Cupid's Kitchen

the cooking competition

i seldom watch Chinese /Taiwanese movie but what caught me is the plot on the cooking competition from main lead to supporting role. I am not a connoisseur of food what it made me recall the some dramas watched on fine dining , the professionalism in culinary kitchen.

What i admired here was the drama can sustain professionals English subtitle team, a consideration for us who appreciates your culture as well and can't understand the language. There are some Chinese/Taiwanese drama i watch I was disappointed for past 50 episode they can't sustain Eng sub update for remaining episodes.

In the hectic work of main lead here i can see he took medically check up had he got a second opinion at least . I was overwhelmed I happened to binge watch this drama for some reason prompted me to watch past projects of main lead.

To the support or the production staff you are awesome. I hope you continue to inspire and give future roles/project on main leads.

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Good drama, wrong pairing

I must say that the first C-drama I ever watched had me hooked on this genre, and it still holds a soft spot in my heart. However, on a recent rewatch, I couldn't help but notice the flaws that I was oblivious to earlier.

The actors did a great job portraying their characters, but I couldn't help but compare Song Er to Rosy Zhao, who is way above her league. Ethan was believable until the romance part, which lacked any romantic chemistry despite the age gap not being an issue. While they played the roles of mentor and disciple well, the romantic part was a total miss.

The plot was interesting, but it dragged on for too long. The doctor breaking all the ethics and getting rewarded with another offshore job wasn't credible. The ex who was jealous and wanted to destroy the protagonist made me annoyed.

The only credible pair was the spoiled kid and Song Er. The song was enjoyable, even though it was a thousand repeats of the same sentence. The close-up shots of food were excellent, even though I saw a man's hand instead of hers in one scene.

Overall, it's still a solid and enjoyable contemporary drama, but it's not without its flaws



I always make it a point to check the bio and sometimes the news out of curiosity. It's unfortunate that Song Er's wrongdoings have caused so much harm and even led to some dramas being canceled. This is truly unacceptable.

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This drama should be renamed and called the Villain's Kitchen!! I started counting the number of villains and after I hit the 5th or 6th one, I stopped and started FF through their parts. The best part of the drama for me besides the food was the main leads. I really loved their chemistry and didn't see the age gap between them. One look at the ML and I absolutely see why the FL would be attracted to him... he was handsome, temperamental, and moody, but she held her own and wasn't afraid of him. FL was his breath of fresh air and with her incredible taste buds and her stint as his 3 day foodie tour guide, drama made her more his equal because she was knowledgeable and he needed her (as opposed to a ML who is always saving the FL). I thought their scenes together were genuine and sincere and I loved their late night talks.

I usually don't mind if voices are dubbed but what they did to Elise was really bad. I would be pretty upset if I were the actress. Her role wasn't great to begin with but whatever effort she put in, pretty much went out the door because you only noticed how bad the dubbing made her look. I still can't figure out what language she was actually speaking.. .English or Mandarin or another dialect?

This is a good filler drama (with the help of the FF) for when the villains got to be too much. I definitely stayed for the leads and would have watched a few more episodes of just them! The "8" rating is pretty much for them!

The ending... Lol!! No need to say more...

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Understated , underestimated storyline

I have no idea why this story has such poor reviews. I mean i get that it's not a typical lovey dovey story with mush scenes. But that's what makes this story realistic and far above ordinary.
Acting is impeccable, top notch. Infact, I love the cute , naive , lively FL character played by Song Zuer. She delivers her performance flawlessly to the point it's impossible to believe she's acting her part. Just before I watched dramas where zhao lusi perform similar roles . Even though she's among the top tier actresses her role of naive FL lacks sincerity and genuinity and is pretty monotonous. I just hope this FL gets to shine in more such roles.
Only her character can break the ice face jerk ML 's demeanor.
The story has a lot of cooking scenes and dialogues which are task based , also its an extremely slow burn romance . Probably a reason for slightly low ratings. But definitely worth watching once!!

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a little too perfect

Another cooking show that can make our mouth drooling... Although cooking in this drama not as many as the other drama, but several food still make me drooling & want to try the food.

OK the good:
+ Finally a cold ML that doesn't really change until the end. Usually our cold ML changing into soft or clingy even to our FL. But here Jiang Qian Fan remain the same until the end. Yeah he's a little bit softer but the nature of his character remain the same.
+ No stupid crazy 'evil' love rival. Even though Elise at first quite crazy, but she still put some logic into her action & stop when she must stop.
+ Everyone changing into their better self.
+ No human really evil or good. They have both of the side & sometimes we can see both side fighting in human heart, like Alice and Lin Xiao Yu (XY) for example.
+ Environment really shape you. Like the influence boris has toward XY, when you just blow hate into someone heart they will grow hate. Thank God we still has Blue that sometimes can drag XY to the earth & relax a little.
+ Of all the character I really like Blue and his mentor, Huang Shi. They really one relax people....

The Bad:
- The ending a little too perfect. Yeah I know not every drama have to have blood fight toward the end. But I think they put a little too much of perfect happy ending. Like everything just fall into their space & realize their own mistake
- They try to reach every aspect of 'food'. Like the trauma K [Victor's girlfriend] has with the food & easy solution to resolve the problem. I don't think that supposed to be that easy.

Overall this a good drama to watch. Nothing too exaggerated about this drama just enjoy the ride...

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Worth a watch

So far really enjoying this show. The only thing that is really pissing me off is the Dr. ! He finds out who was poisoning the Chef but doesn’t say anything cause he’s got some wood for the culprit… at least that’s my take… and I know they have to have some equivalent of HIPPA over there… right??

Slight spoiler??!!
So i would have given this show full marks except for the ending... sigh i didnt like the ending especially the musical number with dancing... sort of pointless! I also dont like that there were no repercussions for the Dr. I mean he knew about the poisening and didnt report it and actually helped hide it... the endi g was a let down but other than that an enjoyable show. I liked the two leads shes a vuties and ge is HOOOTTTT

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love for the kitchen, not more!

Obviously this has spoilers!!! Ha ha ha

cupid kitchen, a drama too slow, has many minutes, seconds in the same scenes, slow motion every moment.
the ex of the protagonist, is ugly in every way, very resentful and pathetic. The cousin of the very envious protagonist. I spent it jumping
scenes many times in each chapter, not even letting me finish the episodes that I passed to the next.
I went from episode 12 to chapter 15 (I didn't feel at all the emptiness of those 3 without seeing) this one, episode 15, was one of the worst and boring,
I don't know why, but it was too long for me.

I know it's about cooking, food, but let's say they could have put more scenes out of it, and not just dedicate themselves to cooking.

the protagonists had chemistry but more of an older brother, little sister, romance??? well thank you they would say, just long after the middle of the story.
chemistry appears between them with romance.

Elise, she plays the one who knows everything, and she was asking KE about his tastes, psssss

from episode 18 to 22, I really can't stand seeing the drag of the antagonist, his ex. ufff ufffff uffffff, ugly,
As if it was an obligation to dress her with a good neckline so that her feminine parts could be seen so that men would notice her, ridiculous.
and I clarify, 4 skipped episodes and I did not notice that there was a notable change in the story, everything remained the same. 40 chapters, unnecessary.

the protagonist's friend is one of the most idiotic I've seen in a long time, 22 chapters, and he still doesn't know what he wants, that is, he doesn't want
to her friend, but he doesn't want her to be with others either, her character seemed useless to me, and on top of that she's a co-star, very ridiculous.
and she had so many episodes with her unilateral love for her, it seemed too long, and it was obvious that they had no feeling!

that Boris, was it necessary???? he was a BIG IDIOT!!!! A clown!!! One of the worst characters in my 240 c-dramas watched.

after watching episode 23, I went to 25, no matter what happened to qian fan, ke song, he didn't deserve that mistreatment, anyway
he was a great idiot, rather the writer was a clown.

episode 26, the cousin uffffffffffff ufffffffffffffffffffffffffffs what a pathetic woman!!! Super envious, she lets herself be manipulated by her
of her fucking teacher, a hateful one.- He treats her like her older sister and the dumb Ke lets herself do what the stupid wants, I wish I had
slapped her crazy cousin of hers.

chapter 27, I say, the fucking dragged does not have a brother a mother who takes her to the doctor / doctor ??? what a stupid cliche
which is the one that the protagonist has to do that. really stupid!!!

I FEEL THAT THIS DRAMA HAS MORE CONS THAN PROS. I will definitely not see it again, I hope I have the opportunity to see another of hers,
and another of hers with hers, but with a more romantic plot.

I AGREE WITH THE OTHER USER, in this drama there is the WORST synchronization of the DUBBING, the truth is that it was horrible!!!!!!!!
(her cousin, the dragged antagonist, her brother, and among others)

a couple of questions in the final stretch of the drama, what was the writer thinking of making the protagonist blind? I mean, I thought it wasn't enough for me to lose
the taste, right?... and on top of that, Elise's killer says that they are worried about him, haha, how pissed off I am! Well damn, it's your fucking fault! and yours
idiot accomplice!
Then there is the protagonist's cousin, what a useless and unnecessary character! do such a thing out of arrogance and that from the beginning she was jealous of KE,
to the point that she realized that she did not know how to cook and therefore began to copy what she did in the contest.
and well the stories of victor and her 'boyfriend', boris, dr., they seemed to me, they should have finished before they started, it was really boring!.

People, this review is my point of view, it's totally my feeling when watching a drama that should have no more than 32 episodes!

I saw this drama today, Sunday, April 10, 2022, Argentina time, it was a rainy Sunday, I was home alone, so take advantage and I saw it 'entirely'
so to speak, of course I did not see some caps because there were too many, I do not understand the wave of wanting to lengthen secondary stories unnecessarily. it seems to me
that doesn't make the slightest bit of sense, I would like the people who make the dramas to read our feelings and criticism so to speak regarding what we see
and that they do not make more dramas this long unless there is a great story to tell, which of the now 241 Chinese dramas that I have seen, are told what
They were really long like this and I wanted it not to end, being a handful, I don't remember the names I'll have to investigate xD

Well this is long, I say goodbye and people, good health to all!

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It was okay.

I have a love hate relationship with cooking dramas. The cooking aspect was okay, but regarding the characters, She seems very immature to me, and so many aspects, and then someone what snobbish. When characters are like this, I have a hard time trying to figure out why the ML is falling in love.

I really couldn't fall in the love with the FL. I really need to in these dramas. The story was a little far fetched, but I liked the ML. There was a tremendous age gap which for me was also unsettling.

Overall, I believe it could have been better.

Best I can say is 4.5

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Poor Story with Visually Pleasing Shoots and Couples

Story-wise, there are nothing new actually. The story is quiet cliche and some plot feels a little bit forced. I think they can make it only 20-30 episode, but they put too many filler scenes. The story in general is slow-paced and get boring at the end of the series. I don't really like the ML, and how he manage his problems, especially his anger issues. But, I appreciate how the writer let each character make mistakes and learn from it. I also love that despite the love affair between them, each one of them still communicate in a mature way. In other drama, usually they'll made character like Chu Ting being as annoying as possible, but I love how they make her into someone like that.

The main couple is so sweet. They seems to be comfortable around each other. At the beginning of the series it was more mentor-student-like relationship, but you'll see that the barrier start to fade away as the story goes. At some scenes I even forgot the age gap between them. If it's not for the interaction between the main leads, couples, and the food scenes, i think i'd drop it long time ago.

Acting-wise, I have no problems with the main leads, both of them doing a good job portraying the emotions. I notice that Ethan Ruan (The ML) looks and act much mature here than in Legend of Fuyao. For Song Zuer (the FL), this is my first time seeing her acting, but I think she's one of the shining stars in her generation. What caught me off is the actors who play Blue, Elise, and Victor, I think they still need improvement in so many parts. I also found it annoying that her part is too much dubbed.

Despite so many flaws on the story, generally the series is visually pleasing. The production team seems to put a lot of effort on the food and cooking scenes. The OST is simple yet fits really well. And the relationship between the main couple and other couples here is sooo sweet.

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is the vilain likable?

the drama is about redemption. it is really unusual as we have this habit of revengeful dramas. this one makes you consider all aspects of a situation without taking side. it is very unsettling at first, then it makes you rethink about the relationships and the consequences of the characters' actions.
one of them once says "people are not bad or good, they are just selfish". and I think this was the main line for the script.
I don't agree with that, but that was an interesting way to illustrate this opinion.
I loved the acting of the main leads, which is always a good thing. didn't like the music, and loved the story. in the end that was captivating and entertaining. I definitely recommend.

when to watch: it is easy and entertaining, anytime you want to release some stress.
audience: family friendly
have fun!

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SFL and crappy support characters make it almost unwatchable

There are certain dramas that make you lose a bit of your sanity as you have to watch the oblivious leads having their lives constantly sabotaged by their obviously obsessed and psychotic friends. C dramas (largely due to their excessive length) tend to be major offenders in this regard, and this is one of them. I was dying inside whenever Liesel was on the screen, she was insufferable even before the extent of her villainy was revealed. What pissed me off the most was how much screentime she got; just less 20% less would've helped. I would have rather watched ANYONE ELSE. Scratch that, wouldn't want to see any more of Victor...never trust a character with a badly executed punk style and too much eyeliner.

It's genuinely disappointing, because the food theme (like "This is Not What I Expected") had so much potential, I hated to see it misapplied. I also want to address what a lot of reviews referred to as "cruelty" from the ML. It seems to me that he may have just overplayed the whole passionate/intense chef thing. He probably watched too much Gordon Ramsay when he was researching for the role.

Another frustration was the captioning. There were rarely captions on the text messages/emails/documents, and it really cut into the story. Not sure where that responsibility falls, but if they're going to include so many typed things they should ensure the captioning.

If you're anything like me, you'll end up rage watching most episodes.
Bottom line: The side characters make it a torturous 40 episodes. If the majority of the secondary characters (primarily EVIL ELISE, and the wretched cousin) and subplots weren't horrible, this could have actually been a good series.

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