Pleasantly Surprised: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Du Kai Qi is an independent, single woman who loves comic books and her job as a chef in the fine-dining French restaurant, Figaro Cuisine. When an unassuming man, Fu Zi Jie, moves in next door, they immediately begin to bicker over trivial matters. But when Zi Jie shows up as a new employee at her restaurant, Kai Qi, as well as other staff members, mistake him for a lowly intern, not knowing that Zi Jie is a classically trained chef who just returned from France and that Figaro Cuisine is actually his father's restaurant.

Series details

• Title: Pleasantly Surprised
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Chinese
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance
• Premiere date: 2014-05-23
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-10-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: SET TV
• Network country: Taiwan, Province of China
• Typical episode runtime: 90 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 34854
• TVDB ID: 282507

Cast and credited roles

• Puff Kuo — Du Kai Qi
• Jasper Liu — Fu Zi Jie
• Jolin Chien — Cheng Hao Wei
• Lene Lai — Cheng Le Xuan

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2014-05-23; final listed air date 2014-10-17; episode order: 22.

Source and licence

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