BreakFAST! – An entertaining Taiwanese shortcom

By Confused Laowai | Date: May 15th, 2012 | Category: Culture

Herman (from ChineseLevel) linked this on his Facebook a week or so ago. BreakFAST! It’s a short sitcom style comedy (hence the name shortcom) surrounding the lives of people in Taiwan. It’s short, funny, entertaining and has a nice upbeat atmosphere to it. Also it makes me hungry every time I watch an episode.

There are currently 4 episodes online. I quite like the second episode. Check out the Shakespeare soliloquy in Chinese and the fail of the instant translator app. The Chinese has a strong Taiwanese accent to it, which isn’t that bad if you’re used to watching Taiwanese soaps or dramas. Otherwise it’s not that hard to follow, especially with the English subtitles helping you along. Enjoy!

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  • http://lookoutknockhead.com Mike Newton

    You’re right. Episode 2 is the best! Good find, Niel.

    Mike

  • http://niel.delarouviere.com NielDLR

    Agreed :)

    No problem! Glad you enjoyed it.

  • http://twitter.com/ChineseHacks Dave@ChineseHacks

    haha, the 法式土司 has me laughing :) Thanks for sharing this, well worth watching.

  • http://twitter.com/inspiredworlds Matthew Ho

    pretty funny especially the “style” one!

  • http://niel.delarouviere.com NielDLR

    Yeah, I hope they continue to produce some awesome clips. Very entertaining.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kai-Carver/593660149 Kai Carver

    I wish there was a version with Chinese subtitles

  • http://niel.delarouviere.com NielDLR

    Yeah, I agree. I’ll try and contact the creator to ask if there’s a possibility of Chinese subtitles. Or at least a transcript.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001737572187 Cedric Chou Ya-Li

    Thank you all very much for your comments. We will work on Chinese subtitles and put the videos online shortly.

  • http://niel.delarouviere.com NielDLR

    Awesome! Thanks Cedric. Very much appreciated!

  • http://niel.delarouviere.com NielDLR

    Kai, check the comments again, the creator of the videos has replied. He’ll be working on Chinese subtitles and upload them shortly!