Yummy Yummy

[Funn Lim]

SPH stands for Singapore Press Holdings. They own almost all the newspapers in Singapore except for one - Today. Today is majority owned by Mediacorp. When the media was liberalised, SPH got the second TV licence and set up SPH Mediaworks. Mediacorp got a newsprint licence and came out with Today.

SPH is actually a bigger company than Mediacorp. They have cash to burn. Even though Mediaworks was losing millions (last year it was 40 million), as a group they still made profits.

Then why the merger? I am a bit slow on this. Do you think medizworks or SPH or whatever is getting the lower deal than MediaCorp,that is mediacorp has got the better deal? If they have cash to burn, why merge and surrrender autonomy? Maybe they have cash to burn somewhere else?

[wuchang]

Then why the merger? I am a bit slow on this. Do you think medizworks or SPH or whatever is getting the lower deal than MediaCorp,that is mediacorp has got the better deal? If they have cash to burn, why merge and surrrender autonomy? Maybe they have cash to burn somewhere else?

Here's an article about the merger

http://www.asia-inc.com/November04/insight_nov.htm

Only those in the top management know the real reason for the merger.

[mklxpp]

hey, u kno that picture that was posted in page 6...is there a bigger version?...i cant see itt.... thankx

[Raymond's fan]

so in Singapore who is more famous? Ben Yeo or Shaun Chen?
well in HK I am sure Raymond Lam is more famous than Kevin Cheng

[rainbow00]

I think Shaun Chen is more popular bcos xiaoxin the holland v's character.

[P-Chan]

Read my translation again and found lots and lots of typos and grammatical errors. Sorry! Have edited it and should be ok now

Who is more popular? U're asking this question on the wrong board cos most of us here will definitely say it's Shaun

Ok, on a more serious note, Shuan definitely is more popular in Singapore than Ben, at least before Yummy Yummy. Not only did Shaun gain popularity with his role of Xiao Xin in Holland V, he also became quite well-known after he joined Mediaworks and had prominant roles in many of its serials. He was even cast as the lead in one of Mediaworks most acclaimed dramas, Changing Lanes (read all about it here: http://www.spcnet.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=9096), in which his performance was well-received by both audiences and media critics.

Ben Yeo, on the other hand, is very new to the entertainment industry and has very little experience, not to mention very little exposure. In fact, I knew very little about him until Yummy Yummy came about and until the HK media kept focusing on him.

It looks like Ben has been receiving more exposure in the HK media mainly due to his character in the serial which is supposed to be very close to Kevin's character, obviously a very prominant role. I wonder if that was decided before the merger? Why all of a sudden the decision to promote Ben? Not to say that he isn't good but in comparison, Shaun definitely has more acting chops and experiences to his belt than Ben and should at least be assigned a role more important than the one he's having right now. Unless wind of the merger news had already affected the decision-making in writing the script...

[Funn Lim]

Read my translation again and found lots and lots of typos and grammatical errors. Sorry! Have edited it and should be ok now

Who is more popular? U're asking this question on the wrong board cos most of us here will definitely say it's Shaun

Ok, on a more serious note, Shuan definitely is more popular in Singapore than Ben, at least before Yummy Yummy. Not only did Shaun gain popularity with his role of Xiao Xin in Holland V, he also became quite well-known after he joined Mediaworks and had prominant roles in many of its serials. He was even cast as the lead in one of Mediaworks most acclaimed dramas, Changing Lanes (read all about it here: http://www.spcnet.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=9096), in which his performance was well-received by both audiences and media critics.

Ben Yeo, on the other hand, is very new to the entertainment industry and has very little experience, not to mention very little exposure. In fact, I knew very little about him until Yummy Yummy came about and until the HK media kept focusing on him.

It looks like Ben has been receiving more exposure in the HK media mainly due to his character in the serial which is supposed to be very close to Kevin's character, obviously a very prominant role. I wonder if that was decided before the merger? Why all of a sudden the decision to promote Ben? Not to say that he isn't good but in comparison, Shaun definitely has more acting chops and experiences to his belt than Ben and should at least be assigned a role more important than the one he's having right now. Unless wind of the merger news had already affected the decision-making in writing the script...

Well said Pearl, well said. I am not from Singapore so I don't know much BUT I believe Shaun would have been top 10 most favourite artiste if he stayed on because he was really mega after Holland V.

[wuchang]

hey, u kno that picture that was posted in page 6...is there a bigger version?...i cant see itt.... thankx

The pictures are the thumbnail version. Click on it to view a larger version.

[Catlau]

Yes! I also agreed Shaun is more popular compare to Ben....

[icer_goh]

Yes! I also agreed Shaun is more popular compare to Ben....

Yah, in terms of looks, acting or media exposure, Shaun is a level higher than Ben. Thus, dunno why he was not sign by Mediacorp.

Same for Hui Hui, Lina, Evelyn and Ericia...... all better than some of the artistes going over to Mediacorp........ really dun understand.

[Catlau]

Yah, in terms of looks, acting or media exposure, Shaun is a level higher than Ben. Thus, dunno why he was not sign by Mediacorp.

Same for Hui Hui, Lina, Evelyn and Ericia...... all better than some of the artistes going over to Mediacorp........ really dun understand.

Yalor...well only Mediacock knows the actual reason why??????
Anyway I'm a supporter of Shaun Chen... hope to see him again!

[Funn Lim]

Yalor...well only Mediacock knows the actual reason why??????
Anyway I'm a supporter of Shaun Chen... hope to see him again!

You guys are one imaginative bunch. First mediacrap, now mediacock. I wonder any other name? I do like mediacrap though. Right to the point.

What about mediaworks now mediawrap?

[hola!]

What about mediaworks now mediawrap?

no...call it mediawewantthemback!

erm...lame, i know, but i really want them back.

[wuchang]

You guys are one imaginative bunch. First mediacrap, now mediacock. I wonder any other name? I do like mediacrap though. Right to the point.

What about mediaworks now mediawrap?

It's kind of a tradition.

When it was SBC (Singapore Broadcasting Corporation), the nickname was Same Boring Channel.

Then SBC became TCS (Televsion Corporation of Singapore), one nickname was Totally Crap Channel. I think there were others, can't remember now.

Then they got slightly smarter by not using acronyms and became Mediacorp. But still...

Aiyah, if only they just kept improving the quality of their productions, no one would be bothered make up nicknames.

Okay back to the topic. In my opinion, Shaun Chen attracts more fangirls than Ben Yeo as Shaun is more idol worthy. Ben is more your boy next door kind of person. Very suitable for variety shows. He has that natural rapport with people. Variety shows were his main focus when he was in Mediaworks. Shaun however has too cool an image to be a successful variety show host. Different target audience.

Shaun definitely has more fansites dedicated to him. I don't even know if Ben Yeo has one.

[P-Chan]

It's kind of a tradition.

When it was SBC (Singapore Broadcasting Corporation), the nickname was Same Boring Channel.

Then SBC became TCS (Televsion Corporation of Singapore), one nickname was Totally Crap Channel. I think there were others, can't remember now.

Then they got slightly smarter by not using acronyms and became Mediacorp. But still...

Aiyah, if only they just kept improving the quality of their productions, no one would be bothered make up nicknames.

Okay back to the topic. In my opinion, Shaun Chen attracts more fangirls than Ben Yeo as Shaun is more idol worthy. Ben is more your boy next door kind of person. Very suitable for variety shows. He has that natural rapport with people. Variety shows were his main focus when he was in Mediaworks. Shaun however has too cool an image to be a successful variety show host. Different target audience.

Shaun definitely has more fansites dedicated to him. I don't even know if Ben Yeo has one.

Really??? Goodness! I'm Singaporean but I never knew such nicknames even existed! Hahahaha but how apt!

Frankly speaking, I'm actually looking foward to Ben's performance in Yummy Yummy cos from the promotions and all, I think this role of "Terry" will fit him to the T with his boy-next-door image. Also looking foward to the on-screen chemistry between him and Kevin since they have become great pals in real life.

But well, so much for all the excitment when we heard Shaun was gonna be in a TVB drama.... Feels like one big roller coaster ride!

[Raymond's fan]

I think Shaun plays a baddie in Yummy Yummy here....he will have a love triangle with Ericia Lee Raymond Lam while Michelle Chia is inlove with Raymond

[hola!]

A long article about Ben Yeo and the four HK artistes.
Perhaps someone fluent in both English and Chinese can translate them?

First part, on Ben Yeo.
http://ch8c.mediacorptv.com/shows/st...iew/1343/.html

“找吃王”变“豆豆王”
杨志龙在去年10月27日到香港参与拍摄，一直到今年1月1日才回到新加坡，拍摄大队将在新逗留至1月底， 杨志龙将随队回到香港继续后期的拍摄，整个拍摄预计于3月结束。

“我的压力很大。因为我是第一次出国拍戏，再加上大家的演技比我好、经验比我多，去香港之前我还紧张到失眠 。” 压力导致荷尔蒙失调，杨志龙只好带着满脸的豆豆到香港去。

屋漏偏逢连夜雨，紧张的杨志龙抵步后因不适应香港干冷的天气，脸上又长出了豆豆，约一个月后他才完全适应香 港的生活，恢复白靓模样。

可是，杨志龙从香港回到新加坡前的前一天（12月31日），香港天气突变，温差极大（由20度急降到9度） ，让他的豆豆又全冒出来了，他只好带着一脸的豆豆回国。

杨志龙、郑嘉颖老友鬼鬼
杨志龙和郑嘉颖相逢恨晚，两人在短短几个月内就变得老友鬼鬼了。
“他就像个大哥哥一样！看playback的时候，他不只是看自己演得如何，同时也注意我演得如何。事后， 他还会提点我，和我分享一些拍戏的心得，让我领悟到原来我忽略了这么多东西。”

“…还有一次呀！我的眼睛发炎，他就很快地到药房去帮我买眼药水。当时我想自己付帐，可是他却随手拿了一样 东西，对我说：“我来我来！我也要买东西。” 然后就和我的眼药水一起付帐了，让我蛮感动的。”

杨志龙迫不及待想把郑嘉颖所做的“好事”告诉大家…
“还有呀！他住的地方其实离我的住宿地区蛮远的，可是有一次我们拍戏拍到很晚，大概三、四点了，他还特地开 车兜了一个大圈，送我回家。”

杨志龙一口气说了郑嘉颖的好话后，他在事后赶紧补上一句：“其实林峰他们对我也很好啦…”

看来杨志龙在香港拍戏的日子交了不少好朋友，生活如鱼得水。

找吃？他行！
虽然参演美食节目，但是杨志龙并没有机会发挥他的“厨艺”，“其实在戏里嘉颖是负责煮的，我只是在一旁帮忙 而已，但是还是有机会参与一些准备功夫，我们一起学做了海南鸡饭。”

杨志龙曾经主持美食节目【食在好便宜】，他自认已经是新加坡美食通了，为了报答大家对他的照顾，他已经计划 带这些远道而来的好朋友去尝尝道地美食。
“这次他们（指香港艺人）来，我会带他们去吃炒粿条、炒福建面、菜头粿、猪杂汤。我答应了嘉颖要带他去吃猪 杂汤，哈哈…”

杨志龙的角色－王福生
老实、乖巧，对母亲的话奉若神旨，后来结识了一位到新加坡旅行的香港女生，开始热恋。女友回到香港后，一直 想找机会到香港探访她。为了想到香港会女友而和母亲决裂。

因缘际会之下，王福生参加“Yummy Yummy”美食比赛，赢家可以到香港去参加晋级赛。
四人为一组（郑嘉颖、傅芳玲、杨志龙以及杨怡在剧中为一组），王福生和组员成功晋级，如愿以偿到了香港。到 了香港他才发现女友是个爱情骗子，大失所望。但他仍然坚持完成美食竞赛。

王福生因为“Yummy Yummy”比赛而认识了游学沣（林峰饰演）、周文希（佘诗曼饰演）等，结识成为好朋友。

[hola!]

Second part of the article, on Kevin Cheng, Raymond Lam, Charmaine Seah and Tavia Yeung.
http://ch8c.mediacorptv.com/shows/st...w/1343/2/.html

香港艺人美食团
多位知名香港艺人随队莅临新加坡，我们访问了剧中要角林峰、郑嘉颖、佘诗曼以及杨怡，了解他们拍摄情况以及 对本地美食的看法。

•鸡王郑嘉颖
在剧中被称为“会走路的鸡字典”的郑嘉颖最喜欢的就是海南鸡饭。

“为什么喜欢吃？！因为很好吃呀！”郑嘉颖一副理所当然的模样。“香港的海南鸡饭并不是每一家卖的都好吃， 我之前在泰国拍戏时也吃了他们的泰式海南鸡饭，味道有点不一样，所以我来到新加坡后，就想试一试新加坡的海 南鸡饭，这里的海南鸡饭很好吃呀！”

听到杨志龙对他的夸奖，郑嘉颖一脸腼腆：“哎呀…这只是一般的待客之道啦！他只身来到香港，我们照顾他是应 该的，其实也没做什么，只是带他去玩和带他去买些东西而已。”

首次和新加坡艺人合作的郑嘉颖觉得这次的合作非常顺利，并无出现沟通不良的问题。“其实我之前在泰国拍戏时 就会有沟通上的问题，因为我不知道他们在说些什么。这次和新加坡演员拍戏倒是很顺利，大家都是 华人嘛！”

杨志龙曾向小记“自首”说自己的广东话说得很烂，郑嘉颖则认为杨志龙“仍然有进步的空间。”
请他为杨志龙的广东话打分数，他开了个玩笑说：“如果满分是50分的话，呃…我给他…51分啦！哈哈…”呃 …这表示不愿置评吗？！

•佘诗曼最爱Satay !
会场上酷酷的佘诗曼一谈到爱吃的美食，立刻变得眉飞色舞，小记想问她最爱什么美食，问题还没问完，她就举高 右手大声说：“Satay！”（沙爹－马来族小吃，类似烤肉串，可沾着香浓的特调花生酱吃）。

“…还有烧烤魔鬼鱼、蚬，我发现这里较多海鲜类的食物。我吃了很多很多东西，还好我是瘦小型的，怎么都吃不 胖，哈哈…其实我们一天工作十多个小时，当然得要吃一些东西补充啦。”佘诗曼一副沾沾自喜的模样让人煞慕旁 人。

虽然是首次参与合拍片，佘诗曼却对合作的本地艺人赞誉有加。
“很高兴认识了一些新加坡朋友，可以深入了解新加坡的文化咯！”（林峰在一旁揶揄她说：“国语（华语）进步 了很多咯！哈哈…”）

•林峰天生吃不胖
拍摄美食节目最怕就是要费尽心思才能维持好身段，可是林峰却笑说他本来就非常馋嘴，很爱吃东西，显然他有天 生吃不胖的好体质。
他说：“新加坡的小吃、烧烤还有五香类的食物比香港多咯…”

林峰说，一行人一下机就直接投入工作，拍摄到凌晨3、4点才收工。只到过老巴杀（新加坡著名小吃中心），但 是众多的美食还是让他吃得饱饱的。

林峰和本地艺人合作得如何呢？
“其实我们主要是和阿BEN（杨志龙之洋名）合作，很开心，收工后我们也会一起出去逛街，吃东西 。”

林峰觉得杨志龙的广东话…
“他呀！进步了很多啦！很多港式广东话的腔调他都学会了！”有了林峰的评语，看来杨志龙可以放心 啦！

·杨怡瘦身计划
相较于佘诗曼天生“吃极不胖”，杨怡面对美食的诱惑却要步步为营。“我属于易胖易瘦型的，所以需要控制饮食 ，有时候他们出去吃东西想帮我打包回来，我都和他们说我吃饱了。”

但是一将话题转到美食，杨怡就开始如数家珍般把近日吃过的美食逐一列出：“我吃了很多东西…吃了这里的娘惹 糕，班兰糕、蚬、薄饼…还有很多很多啦！其实，我本来是不想吃的，可是它们看起来都很好好吃，我一吃就没完 没了了。”
看来，杨怡的瘦身大计是彻底被美食给打败了。

不嗜辣的杨怡来新面临的第二个挑战就是“辣”！

“新加坡人是不是很喜欢吃辣呀？”看着小记点头，她无奈的说，“唉…大家都叫我学吃一些辣的食物，因为新加 坡非常潮湿，会很容易水肿，所以要多吃辣的食物，才能让身体的水分随着汗水排出。”

身为剧中要角之一，杨怡对首次合作的杨志龙也是竖起拇指说，“GOOD！阿BEN的为人很老实的，很好相处 。”

[sehseh]

english version here http://ch8.mediacorptv.com/around8/i...ew/554/1/.html

Dishy local and Hong Kong stars serve up Food For Life!
January 5, 2005

Hong Kong’s TVB and Singapore’s MediaCorp Studios fry up a wok full of hot stars and spicy drama in their first co-production Food For Life!

Kwok Kar Peng


A force of galactic stars has descended upon Singapore! Heading the troupe are popular Hong Kong artistes Raymond Lam, Charmaine Sheh, Kevin Cheng and Yeung Yi, who are here to film the first co-production by MediaCorp Studios and TVBI: A 30-episode series titled Food For Life. Joining them in this drama are MediaCorp artistes Ben Yeo. Michelle Chia, Lynn Poh, Ezann Lee, Adam Chen, Jeff Wang, Alan Tern and Belinda Lee.

Shot on location in Hong Kong, China and Singapore, the drama revolves around five participants in a gourmet competition. Filming began in Hong Kong in October and is scheduled to be completed by February 2005. The Hong Kong actors have been here in rain-soaked Singapore since Jan 2 and will return in a month’s time.

Hailing from the city of tantalising food themselves, what local food do Charmaine and Raymond absolutely drool over?

“Satay!” Charmaine immediately quipped. “And stingray! Luckily we went to Lau Pa Sat for filming, so we got to eat a lot of good food, like clams.”

“We filmed till 3-4am for the 2 days since we arrived here, so we didn’t have time to tour around Singapore and try the different food,” Raymond added.

But unlike many of us who feel guilty about putting on an extra few kilos, that is something this trim pair doesn’t have to worry about.

“We use up a lot of energy every day, working more than 10 hours; we’ll need the food to charge us up,” the pretty and petite Charmaine opined.


Like brothers, like Kevin and Ben!
Luckily for them, their co-actor Ben is the host of variety programme $2 Wonderfood before and is almost a walking directory of the best food in Singapore! The camaraderie between Ben and his onscreen pal Kevin Cheng has spilled over to real life, as Ben told us how Kevin took extra pains to take care of this ‘little brother’.

“During play-back in filming, he’d not only look at his own acting, he’d also look at mine, and give me advice on how to improve, and taught me some acting tips,” Ben revealed. The kindness showed to him extended beyond work as well.

He continued, “Once, he rushed to buy eye-drops for me when he knew that my eye was infected. He refused to let me pay for it; he quickly grabbed an item from the shelves and said he needed to buy something too and paid for the purchases. I was quite touched. Even when we filmed till the wee hours and were very tired, he’d drop me off at my service apartment although he lived very far away.”

TVB actor Kevin Cheng
Kevin instead spoke humbly about his much-appreciated and thoughtful deeds. He explained, “I was only playing my role as a host to him. He came to Hong Kong and didn’t have any friends, it’s only right that we take care of him. Just like he takes care of us here in Singapore and brought us shopping and to eat Hainanese chicken rice and roti prata.”

On Ben’s self-acclaimed notoriously bad Cantonese, Kevin laughed and agreed, “There’s room for improvement; I’ll give him 51 marks.”

Local viewers would not have a chance to hear Ben’s broken Cantonese on Channel U as the as the show will be dubbed in Mandarin when it goes on air!

Food For Life will be telecast on TVB's channels in May 2005, and on Channel U at a later date.

Back together again, actors Kevin Cheng, Adam Chen, Raymond Lam and Ben Yeo mucked around like little boys.


Food For Life

Cast: Charmaine Sheh (as Wen Xi), Kevin Cheng (Jia Le), Raymond Lam (Xue Li), Ben Yeo (Fu Sheng), Yeung Yi (Zhi Yin), Ng Ka Lok (Lo), Adam Chen (Rambo), Lynn Poh (Li Qi), Michelle Chia (Kai Shan), Ericia Lee (Mei Si), Shaun Chen (Shi Hao), Lina Ng (Michelle)


TVB actress Charmaine Sheh
A television game show, which crosses the boundaries between the best of Singapore and Hong Kong’s cuisine contests, gathers a group of five young men and women who each have their eyes set on their own goals. The strength of endurance and the essence of humanity are put to the test, as hand in hand, these five young people fight for the future of their dreams!

Jia Le (Kevin Cheng), Xue Li (Raymond Lam), Fu Sheng (Ben Yeo) and Zhi Yin (Yeung Yi) are assigned as teammates in the semi-finals. Despite initial disagreements, they build a firm friendship within the team and emerge as the qualifying four for the finals!

Hong Kong contestant Jia Le helps out at his parents’ street market chicken stall and is known as a walking ‘Chicken Encyclopedia’. He joins the competition on impulse and is more interested in the combination of good food, free travel and new friends, than in winning. His easygoing ways endear him to Singapore contestant Fu Sheng, who follows him around.

Fu Sheng, innocent and honest in character, is a typical Singaporean Chinese boy. He has been cheated of all his money by his new Hong Kong girlfriend, who has since disappeared. He uses the competition as an excuse to go to Hong Kong to look for her.


TVB actor Raymond Lam
Xue Li is a suave and generous Hong Kong contestant who does everything in an impressive, high profile manner. His humorous nature charms many of the female contestants, especially Mei Si. He battles for Mei Si’s (Ericia Lee) affections with Shi Hao (Shaun Chen), a Singapore contestant. The ensuing tussle of wills creates trouble for the other participants, especially Jia Le, who is caught in the middle.

Zhi Yin, a timid and insecure Hong Kong contestant, often brings trouble to everyone during the competition and usually makes matters worse. Even though she has suffered many setbacks, she steels herself and pushes on, so she can win the prize and save her father’s truck rental company.

TVB actress Yeung Yi
Subsequently, Zhi Yin is exposed as being related to Wen Xi, the PR representative cum babysitter, and is thus disqualified. Fu Sheng is bent on looking for his girlfriend upon reaching Hong Kong and has no interest in competing; and Jia Le is focused on enjoying the game for what it is. Therefore, Shi Hao gets away with cheating and wins.

The bird flu affects Jia Le’s family’s chicken stall business. Zhi Yin’s father’s truck rental company folds when the drivers resign en masse. Fu Sheng locates his girlfriend and is once again cheated of his money. Xue Li and Wen Xi’s magazine business encounters problems.


Just when things are at an all-time low for the group of friends, Jia Le learns that Shi Hao has been disqualified for cheating and he is the rightful owner of a bustling shop space!

Jia Le decides to set up a food business and invites Xue Li, Fu Sheng, Wen Xi and Zhi Yin to be his partners, to bring together the power of friendship where everyone chips in with whatever they can, be it money or effort. But problems continue to plague the group as they struggle to bring their shop to life. Watch how friendship eventually reigns and savour the delicious food that they will serve to you!

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This English article is a shorter version, which leaves out some details.