Sammul Chan

The story begins with the sons of the Hung-mo Emperor (Hongwu) returning to the capital city as a show of filial piety to their father, who has fallen extremely ill. Secretly, the princes are harboring intentions to succeed the throne. As a result, chaos surrounds the kingdom, and a chain of conspiracies and schemes begin occurring in the city...

The history of this restaurant is closely intertwined with the stories of four women of different generations. It portrays the commonest marital problems and various kinds of stress suffered by women over the centuries. In the late Qing Dynasty – Ngai Yu Fung’s family goes into a decline and, without a choice, she is married off to Wong Yuk Lun who later ends up losing all his money. Fung sells the love token given by her first lover Yu Tsz in exchange for money, with which she sets up the Phoenix Restaurant. During the May Fourth Movement – Fung’s daughter Wong Chi Kwan elopes to Tianjin with her teacher Lee Kat Cheung. The pair finally split up, following which Kwan moves back to Beijing and the Phoenix Restaurant is already dying on its feet.