Wong Cho Lam’s (王祖藍) period comedy, Gilded Chopsticks <食為奴>, premiered last night with an average of 28 ratings points and peaking at 29 points. Although aired in a typically low-ratings season, Gilded Chopsticks‘ premiere episode attracted 1.8 million local viewers, slightly higher than recent TVB dramas that aired. Last night, the cast and crew gathered together for a meal to watch the premiere together. At the same time, Ben Wong (黃智賢) wanted to make use of the opportunity to give everyone a treat. Ben already had the intention to treat the cast and crew when they were filming at the Hengdian World Studios. However, it was difficult to gather everyone together for a meal at the time, so he waited until the Hong Kong broadcast to treat everyone. Ben said, “There was a scene I filmed with Nancy Wu (胡定欣) and Joey Meng (萬綺雯). During filming, I did not realize that my wig dropped so Nancy had to reshoot the scene with me. It took us about five hours. Fortunately, we did not have to film the kissing scene again.” Ben felt guilty about the incident and promised to treat Nancy to a meal. Since Nancy had another work commitment and did not attend last night’s dinner, Ben will have to wait for another opportunity. Cho Lam offered to split the bill with Ben. Full of confidence for the ratings of Glided Chopsticks, Cho Lam expected the ratings for the drama to go up to 30 points. He said, “We hope that the mainland China’s online rating will hit above 100 million. When that happens, I will thank everyone, be it a big feast or stripping. Anything is possible. I will do what everyone wants. Haha.” Glided Chopsticks follows the adventures of a lazy but gifted “golden-tongued” imperial chef Ko Tin Po, played by Wong Cho Lam, who befriends Fourth Prince, Yongzheng (Ben Wong) by chance. The story is said to be inspired by Jin Yong’s (金庸) The Duke of Mount Deer <鹿鼎記>. Creds: Ming Pao
