicated their lives to perfecting their cooking skills. 4 Food are mentioned in the documentary, including 1. 土窯羊肉 TǓYÁO YÁNGRÒU 3-DAY-3-NIGHT STEWED MUTTON 2. 沙鍋魚頭 Shāguō yú tóu Fish Head Stew 3.豆花 douˋ hua Tofu Pudding(Curd) 4. 嘉義火雞肉飯 Jiāyì huǒ jīròu fàn Chiayi turkey rice.

Liu Yifei劉亦菲, Well-known Chinese Actress of Mandarin dramas in Netflix and Disney movies

by Cesar Hsu, posted in Mandarin Drama, Mandarin Movie

Liu Yifei has achieved great success in the entertainment industry in China and global stages. She has acted in numerous popular TV dramas and movies such as Mulan(花木蘭) and The Return of the Condor Heroes(神鵰俠侶), and has won awards for her performances. In addition to her acting career, she is also a successful singer and has released several albums.

Drama&Movie Analysis- 做工的人 (Zuògōng de rén)Workers_Mandarin(TW)Drama&Movie

by Cesar Hsu, posted in Mandarin Drama

When it comes to well-known industries in Taiwan, many people's first impression would be semiconductor, electronics manufacturing, medicine, and machinery industries. However, some percentage of Taiwanese people are working in labor-intensive jobs in construction fields, and specific percentage of workers have been suffering physically and psychologically from long working hours and hazordous working environments with weak occuapation safety measures. The writer, 林立青 (Línlì qīng), and the director,Fen Fen Cheng(鄭芬芬), noticed this situation and wrote this novel/filmmed this drama to convey the message to the public about the situation these workers are confronting with.

TW Drama in Netflix—Light the Night華燈初上(Huá dēng chū shàng)-Drama Subtitle Analysis

by Cesar Hsu, posted in Mandarin Drama

Light the Night (traditional Chinese: 華燈初上; simplified Chinese: 华灯初上), is a 2021 Taiwanese Netflix original series drama. Season 1 In 1988, teenagers find a dead body in the woods; some months before, two madams at Light(光) Bar both have affairs with the same man in their lives. Season 2 At the end of the second season of Light the Night, Jiang Han is shown listening to a tape recorder that was handed over to him earlier by Rose Luo. It had a recording of a woman panicking about another woman's death. Just as Jiang Han is on his way to meet Rose Luo, he is hit by a speeding car and collapses on the road. Season 3 Police officer 潘文成Pan Wencheng continued to investigate the murder of Mama Su in the Light Bar, and thorough investigation, he gradually revealed the true face of the murderer. It is discovered that there are more unspeakable secrets and complicated relationships hidden in the murder case.

Mandarin Drama in Netflix – Mom, Don’t Do That! (媽，別鬧了！Mā, bié nàole) &TW Drama Subtitle Analysis

by Cesar Hsu, posted in Mandarin TV Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnzugjZl7ZU Mom, Don't Do That! (媽，別鬧了！Mā, bié nàole) is an original Taiwanese series drama launched by Netflix, adapted from the novel "My Mom's Foreign Marriage"(《我媽的異國婚姻》) written by the author, Chen Mingmin(陳名珉). The plot describes a sixty-year-old mother who is looking for a second marriage spring after being widowed, which worries her two daughters. They embark … Continue reading Mandarin Drama in Netflix – Mom, Don’t Do That! (媽，別鬧了！Mā, bié nàole) &TW Drama Subtitle Analysis