The Dripping Sauce – 大酱园

This drama “The Dripping Sauce – 大酱园” is about Man Koon Brewery is a century-old soy sauce maker in Foshan. The motto of patriarch Man Kai Shan and his wife Tsik Tak Yung is “Male succession and keep it in the family”. However, because of a contaminated soy sauce incident, they just have to let two women, namely, Ha Siu Moon and Ip Sai Yiu, join the business. The duo and their son Man Cheuk Fung become fellow apprentices. Junior master Wah Ko gets involved with the trio, resulting in an intriguing foursome. Meanwhile, everybody gets anxious as certain secrets about the Mans are revealed and Cheuk Fung is abruptly taken away. At the brewery, Kai Shan’s younger brothers Kai Shek, Kai Tsun, and Kai Kong want to divide the family fortune. And even outsider General Ko Shiu Wing is plotting to get his hands on a piece of the pie. With a 100-year history, Man Koon Brewery’s future is in doubt as it gets into such a precarious situation.

万冠园是佛山酱油业百年老字号，大当家万启山（吴岱融饰）与夫人席德容（龚慈恩饰）坚持“传男不传女，传内不传外”的宗旨，可是一宗毒酱油事故，使他不得不答应让夏小满（朱晨丽饰）及叶细么（龚嘉欣饰）两女子加入，与其子万卓枫（何广沛饰）成为同期学徒。三人与酱园小师傅华歌（吴业坤饰）建立了复杂的4角关系，又间接揭发了万家多个秘密，加上卓枫突然被掳走人心惶惶。酱园内，启山几个弟弟启石（郑子诚饰）、启川（陈嘉辉饰）及启江（徐荣饰）酝酿分家，酱园外，专员高兆荣（袁文杰饰）也密谋夺取酱园财产。万冠园百年基业随时毁于一旦。另外，中国女性一直被视为弱者身份，依附在传统价值观及制度下生存。然而，面对国势动荡，时局混乱，传统价值亦受到冲击；逆境求生，女性如何自处？

Release Date: 21 January 2020 – 28 February 2020
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Business, Family, TV Series, HK Drama
Running Time: 30 Episodes
Director: Leung Choi Yuen (梁材远)