Midnight Food Store (Chinese TV series)

Midnight Food Store (Chinese: 深夜食堂) is a 2017 Chinese television series adapted from the Japanese manga series Shinya Shokudō.^[1] A co-production between mainland China and Taiwan, the series is directed by Taiwan's Tsai Yueh-Hsun and stars Huang Lei as the Master, and features numerous celebrities in cameo roles as guests.^[1] The series aired on 12 June to 30 June 2017 via Beijing TV and Zhejiang TV.^[2][3]

Midnight Food Store
Promotional poster
Genre	Drama Slice-of-life
Based on	Shinya Shokudō
Directed by	Tsai Yueh-Hsun Hu Hanqing
Starring	Huang Lei
Country of origin	Taiwan China
Original language	Mandarin
No. of episodes	40
Original release
Network	Beijing TV, Zhejiang TV
Release	12 June (2017-06-12) – 30 June 2017 (2017-06-30)

Unlike its predecessors, the series was widely panned by the audience and received the a rating of 2.3, the lowest-ever rating for a television show on Douban. It was criticized for its rigid adaptation, failure to include Chinese elements, excessive product placement, and unrealistic characters and stories.^[4][5]

Synopsis

The story follows a mysterious chef and his late night restaurant which open from midnight to dawn. There are no fixed items on his menu, but the Master will take orders from any customer and cook up whatever they ask for. As the Master cooks, his patrons tell him their life stories.

Cast

• Huang Lei as Master

Patrons

• Mark Chao as Mark
• Janine Chang as Sun Kewei
• He Jiong
• Hai Qing
• Ivy Chen
• Ma Su
• Liu Haoran
• Jam Hsiao as Li Ang
• Richie Ren
• Qi Wei
• Liang Jing
• Cherrie Ying
• Xu Jiao
• Hu Bingqing as Xi Xi
• Wu Xin
• Wang Xun
• Chin Shih-chieh
• Kelly Niu Tien
• Yu Hsiao-hui
• Shawn Wei
• Ye Qing
• Xiu Jiekai
• Yedda Chen
• Song Yang
• Kan Qingzi
• Jason Tsou
• Zhang Wen
• Qian Yongchen
• Kirsten Ren
• Jiang Qilin
• Lu Qian
• Sui Yongliang
• Hong Chenying
• Yang Yitong
• Jia Jinghui
• Gao Feng
• Frederick Lee
• Shi Shi
• Guo Lin
• Zhu Yan Man Zi
• Zhang Ruihan
• Chi Jia
• Cai Lu
• Fang Jiayi
• Xu Wei
• Huang Haoyong
• Sun Yang
• Zhang Han
• Li Jiacheng
• Li Jiatong
• Xie Chengying
• Zhou Shuai
• Jiang Xueming
• Zhai Aohui
• Zhou Houan
• Guo Xin
• Xie Donghai
• Feng Ruoqi
• Xu Kaicheng
• Jian Zezheng
• Cai Fengze
• Heaven Hai

Ratings

Air date	Beijing TV CMS52 City ratings[6]			Zhejiang TV CMS52 City ratings
	Ratings (%)	Audience share (%)	Rank during its time slot	Ratings (%)	Audience share (%)	Rank during its time slot
2017.6.12	0.653	2.22	5	0.48	1.639	8
2017.6.13	0.537	1.845	6	0.459	1.583	8
2017.6.14	0.553	1.92	6	0.442	1.54	9
2017.6.15	0.505	1.75	7	0.486	1.69	8
2017.6.16	0.565	1.99	5	0.512	1.8	6
2017.6.17	0.585	2.16	5	0.33	1.23	8
2017.6.18	0.551	1.91	7	0.38	1.32	9
2017.6.19	0.559	1.94	6	0.389	1.36	8
2017.6.20	0.561	1.98	6	0.453	1.6	8
2017.6.21	0.613	2.11	6	0.385	1.33	8
2017.6.22	0.537	1.84	5	0.367	1.28	8
2017.6.23	0.65	2.2	5	0.533	1.84	7
2017.6.24	0.54	1.93	5	0.413	1.5	7
2017.6.25	0.588	1.98	4	0.506	1.71	5
2017.6.26	0.597	2.10	4	0.44	1.56	7
2017.6.27	0.513	1.85	5	0.392	1.42	8
2017.6.28	0.513	1.84	5	0.368	1.32	8
2017.6.29	0.584	2.05	5	0.262	0.98	13
2017.6.30	0.579	1.95	5	0.549	1.88	6

• Highest ratings are marked in red, lowest ratings are marked in blue

See also

• Midnight Diner
• Late Night Restaurant