湘菜馆年利两百万，老板林睿发年终奖，厨师长赵刚嫌少带人离职，对面开店竞争。林睿未起冲突，专注扩张五家新店。开业当日，赵刚门前冷清，却见千名员工身着工装，径直涌入林睿店内，场面壮观，彰显团队凝聚力与企业实力。

江苏电视台于1982年摄制的这部短剧，荣获首届《大众电视》金鹰奖以及同年度“飞天奖”二等奖。该剧聚焦邻里间的日常小事，着重刻画了人物的人格魅力。

饭店一年净赚两百万，老板给每位员工发放五万年终奖。三名厨师贪心不足，索要一半利润遭到拒绝。他们煽动十几名员工集体辞职，在门店正对面开新店抢夺顾客。这群厨师自以为掌握饭店命脉，觉得火爆生意全靠厨艺，却不知道撑起这家饭店的另有其人。

四名拉面师傅恃技要挟涨薪要股份，老板江凡当即将其辞退，把面馆改做精品盖浇饭。面对嘲讽与客流流失，他靠绝佳口味圈粉食客，还开启后厨直播、公示食材破除谣言，吸引网红打卡。新店营收翻倍，反悔的前员工求归也被拒绝。

In an attempt at greater efficiency, the chef of a fancy oceanside restaurant and his assistant wreak havoc in the establishment. Adding to the complications is the arrival of a robber.

Maravan, a charming young immigrant from Sri Lanka works in Zurich as a sous-chef, but dreams of opening his own restaurant where traditional Indian kitchen, as his grandmother taught it to him, crosses over with avant-garde "molecular kitchen". Turns out his creations are highly aphrodisiatic, so much so that when he casually invites his colleague Andrea (Jessica Schwarz) over she ends up seducing him, even though he's pretty conservative and believes in arranged marriage and she's actually a lesbian. While the two are getting their business started, Maravan's cousin returns to his homeland and is recruited by the underground army Tamil Tigers. Marvan tries to bail him out, but also discovers that one of his clients, the superseedy Dalmann, is actually an arms dealer -- to the Tamil Tigers! Oh, and he's also sleeping with the girlfriend of Andrea, who's a lesbian and a prostitute (for men). At the same time, Maravan's nan is ill and has to come to Zurich for treatment, and the toothsome Sandana, with whom he was arranged to be married but who gave him the cold shoulder, seems not averse to rekindling the flame ...

这部影片是1988年后劲居民在前往经济部举办的「反五轻」说明会时所使用的。它汇集了过去一年多里，中油出现严重空气污染、倾倒废油污染溪水以及引发油气爆炸等情况的实证画面。在此期间，居民四处陈情，甚至采取抬棺抗议的激烈方式。影片通过不同的访谈，传达出当地居民的愤怒呐喊。自1987年6月政府宣布中油五轻计划起，后劲便开启了长达25年未曾停歇的抗争历程。

生意红火的饭店里，厨师长周大强错把老板的人脉当厨艺，贪念驱使下带人跳槽。唯张阿姨感念恩情坚守。最终真相大白，背信者自食恶果，而心怀善意、懂得感恩的张阿姨与老板携手，将小店经营得愈发红火。

林记宴席队老板林长根遭五名徒弟集体逼宫夺权，被开除的徒弟们偷走食材、毁坏工具，企图让他在百桌寿宴上身败名裂。林长根凭借祖传《林氏八品菜》，联合邻里乡亲圆满完成寿宴，打脸背叛的徒弟。自立门户的徒弟们低价抢单、偷工减料接连砸锅，林长根不计前嫌多次救场。县城归来的程富贵勾结残余徒弟，用造谣、勾结官员等卑劣手段恶意打压，甚至下药陷害林记。