Qiong Yuan Ka Fei Xiang (Hainan Kopi Tales)
Reviewed by Dan
The show is set way back in the 70s. Using the famous Hainan coffeeshop as a backdrop, this nostalgic drama explores the Hainanese way of life from the 60s to the 80s. Long Fu Yuan, a Hainanese coffeeshop owner, has two sons (Ah Sing and Ah Zhuo) with his second wife in Indonesia. Long's first wife constantly makes life difficult for his second wife and her sons when they move to Singapore. Ah Sing (played by Chew Chor Meng) decides to be sailor in order to avoid her. Not long after Long returns to Hainan Island to retire, Ah Sing is asked to manage the coffeeshop when Long's first wife cannot save the ailing business. | Poster is right here.. ![]() |
| The Production Team Executive Producer : Yeo Saik Pin Original Story : Koh Teng Liang Casts: Chew Chor Meng, Vincent Ng, Auguste Kwan (a.k.a Guan Dehui), Cynthia Koh, Florence Tan, Lin Meijiao, Li Wenhai, Chen Huihui, Zhou Lianfu and Yao Wenlong,... | Category: Drama Classification: U Running Time: 90 minutes Distributor: TCSI/Berjaya HVN Format: VHS Reviewer: Brian Cheong |
Long Ya Xing also Ah Xing or Yaxing (played by Chew Chor Meng): a reckless, young boy, who loves June (played by Cynthiah Coh), wants to become a sailor. He constantly fights with Meijiao. June (Cynthia Koh): , the simple, conservative, and endearing 'No. 9 graduate' trapped in a love affair between 2 brothers, played by Chew Chor Meng and Guan Dehui. Florence Tan: a rich, wild girl. She felt in love with Ah Xing and wanted to be his wife. She gave up everything to be with him. Augusted (played by Guan Dehui): a younger brother of Ah Xing. He also loved June. When Ah Xing left to become a sailor, Augusted was there to help June. Later on, June liked him.. Fuyuan (Li Wenhai) : the stoic and stern head of the family. Meijiao: is astonishingly endearing as the 'evil' first wife, Huang Jinmei, who simply cannot stand the sight of the 2 brothers, Yaxing (Chor Meng) and Yazhou (Auguste). Chen Xuezhen (Chen Huihui): as Fuyuan's second wife
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| Synobsis: The owner has a second wife from Indonesia and they have two sons. When mother and children moved to Singapore, the first wife takes every opportunity to make their lives difficult for them. In the serial, Chor Meng plays the elder son of the lowly second wife of a kopitiam towkay. Unhappy at her husband's second marriage, the first wife (played by Lin Meijiao) gives the 2 brothers (Chor Meng and Auguste) hell when they help out in the kopitiam. Unable to take all the pressure and the ill treatment, Chor Meng eventually leaves to become a sailor. Ah Xing has a girlfriend June (played by Cynthia Koh) and there was also a rich girl played by Florence Tan, who was very close to him. Because he really disliked his first mother and could not stand the way she treated him, he left to become a sailor without consultation with his girlfriend. She then felt in love with his younger brother, Augusted, and Ah Xing got very upset. But in the end, he felt for Florence and as for whether they do get together in the end, you will have to watch the show to find out." Episode 1 The first episode opens at dawn where Fuyuan (Li Wenhai) rides a bicycle and cycles to Xuezhen's (Chen Huihui) home in the hills
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