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Bon Appetit non!!!
This was a cliche Korean bl, down to the hard lipped kisses. It was unimaged, the plot was sketchy at best. When a shower scene is thrown in , it doesn't move the plot forward in any way & the lack luster kiss scene that ensured was just a big WHY, if your gonna put in a shower scene in any show at least make it awesome. As a watcher, your left wondering why???? It is unfortunate because I enjoyed both of the main actors. I liked the whole fireside episode & you did get a lesson in korean food . To be fair I thought it could have just easily been a series on food & the bl was just tossed in for good measure. Since the real main character was the cooking of food. On the upside the actors were as good as the script allowed them to be, except for the juvenile kissing scenes. Yoon Seo Bin in the series with no real part, seemed a little desperate . Too bad but all series can't be great.Was this review helpful to you?
Such a sweet drama!!!❤️
I loved watching this drama so so much!! I especially love watching dramas where it’s not a big deal to be queer or gay, and the characters can just live their own lives free of embarrassment and or fear of criticism. I also loved how patient and honest Yoon Soo was with Do Hoon, and that takes a lot of maturity. Also, it’s also beautiful to remember that for chefs, cooking is an art form, so you should never be careless with your feedback when you try their food, and I thought that was a great lesson that was added to this series. 💜I wish there was a Season 2, because I became so invested in their story💜Was this review helpful to you?
Annoying conflict scene.
This is all I'm coming here to say, but when I was watching this for the first time, I actually really liked it.But when the main characters ended up fighting in ep 7, I turned off the show and never finished.
BL's are notorious for ridiculous fights and arguments, and almost every time I can get past it. But for some reason, this time I couldn't. I was so annoyed and I genuinely was a bit angry? The show was doing so well, but that fight had ruined everything.
Never in my life had I dropped a BL series so far into it. I either drop it after the first 1 or 2 episodes, or I watch the entire thing. But this one broke that streak.
I'm not hating on it at all, I did really enjoy it up until that point. I just found it utterly ridiculous.
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Something not too serious
Oh I needed a quick pick me up and this was the one. I finally decided to watch this show and I’m glad I did. It wasn’t nothing too serious and it had good acting in it. I really liked the vibe of domesticity (is this even a word lol? They have a domestic vibe*insert crying emoji*)of the two male leads. After watching this show I just know they’re gonna have this cute little life where they come home from a hard days of work and eat dinner together and act all cute TT. Anyways you should watch it because you’ll feel warm and fuzzy in the end.Was this review helpful to you?
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A true feel good series.
I really love this series. Honestly it was short but it could convey all the emotions they could have in a full length drama.Let's go one by one.
1) it felt relatable. Jung dohoon working so hard for literally pennies, the underlying toxicity of the work culture, going through the same thing again and again. Too relatable. When yoonsoo said to dohoon, "compared to now you were cuter in college. By cute I mean someone who enjoys life innocently and express their feelings directly smiles a lot and looks pretty while smiling. But compared to that time you've become more worn out" honestly I feel like that is relatable to most of us. It was so beautifully put. I honestly shed a tear when dohoon was crying for his mother and the regret he had, i honestly felt like crying it was so sad 😭.
2) The romance. Top tier. When both of them had terrible day at work and then they went camping, that's peak romance for me. It beautiful, it's something I yearn for. The kind of love that is like a warm hug at the end of the day. Beautifully done. Or taking care of a sick person. That top tier, chef's kisss.
3) its really funny. Honestly it's funny. When seobin made an appearance. That was funny as hell. I was on my third rewatch. And honestly when dohoon gives the compliment about the food after seobins done with his, it get funnier with each rewatch. The second hand embarrassment i felt for my boy. Or when the coworkers were talking about dating and getting married after dohoon bought lunch given by yoonsoo. Funny as hell, or the running with the air fryer, like boy what was that😂😂😂
4) side character. Honestly I really loved sungwoo's character. Man i really felt so bad for him coz dohoon is so dense😂😂
5) the food. You can never go wrong with food and bl. The best combo i fear.
6) rewatch value 100/10 . Honestly I feel like it gets better with each rewatch. Whenever I feel terrible like the world is out to get me I pop this on. It relaxing.
Honestly even though it was short i felt like it was able to depict everything that was needed, i felt so involved with all the characters. I would say it is the only kbl that has a pretty good rewatch potential. Personally i may be biased, but it is one of my fav kbl.
I honestly get why some people would not like this series. I think it would mostly appeal to mature audiences. Thats okay. The story doesn't have much going on, and particularly that is the reason I love it. It's a slice of life🥺
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Romance with a side of realistic work stress
Dohoon and Yoonsoo have separate work lives that are well illustrated which allows for interesting contrasts of when they're together and how they intersect. All the work woes and utter exhaustion from both are very relatable. The show also shows well how Sangwoo could be a legitimate possible love interest for Dohoon, they would have been the leads of a different kind of workplace romcom had they met before reuniting with Yoonsoo. Good on him for helping out Dohoon even when Dohoon does not reciprocate his feelings. It's nice that for the most part they are all mature people who get into spats when they get stressed out, but they work things out. Dohoon eating all the kimbap that fell on the asphalt deserves some pity points. If I were Yoonsoo, I would be very concerned he did that lol. The kimbap does look very delicious. The subjective memories of the university days is nicely done to show how hilarious unaware Dohoon is, a point that he himself is aware that he's unaware at least. I like that Yoonsoo lived his own life and dated other people between university and running into Dohoon again. All in all the drama was an interesting watch.Was this review helpful to you?
Tasteful Story Line along with Tasty Food!
This was a series to watch without dealing with too much drama. The story itself is good, although I wish it would have gone much further than it did. It seemed to be rushed a bit in baking everything into a sweet dessert.The acting of Yoon Soo & Do Hoon mixed well together. The characters were very believable, but I think there could have been a deeper story line between the two of them in present day of the series, adding just a bit more drama.
Overall, it was enjoyable to watch. Just be warned not to watch this series on an empty stomach. The food looks amazing throughout. Bon Appetit will definitely give you an appetite!!!!
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Unnecessary mating horse
*happy ending*I love the food bl genre, don't get me wrong. But, this is still not IT. The only good thing i liked in this series is the handsome casting and the cooking.
But the actors cannot act in love really. The intern looked much in love then the main characters, that they are better off acting in a bromance series rather than a bl.
This serie also tried to put too many plot points in a short series. A mating horse (the ex and intern) is unnecessary to add in the plotline, as the main couple's struggle in work and life is enough as a conflict really. I really wished they focused more on that. Especially since dohoon is overworked and yon soo is still getting the hang of owning a restaurant. As shown in episode 6.
Dont get me started with the kiss. I don't mind pecks, bit i can see how one sided the kiss is in this serie and it is making me cringe. The falling action is also sooo mediocre that i had to skip scenes in episode 7 and 8.
I love lee jo woon's cameo, but i think his character is unnecessary too.
I wish the build up on their romance was more focused on as well. Sigh.
To all readers, this is still a recommended watch, i think.
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Loved it - Wished it was longer
When I started this one, I wasn't sure where it was going to take us. When it was over, I wished they had given us more.While Chinese rom-coms and dramas drag things out to 48 episodes with the main characters learning nothing and going through everything imaginable - BLs still tend to be 3 hour movies chopped into small segments and called a series. That's okay...baby steps.
A few faults in continuity - but, forgivable. No real time tracking for us. What day is it? How much time has passed? What led our characters to think and act the way they do/did? Enquiring minds want to know...
I really felt for everyone. The feelings and reactions seemed very true. This is where I wanted more detail. What was the result of A, B, or, C?
Characters:
Lee Yoon Soo was the most developed. You knew everything you needed to know about him. He knew who he was. You know where his passion lies. You know enough of his story to be believable - and, one you can invest yourself in. You want him to succeed.
Jung Do Hoon's details needed some tweaking. He shows an interest in girls in every scene he is around other groups and people but, he's okay with exploring another side of himself? This is where we needed help in how much time has passed. It could have been solved with the reason he focuses on work so much and just lives to work is because he really doesn't know who he wants to be with and can't understand why any attempts at a relationship always fail.
I have seen this successfully pulled off in a few other BLs where the guy has many one night stands or, starts new relationships with girls but, they always end/fail. I loved the way this was handled in Theory of Love. Khai - being rich - was able to hide his failed attempts at relationships by being a jerk. The attention would focus on his actions rather than, why he wouldn't let a relationship proceed past quick and easy sex. When the girls wanted more from him - he would put an end to it. When he found out Third really loved him - he went into fear and acted the only way he knew how - and the writers remembered to put that in Khai's words to Third.
Jung Do Hoon needed to come to terms with himself while we got to watch and cheer him on. As with many BLs - we only get to see the beginning of their relationship and have to guess the rest.
Now, that this company has three BLs under their belt - do like MAME and give us story continuations through new BLs. Let's see the characters a couple years later getting married or, being a small part of the new couple's lives. We want to know.
Loved the side characters - would have loved to learn more about them so, we could connect. As the money and product placement grows - we will see longer BLs. I love that in Wedding Plan - they landed The Arches.
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Better than expected, but a little all over the place
I have not heard a thing of this drama other than one tiktok about the shower scene so I didnt have an idea of what to expect. I liked the drama for its lighthearted moments and the actors felt quite sincere, espescially the chef. Still, I feel like there was too much going on with the introduction of the ex and the intern, and all the office scenes. Nothing was bad per se, I think even the office colleagues were acting good and left an interesting impression. I guess I just felt it was a bit much for the length of the drama.I do recommend a watch, the pacing is quite good so it does feel pleasant to watch from start to end. The couple seemed nice and warm, but like they were still trying to get to know each other near the end, they didn't feel like a real couple quite yet. Another thing, maybe it would have been nice to have a side couple we could have focused on. It doesn't fit with the main couple, the other love interests and the colleagues, but if it was edited differently maybe it would have felt more like a complete story.
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A great time from beginning to end!
I was very pleasantly surprised with this title. I can't count the amount of times I laughed out loud at a humorous scene, and I was very endeared by all of the characters. The scenes potraying the main characters' work lives brought a distinct flavor to this series that I adored. The progression of the relationship felt organic, and I appreciated that it was handled with maturity and subtelty. Adult BL characters are potrayed like emotionally illiterate teenagers way too often, and I liked that these two allowed their relationship to unfold naturally. I felt like I was watching actual queer characters in a queer piece of media, which is unfortunately a rarity in BL.Probably the biggest compliment I have for this series is that it subverted my biggest pet peeves when it comes to Korean BL series - the love triangle (square?) wasn't forced in for the sake of petty drama but handled with adult-level communication, and the series didn't lose its good pacing near the end as so many others tend to do. More series should learn how to handle conflict resolution from this one.
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