Love as a Predatory Affair

They say love is like a food chain. Having beauty and wealth is exactly like being on top of the hill—they are the most desirable, the most suitable, and the most likely to find a life partner. But should love be defined by materialism and physical appearances? Lo Kwai-fong (Kitty Yuen) is an average, short, thirty-something year-old food supplier agent who is completely inexperienced when it comes to love. But after helping the young restauranteur Lau Pak-yip (Jason Chan) and saving his business, the handsome businessman begins to appreciate Kwai-fong’s inner beauty and falls in love with her. But Kwai-fong’s neighbor and close friend, the beautiful Ko Kwai-fun (Samantha Ko), is not very pleased to find out about her friend’s new relationship. No matter what she does, she cannot seem to get Pak-yip to bat an eyelash at her. However, she does end up catching the attention of Taiwanese Ta-a noodles specialist Hung Hsien (King Kong), who is willing to do just about anything for her. Unable to win Pak-yip’s heart, Kwai-fun makes a move on his older brother, Lau Lei-ko (Timothy Cheng) instead. Meanwhile, Pak-yip and Kwai-fong’s relationship starts to approach a red light as Pak-yip begins to face pressure from others due to their atypical pairing. Pak-yip and Kwai-fong’s relationship breaks the robust chain of love, and now the hunters and the hunted have to face challenges that they never thought they would have to face before.生物學上，草食動物吃植物、肉食動物捕食草食動物，各種生物吃與被吃的關係連繫起來的序列，稱為食物鏈。人類的愛情關係，又何嘗不是食物鏈？每人均會根據 「美與醜」、「貧與富」的準則選擇配偶。位於「愛情食物鏈」上層的「高富帥」和「白富美」當然佔盡優勢；相反外貌不揚、家境貧寒等人則位於底層，莫非早已 輸在起跑線上？ 天生異稟 味覺驚人 食品供應公司總務魯佳芳（阮小儀飾）雖然個性爽朗但缺乏女性的溫柔，加上外貌平庸、身材矮小，並非討人喜歡的類型，已到達中女之齡，感情生活仍一片空白。 佳芳是家中長女，父母、弟妹魯佳麟（謝東閔飾）和魯佳麒（王卓淇飾）均英俊漂亮、高貴大方，佳芳即使與家人站在一起也總是顯得格格不入。 縱然樣貌不出眾，佳芳卻擁有味覺異能，所有食物經她一試，即可分析出採用了甚麼食材及調味料。她同時具備烹飪天份和創造力，能因應食材施展不同的烹調手法，創出千變萬化的美味菜式。 佳芳父親及其下屬邢燁源（C君飾），一次疏忽買錯一批苦瓜而令公司陷入危機。公司本為最好味集團提供水果製作夏日特飲，佳芳為收拾爛攤子，竟想出以苦瓜製 成夏日新穎菜式，成功幫助集團未來繼承人劉柏業（陳智燊飾），戰勝其二叔、太好味飲食集團的老闆劉利高（鄭子誠飾）。柏業因而對佳芳留下深刻印象，佳芳也 被柏業的俊朗外形迷倒，可惜他只專注事業，對佳芳心意渾然未覺，佳芳只能當他背後的支持者。 廚藝高手　尋味結緣 佳芳的驚人味覺，同時引來台灣著名擔仔麵店繼承者洪鱻（金剛飾）的注意。洪鱻因父親病倒昏迷，令家傳的製麵秘方無人得知，麵店被迫停業，逼於無奈來到香港 訪尋廚藝高人助他還原秘方。一次，佳芳在一間高級分子料理餐廳秘密下廚，其高超的廚藝及味覺天賦被洪鱻發現，即苦纏佳芳，求她相助還原秘方。 洪鱻其實亦為廚藝高手，二人相處、幾番交流下，惺惺相惜！事業可以靠雙手打拼，愛情卻不可以。佳芳為柏業默默付出的同時；洪鱻亦為佳芳的好友、集所有女神 必備條件於一身的美女魚檔老闆高貴芬（高海寧飾）傾倒，可惜貴芬只鍾情城中「鑽石筍盤」劉柏業，對洪鱻視而不見。貴芬多番主動向柏業示好，惟柏業事業心 重，對愛情反應遲鈍，無動於衷。 俊男剩女 真情考驗 柏業這個「筍盤」，在事業上依賴佳芳的味覺異能、超凡廚藝與創意巧思，屢破難關。相處日久，柏業慢慢對這名世人眼中的「剩女」產生好感，繼而擦出愛火花。隨着戀情浮面，佳芳的平庸外表卻惹來負評不絕，柏業始終承受不了被眾人嘲笑，開始嫌棄佳芳，二人關係亮起紅燈…… 與此同時，貴芬得知佳芳暪着自己暗交「高富帥」夢中情人柏業，失望與憤恨交織下，與佳芳絕交，更轉投劉利高懷抱…… 情場戰爭　勝敗誰定 在愛情的戰場上，勝敗難料，有人使盡千方百計，巧取豪奪也贏不到「筍盤」，有人始終堅持真性情……經歷連串親情、友情與愛情的考驗，人性真面目盡現，亦引 發出不少笑料。戲如人生，有喜亦有悲，笑中亦有淚！俊男配美女、灰姑娘與王子終成眷屬，才算是愛情贏家？情場勝敗，又該如何定奪？