Gave Higher Rating
First, I'm gonna say I gave this a higher rating than MDL recommended in my overall.Anyway, are you looking for something never before seen? TURN BACK! Are you looking for something with a good story? YOU'RE LOST! Do you enjoy repetitiveness? LOOK NO FURTHER!
It didn't take long before I was forcing myself to get through some of these eps. I don't like to drop series, so I stuck it out but jeez I kinda wasted my time. I really think Thai drama's have kinda run out of BL content cause SO MANY drama's are the same now days. I've seen quite a few involving food, spiteful girls and multiple couples lol Speaking of multiple couples... they threw their stories together so randomly/quickly no one really got any screen time(I even feel like even though there was 13 eps the MC couples relationship was rushed too). Spiteful girls are a staple in the Thai BL industry at this point but ugh this girl really got on my nerves with her crying lmao. LukChup was pretty annoying as well, he was like one of those characters who can't help but cry so unfortunately, I won't recommend; mostly cause nothing stuck out to me with this series
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crush, campus star, bully trigger, best boys, soft & sweet
Look, I am trash for trash, but this was less trashy than most Thai BL pulps. University set about a popular architecture student who is a picky eater and the food science major who has a crush on him and uses food to court him. I COULD NOT ASK FOR MORE. Basically it gave me reason, and room, to breathe by being exactly what I want from a Thai BL with no attempt to be anything else.I adored the taste-then-cook competition opener. The chef teacher is queer, not just visually but linguistically. Do I spot an actual butch character in a BL? YES! Meanwhile, the seme love interest, P’Ram, is a rich campus moon but also a genuinely nice guy with 2 hot besties. So, sure, we are in hella familiar y-novel territory. But if I were into BL for novelty of it, I wouldn’t be into BL. The older architecture phis with their colorless lives coming up with tricky ways to keep meeting up with the bright sparkly queer food service kids is the CUTEST flipping thing. It’s like watching two friendship groups falling in love with each other.
What is unique about this one is that this pulp has unexpectedly high production values and good quality cast, sound, & wardrobe. Even the het couple is cute. Love the pink hair! What a surprise gem. This season’s Nitiman with a better ending.
Chup being bullied is so sad. But Ram’s “my good boy” is the best, because it’s so true. Honestly, these two are just about the marshmallow fluffy sweetest softest little snookums. I like the external bullying as a narrative pressure, although I wish it hadn’t been combined with the faen fatale. I wish this show had just taken shipping culture to task.
I enjoyed La Cusiine but it is awful slow. Thank goodness GaGa has 1.5x speed option. It also takes the faen fatale archetype to the next level of extreme evil. Everyone got a cute couple ending, even characters I didn’t really recognize, couldn’t remember, or showed no chemistry. But hey, shrug. Also, Sky & Phai = unexpectedly great kiss.
Why did we not get their thread (and Kitty’s for that matter) throughout the show? It would’ve helped with the pacing a lot. (Honestly, these two actors probably should’ve played the leads, IMHO).
In the end, a sweet and kind of pure show, and like Thai desserts perhaps requires too much patience for a layperson. Because of the pacing and the focus on the bad girl character, I did dock it. But if you like stuff in the Oxygen vein, then this show is for you, and far better than most Thai BL pulps. That said, I suspect that I enjoyed it more than many would.
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What can I even say?
The synopsis of this series is really the main reason why I started it. Cute and simple. When I was introduced to Ram and Lukchup, I actually found thier interactions a bit cute and awkward. Yet, as more and more episodes came out, other aspects of this series annoyed me to no end.Story-4.5/10
I'm just gonna list out what I like and what I didn't.
What I liked:
☆ Ram and Lukchup's relationship and how it blossomed (to a degree)
☆ Thier families easy acceptance of thier relationship
☆Their friends
☆ The food that was made by Lukchup and his friends
☆ Lukchup's kindness. This character is a better person than me, after all that he went through.
What I didn't like (this is going to be long):
☆ The overplay of the evil 'girlfriend' (they never even dated, mind you). And okay, we know why Namning ended up the way that she did. But still, her character was a just too much
☆ Thirteen episodes of a series that I know could have been told in less episodes
☆ Praying for Paitong and Sky to end up together throughout the WHOLE series, only to actually see them together in the LAST episode! (And that kiss?! Yowzer!)
☆ Time jumps. I don't like time jumps. And it's not just one, but TWO! (One for a month later and one five years later)
☆ I really wasn't invested in Super and his girlfriend as the series really didn't focus on it. They just mentioned it in passing and I was like...meh when it happened.
☆ Bullying. It ain't cool. And the way it escalated. From bullying Lukchup in school. To bullying him online. And then to hiring people to beat him up?!! Like, seriously?!!
☆ Lukchup's kindness. While I liked it, I hated it sooo much! But as I stated earlier, Lukchup's character is a better person than me.
As such, I am graciously giving this storyline a 4.5 out of the kindness of my heart.
Acting/Cast-5.5/10
While I do like the cute and awkwardness of Lukchup and Ram's relationship as well as thier interactions with friends and families, some of these actors acting has been over the top (looking at you, Namning). And because of this, it can really spoil the series. Which it did. So, I'm gonna give a 5.5.
Music-8/10
Without a doubt, truly the only best thing throughout the whole series. I loved hearing it everytime I started this series and this is actually the only thing that I am going to miss about La Cuisine. So, I am giving an 8.
Rewatch Valu-2/10
It was okay the one and only time that I did watch it. I see no need to watch it again. Just saying.
Overall-5/10
Overall, I give this series a 5. I am glad that I gave it a shot and watched it. I am also glad that it is done.
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La Méchante Femme
Overall: I was hoping to see a sweet rom com with cute guys and cooking, but after the first few episodes this took an unwanted dark/serious turn. It spent waayyy too much time on an overused cliche instead of developing romantic relationships. Watching on Gagaoolala.Content Warnings: attempted murder, severely beaten up, slapped, cyberbullying, harassment, body shaming, manhandling, non con kiss (sleeping), non con taking pictures/posting, threatening with a gun
What I Liked
- the intro/title sequence was fun
- I liked Lukchup's and Ram's friend groups
- the cute and funny moments
- the food looked delicious
Room For Improvement
- the cliche evil wannabe girlfriend dragged on waaaayyyyy too long, 10 full minutes of crying in the final episode. She did get some consequences but nearly enough for what she did.
- Lukchup's lack of agency - he couldn't go see Ram in the hospital when he wanted, everyone was constantly meeting and making plans without him, he felt too childlike
- non logical things like Lukchup and Ram's family having a bunch of money but they didn't think to hire security for Lukchup? Why didn't both Ram and Lukchup run back to the building? Why did they need to collect sooooo much evidence before contacting the police, that's what the police investigation does... The police just have a nice tea while the criminal could be running away and/or destroying evidence???
- didn't like the social media fan page of a regular college student and people lining up to take pictures with him, it creeps me out
- the ending where multiple relationships were just shoved together at the last minute. Also the second time jump felt like lazy writing. I wish they had spent the time on the relationships and not on Namning.
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Another Filler Thai BL Series
I think I've found a title for Thai BL Series that follows a very plain and ordinary plot with mediocre/bad acting and an appealing, yet idiotic romance: Filler Bls. Yep. It's yet another one to add to the collection of the "Did we really need this?" pile. But truthfully, what was this show's purpose in existence? Why did someone fill the need to tell this story? But I won't nag too much, because if it was so awful, then why not just drop it? And yet, I still can't find the answer, because, indeed, this is a filler BL, but indeed, I will still tune in to watch the clownery unfold. La Cuisine was a thriller ride that started off as, "I think I'm enjoying this" to wondering if I should've started it in the first place.Let's Dive In.
La Cuisine is another food BL that stars Lukchub as this very shy and giddy chef who meets the rich and popular college student Ram. Basically, nothing happens in-between them getting together, and then all chaos ensues with a girl that brings about so much drama for absolutely zero reasons.
I won't lie, during the beginning of LC, I was intrigued. for a moment, I really did like LukChub's shyness and how Ram had to do the bare minimum to make him blush. I thought their build-up was okay, The date episode was where I think I finally caved in and thought they were pretty sweet. However, I couldn't really understand why or how Ram came about liking LukChub (outside of his food) because his personality is very unappealing. He hides his face anytime he can, he looks to the floor when speaking to him, was way too damn naive, and sometimes he has to have his friends talk for him to Ram. Maybe Ram is into submissive men? It was cute for a minute, and then after a while, it was disturbing that a grown man can't talk to his crush accordingly or without looking like he's going to crap himself. And it only gets worse when they get together. For one, they get no canon kiss outside of the last few minutes of the last episode that was more so a daydream-type scene. Yes, because two grown men who have been dating have zero desire to kiss..? I'm usually fine without kiss scenes, in most series I can understand the reason why not, but there was no reason here, and we got something or other in the end, so why not just put it in the series where a kiss would make sense? Like them becoming boyfriends? Or when they're out on the date? Anyways, the chemistry was very faint, half the time we got some awkward staring and uncomfortable silence. The height difference was pretty cute, the only thread holding me onto this series.
Now, onto the plot. We get some very annoying not-even-an-ex-girlfriend who tries to sabotage the main leads' relationship for, again, no real reason. She think Ram is cute? Cool, so does the entire school. They try to give us her sob story and even after seeing this, again, there are still zero reasons for her psychopathic actions. Even for Ram to keep up with her after all she did to him and LukChub is such a red flag in my eyes, as well as Lukchub just being extremely gullible and naive with not wanting to press charges or anything. I skipped most of her scene during the last few episodes, because who cares? In fact, after episode 8, I put this entire series into fast-forward mode because none of it was necessary. But what really took the cake was the damn fan page for Ram. Who walks around day and night trying to continuously let others know about his life? And how come Ram hasn't tried getting a restraining order or suing them? Thai series have got to drop this trope of having fan pages and crazy fan girls/boys. And while there at it, stop trying to put in a random jealous female character to add on conflict just because they're isn't any without her. It's so redundant and annoying.
The side characters were okay, but I more so liked Pang and Kitty. All the other characters were unnecessary or just there to be there. Paitong was a mess, either admit you like Luckchub or move on. Super was nuisance, and so were Ram's friends. They get everyone together in the last episode, which I could get around to if they gave these side characters the time of day. And the fact that Paitong and Sky made out before Ram and Lukchub? How does that make logical sense?
Rating:
Story: 6.5 - The beginning of the series was more enjoyable than the last, where they throw in some very out-of-the-blue drama. the crazy jealous girl plot is so fucking irritating, the romance of the main leads is just not there, and the plot is pretty much nonexistent without Namning.
Acting: 7.5 - Decent, and mediocre at best. Namning (although I hated her), Kitty, and Pang were the better ones. Someone should've rewritten the script so they could accommodate the fact that Mick can't cry, and it's embarrassing when it's implied he was supposed to be. Pop is more such just a cute face, but his acting is dead, and so was Boom's. The rest of them were just okay.
Music: 6 - Catchy. The only thing that wasn't off about this series.
Rewatch value: 1 - no
This series seriously had potential, especially in the beginning. But the acting, or more so the script, is really what puts this series off. I don't recommend it unless anyone is looking for something pretty light to watch (in some aspects). This will for sure be forgotten about soon.
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I liked it MOSTLY
I did enjoy this show mostly... I liked the story, the characters, the chemistry....mostly. It was a sweet story at first. The crush, the meeting, the flirting. Then it took a dark turn. This was fine mostly.The story was good but rushed at points and really slow at others. It was cute with the crush and flirting but it became more about bullying. I did not mind that BUT it took over the show and they made Lukchub look like he had the emotional capacity of a 10 year old. Everyone was way to protective if him. It really irked me at times.
Overall I liked the story I just wasnt expecting the turn it took.
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It's all in the eyes
I LOVE IT! So first of all I love concept of the this series. Its sweet and beautiful love story. The chemistries between the couples and group of friends are strong. I personally love the flow of the story, the events and scenes are not moving too fast, it's flows smoothly.Just like the title, it's all about cuisines, a love story that starts with foods prepared and cooked by the main lead and a popular senior who belongs in a rich family. The story continues that will focus on the impacts of being popular in social media, cyber bullying, jealousy turns into crazy actions.
I think this series depicts on real life situation of famous people and even ordinary people facing hates in social media, that even if it's just a simple comment, it will have a strong impact to the victims.
Love the characters and actors in this series. I'm just disappointed because I'm actually looking forward to the love team of sky and phatong, they do have a strong chemistry and I'm just disappointed because they only reveal it in last episode . I just hope they have some new series or a season 2 for their story.
ITS ALL IN THE EYES, because the main leads are acting with eyes, they portray their words and actions sincerely with their eyes. I Love it!
PLEASE MORE SERIES FOR SKY AND PHATONG
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Bland and lacks both flavor and filling
Even the writers felt Lukchup and Ramin don't have the energy to sustain the full 14 episodes as they focused way too much on the over the top bully and her psychological and physical torment on Lukchup, evoking the dated drama trope where the lead is a helpless doormat until the end. While it's nice his family, friends, and boyfriend rally to help him, he never steps up to help them help him in any significant way. They should have developed Sky and Paitong as the secondary story, they're a fiery, mature contrast to Lukchup and Ramin's slowburn relationship instead of suddenly throwing them in the final episode. The acting was so-so, the music was okay, and watching this drama once is more than enough.Was this review helpful to you?
Cute and worth watching, but a little messy.
The first four or five episodes of this are unusually delightful, with painfully shy culinary student Lukchup and his friends vs his crush, the popular senior architecture student and picky eater Ram and his friends. All of them are nice people and their interactions are cute and dynamic.The architects repeatedly find excuses to have lunch with the chefs, in sort of a take on Sheherezade but with cooking instead of storytelling. It's really sweet and well-written, with hints of attractions outside the main couple, and I could easily have watched 13 episodes of that and not gotten bored.
Unfortunately, a huge amount of screentime is devoted to the scheming of the wannabee-girfriend and a campaign of very serious bullying. While this plotline is decently handled and the good-guys aren't complete idiots like they usually are and deal with the situation intelligently, it felt a little like a completely different show. There's the main BL, with, shall we kindly say, "understated" acting against the bullying storyline and the lakorn acting of the villainess. She's quite good and convincingly loathesome, but it's just too overpowering for a series like this.
The external threat wasn't at all necessary as there were plenty of characters and relationships to explore. Lukchup is painfully cute, and Ram is handsome enough, but their relationship is so chaste that eventually it becomes awkward and unbelievable, especially as the popular secondary couple Sky & Phai go from 0 to "let's go to my place and f@#$" in 15 seconds (They actually do say this, albeit in euphemisms). The main pair actors are apparently not planning to be professional actors, and it shows with their total unwillingness to do anything gay (even a fujoshi fantasizing about them doesn't have them so much as kiss) whereas the guys playing Sky and Phai seriously commit and provide what could have been red-hot if there had been any setup.
Likewise, it's hinted that Lukchup's handsome older brother and his super-hot manager are involved, but this is never explored, and there are two het and one BL couple that use up a chunk of the finale. One of these couples is cute and does have a bit of time throughout the series, but their progression is rather sudden at the end.
If they had stuck with the earlier structure and explored the interactions and developing relationships of the two groups, this would have been a better series. As is, it's messy and the later episodes are things you just want to get through to reach the end.
I can recommend this, because I got real enjoyment from it, but I did do a lot of fast-fowarding in the later episodes. The ending is satisfying but underwhelming.
Story: 8. This is high, but the beginning is really good, and even though I didn't like the evil-female storyline, it was well-written and the good-guys are not clueless and handle it well. The OTT effeminate gay character is not played just for laughs (and is really good-looking), and immdiately sees through the villainess.
Acting: 6. As typical of Thai BL, the understated style prevents unskilled actors from being embarassing, but there aren't any standouts either. Many of them do a great job of being cute. I'll leave it at that.
Music: Better than average, and very catchy.
Rewatch: I would and probably will rewatch the initial episodes, which I would probably have rated a 9-9.5.
Overall: 7.5 - but if I could split the series, 9 for the first half, 6 for the second half.
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Great Moral Arc
There is a great moral arc to this story but the characters were simply not real. If you are looking for any sense of deep connection with the main characters, then move in. It is NOT bad acting; just a bad script. You have a main couple who lack any kind of deep connection to each other. Sure there are cute stares, and magical moonbeams but no hint of any real attraction to each other. There was not even a kiss so therefore how can there be love. This story could have been a good one but fell short. But there is a support role here that is just phenomenal. You can read my full review at BLBliss.com. She was simply brilliant.Was this review helpful to you?
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Simple but then tried too much near the end
Once again another mostly ordinary Thai BL series has come and gone. This one also comes from a mid-budget company with lead actors who are making their debut on TV and that was barely promoted compared to other stories (like "Tharn-Type", "Until We Meet Again" or "KinnPorsche" just to name a few examples). Many things were good, others not so much and here are some examples.The Good (or at least decent)
1. Lukchup: The lead character has a lot of good qualities that make him endearing to the viewers. He is sweet, friendly, super shy, cute, kind, and makes delicious Thai desserts thanks to her awesome grandma. He is the type of character you feel a bit frustrated with because he is so shy and also wants to forgive everyone who harms him almost immediately but at the same time you understand that he is also a good person.
2. The story (up to episode 11): This series has to be an example of a show that, up to episode 11, decided to stay on a safe, nearly risk-free storyline. University students, one in the cooking program, the other in the architecture program, meet thanks to food and bit of luck and end up being together. Lukchup and Ram's relationship starts to develop very early in the series and it becomes a slow-burner but eventually, every situation they experience, they experience it together. Unlike other shows, the lead couple really talks as Ram has this confident aura around him that makes Lukchup feel safe and trust him. At the same time, Lukchup has this charming and cute aura around him that makes Ram (and almost everyone else) fall for him and want to help him and have him around. Both sets of families accept Lukchup and Ram's relationship quite easily and welcome them immediately, so at least we avoided the typical cliché of having a parent being opposed to his son being gay and being in a relationship. We also avoided the other Thai BL cliché of having a lead character go abroad to study or because his parents are sending him away as in this case, Ram decides to wait for Lukchup to graduate so both can go to France and have Lukchup attend a fancy culinary school.
3. Side characters (with some exceptions): Lukchup's friends (Kitty, Super, Phai and Pangji) and Ram's friends (Sky and Titan) are a good combination of friends to have. All provide good support to the two leads by giving advice when its needed, by being there when a problem arises or when they need being comforted, by listening to what their friends want, by being vocal and maybe point out when something is not fair or someone needs to be punished. Sky is always the voice of logic/reason, Titan is a bit childish sometimes but always loyal and willing to defend his friends, Kitty is always fighting for what's right, Pangji is there to make sure the others don't go too crazy, Phai is there to protect his friends, especially Lukchup, and Super provides some funny moments along with Kitty.
The Bad
1. The stoyline (episodes 11-13): Here is the typical case of a series that went longer than it should have. Normally, we complain when a story runs for too many episodes (like "Bite Me", "Love Area 2" or "Hidden Love", just to name a few) or when we don't have enough episodes and we end up wanting more story (like "To My Star", Semantic Error", "Light On Me", among others). "La Cuisine" was the former, as up to episode 10 the story could have ended with a few adjustments to that episode and we probably wouldn't have protested too much. However, the writers/director/sponsors/production company, whoever it was, decided we needed 3 more episodes and here is where the story goes up in flames. The Thai BL cliché of the crazy/bitchy female character went in overdrive as it was exploited to the extreme. NamNing decided that bullying Lukchup and paying 2 girls and a guy to harass him and later 4 goons to beat him up was not enough and in the final episode she goes off the rails by pointing a gun at all of them and crying like crazy. We get a small glimpse of why she is acting the way she is acting on episode 12. In a similar scenario to "Don't Say No" (a BL disaster) where a parent emotionally and psychologically manipulates a child, NamNing's father leaves with another woman and her mother keeps trying to convince her to never let go of who she wants by doing whatever is necessary to get/keep it. So, in her mind, Ram is hers (despite never having dated) and Lukchup needs to go away for her to have Ram. But, the last 3 episodes don't really match the tone of the previous 10 episodes. And, in another Thai BL cliché, we got time jumps of 1 month and 5 years to justify Lukchup having his own restaurant and Panji and Titan getting married in episode 13. Finally, it is a shame we barely saw the families as Lukchup's grandma and Jirachin (Lukchup's brother) had the most airtime of all while both sets of parents and Ram's older brother and little sister barely appeared after episode 2 and could have been used a bit more.
2. Acting: Mick (playing Lukchup) and Pop (playing Ram) are making their acting debut as leads in a series. Both gave a nice interview (in very decent English as Mick lived in Alabama for one year and Pop lived in the UK for 2 years) to the "Let's Talk BL" podcast (you can find it on Youtube, and no, this not a promotion) where they told us their motivation to become actors and how it is something they will pursue if there are opportunities in the future as Mick is focused on being an engineer and Pop just graduated from university (in hotel management). So, both are clearly not 100% committed to being an actor, yet, and that was a bit evident as some of their interactions were a bit awkward, they barely kissed in the series and Mick looked painfully shy in a lot of scenes when he had to hug or play cute with Pop... it was probably because the character was written that way, but it was a bit odd. The rest of the cast had some awkward moments as well, as their inexperience showed and led them to some poorly executed moments, particularly in the more intense episodes near the end.
3. Side couples: This was one of the few BL series that I remember, not having even a glimpse of a secondary couple (until the end at least). Since episode 1 we saw hints of Sky being interested in Phai but nothing really develops AT ALL from episode 1 to episode 12. And then, in the final half of episode 13 we get to see all the stories of the couples which some of them came out of nowhere. Kitty being courted by Pream's secretary (who appeared on episode 9-10 when they were gathering evidence gainst NamNing), Super being super rich but hiding it and also dating Khaosuay, Pangji and Titan being the only established side couple but with Pangji complaining that Titan was a bit conservative as he never really kissed her until she did and then in the second time jump, getting married (that was a bit of a jump there) and finally, the couple we all expected to see, did happen, albeit in the final 25 minutes of the show... Sky and Phai talk about going to watch a movie, then Phai unexpectedly invites Sky to his apartment as he has a new cocktail he wants him to try, which then leads to both using innuendos to flirt with each other until Sky kisses Phai in a rather steamy kiss. That was after the first time jump (one month has passed) so it was quite weird how this couple went from 0 to 100 in about 15 seconds of screentime... they do show a flashback narrated by Boom (who plays Phai) telling us how it was almost love at first sight and how they always gravitated towards each other. But this was rather poorly executed as at first I thought Phai had a crush on Lukchup and that's why he was so overly-protective of him, so while I appreciated the kiss, it was odd. The rest of the side couples were boring and honestly, not very interesting.
The Ugly
1. NamNing and all the situations around her: Yes, I understand she seems to be traumatized because her family doesn't really love her. As seen in episode 13 when her father coldly hands her over to the police officer and goes inside the house screaming he won't go to the station to see her and then in the first time jump, she seems to be alone in a mental facility with the nurse trying to get her to eat something and she only requesting Lukchup (the dessert). However, the character is an ugly one as she resorts to all sorts of tricks to try to make Ram be with her. She bullies Lukchup non-stop after she finds out they are together and even hires goons to assault him. This series took the whiny, bitchy, screaming, crazy female character to the utmost extreme. And, above all, it was very poorly acted by Brownie (the actress who plays NamNing). I feel bad criticizing someone who is debuting in the industry, but her acting was terrible... from laughing like a maniac, crying hysterically, begging Ram and Lukchup to forgive her, begging her father to help her, screaming at her maid and at the police officers, it all sounded fake and was very poorly done. It is a shame she had no proper acting advice by the series acting coach because such intense scenes could have been executed a lot better.
In the end, "La Cuisine" began as a sweet, easy-to-watch show that provided decent entertainment and served as an entrée before some of us watched the more intense "KinnPorsche" as our main dish afterwards. However, the show ended a bit more dramatically than it should have by having too many episodes. It gave us nice moments and Mick and Pop seem to have potential if they decide to focus on acting, so, watch it once and maybe forget it later.
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One of the sweetest BL series ever if you can ignore its flaws
There is plenty to like about this BL series. The BL parts are done in a way I love. The main characters, Ram and Lukchub, are lovable, and I didn’t quite mind the relatively slow development. (This is one of those BL series in which I don't find myself partial to one half of the main couple. Both the characters who form the main couple are attractive and lovable.) Each of them also has good friends who are wonderful people. Yet, perhaps the series is a little too bland because of this. I like it that Ram is characterized as a popular guy who is kind and friendly, a departure from a more typical portrayal of a cold, bossy male lead who is loved despite behaving like a jerk. However, for a few episodes, it’s not clear where the series is heading.The main source of tension eventually comes from this jealous woman who is in love with Ram. But her villainy, together with the acting, is over-the-top. (It may not be the fault of the actress. I think she has been instructed to act like some deranged villain, and the script doesn’t really allow for much nuance.) This woman is basically the one character that allows La Cuisine to have a story and yet, she is also a little out of place in the series.
There is some foreshadowing in the earlier episodes, but it is not very well done. It’s not clear why Ram’s friends and even his sister keep warning him not to hurt Lukchub intentionally or unintentionally. It’s not like Ram is the type of person who toys with other people’s feelings. He doesn’t flirt with all the women who are interested in him, and we only see him having a soft spot for Lukchub–he even tells Lukchub’s grandmother that he does not have an ex. Their warnings do foreshadow some events later, but there seems to be no good reason for them.
When Lukchub gets bullied after becoming Ram’s boyfriend, I’m not sure why some characters blame Ram or expect him to be able to prevent it from happening again. It’s not as though it is within his control that some jealous person tries to hurt his boyfriend. The scenes occasionally also don’t flow well, such as when Lukchub’s brother looks like he is about to confront Ram but in the next scene, he’s merely visiting Lukchub. (I’m guessing his manager stopped him from being impulsive, but it’s not directly shown.
In the end, the BL keeps me going. It’s so sweet but never to the extent of being sickening or cringy (at least for me). Despite the lack of an impressive plot, I find myself wanting more of Ram and Lukchub. I’m sad that La Cuisine has ended and that not many people seem to like it. It’s one of those BL series that gives me the feel that I love, never mind the only okayish plot. I'm also sad because, while I may watch technically better BLs, it will probably be a long time before another couple leaves me with the sweetness Ram and Lukchub have left me.
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