Tastefully Yours

Wow this is a great fun drama! starts as delightful, refined comedy ... then script gets bad

Written after fast forwarding through ep 10 to see if I want to finish watching this drama, The acting is great. The side character (female helper in kitchen) is great :) and ML is great. It is amazing he is acting so lively and so ordinary and yet he has this amazing face, so it is so ... interesting to watch him. He is a great actor.

FL is soooo flat and stiff.... The actress is, and perhaps the script makes her so. The scipt totally does not do her any justice. She is just a little spice on he side, and otherwise totally irrelevant, the script totally leaves her in the dust.

Written after watching ep8: well.. the plot got so thin and meaningless.. the trip to Japan, the other guy, ... all that was so ... blah. Too many blah episodes. Undeveloped and unconnected script. Ruined it all.

THIS IS WHAT I WROTE AFTER WATCHING A FEW EPISODES:
I didnt expect Netflix to put out something locally Korean and in the true kdrama style, very artistic creative playful fun sophisticated warm positive, very very FINE, meaningful, educational, uplifting, like good old kdramas :) BUT HEY they did!!!! wow. I was surprised but hey I take the gift and thank Netflix!

The script is HILLARIOUS in meaningful ways and the actors really make it come alive and so funny :) The ML is an amazing comedian, and the side characters are very strong. It is a convincing story and great acting.

This is a great fun kdrama, like good old kdramas, very very very very fun :) I adore the comedy and have been laughing a lot with this kdrama. So marvelous, delightful, so light but deep, the issues it covers are for real... . It addresses the social issue of corporate abuse of small business, and tells the very dark story through humor.... LOTS of humor :) It is a GREAT storytelling and great comedy......

Yeah someone said this is like a Potato Lab and in some way it is, this is the same basic plot of "corporate heartless male shark versus a powerless poor woman with a dream", but this one is a lot more sophisticated than the Potato Lab... Potato Lab did not have meaningful side characters (except a few villages sometimes) and ML and FL characters were kinda one-sided, not very complex, and super closed off and immature and unable to communicate. The plot was often just slapstick comedy.
This kdrama has more and more complex and well-acted side characters, the ML and FL communicate in more adult and meaningful ways, the jokes are more refined, the plot is more refined... Potato Lab was like an elementary school fight between girls and boys, and it took until towards the end of ep 11 to have the female lead say something meaningful to the ML and for the two of them to communicate about their issues (the freezer scene). Luckily they kept communicating (e.g. the bed scene where she cannot participate and he helps her) and they turned out a very fine and well-matched couple at the end of ep 12. But it took them 12 episodes LOL

I hope this kdrama will stay good and get even better till the end. In this kdrama, ML says something meaningful and personal to FL in ep 2 and she shortly takes it in and they move on in harmony, and they are discussing the core issues already at the end of ep 2. Totally higher level game in this kdrama. The characters are more mature and open to begin with.

The ML actor is soooo comical and acts in such great detail and is so alive and genuine that it is really fun to watch. He is a master actor. The drama revolves around him as the lead actor and it is right. He makes it alive.
The other actors do a good job too to support the drama but he is clearly the star of the show.

The scene where they introduce ML and he turns around in that James Dean look - he seems so arrogant bc he knows he can dazzle western audience looking as a handsome European guy - but - he is a lot more beautiful and cute when he is more honest and tasting kim chi :) with his hair down. he looks younger and healthier :) bc he looks softer and more genuine.
I think the drama makes it "equal" and introduces the 2nd ML in the same way although he is not such a "looker" but is a spicey character LOL
The FL was introduced in a less AHA WOW! way... She too got to flash a bit, at first hidden under the hat. But it wasnt so flashy as the MLs.

My favorite scenes is ML and 2 brothers talk at the produce and meat shops LOL and the questions they asked him before and during that talk :) Wow impressively funny and on the point LMAO And the ML actor looks impressively handsome although he is acting something very ... mundane. What makes him handsome is the GENUINE ALIVENESS in his talking.

Perhaps someone put that actor as the ML to provide a pretty face on the screen, but he is a lot more than just a pretty face, he is a very great actor. I saw him in different dramas and he ACTS DIFFERENTLY which very few actors can actually do... So many actors act the same in any drama they are in :)

I saw the ML actor here and in Scarlet Heart Ryeo, and those two roles are 100% opposites.
In Scarlet Heart Ryeo he is a prince, a very COMPOSED CONTROLLED RESERVED QUIET mellow slimey quiet dignified serious person, scared, depressed, sad, violent, crude, caring but not really .... very melodramatic..... ver subtle and under the radar.... the acting requires very minute differences in egoistical expressions and some genuine care expressions, and he did it great.

In this drama he is in a very OUTGOING AND EXPRESSIVE troublemaker wheeler/dealer, comedian / macho entitled boy character, sort of jester role, he is a vivacious cocky obnoxious entitled young rich male character who is obsessed about getting what he wants, comical, who gets in your face, who causes trouble, who gets out of trouble by comedy as well as swindling, and he is acting it great and making it a HILLARIOUS COMEDY.
I think what makes it so wickedly good is the paradox and opposite forces in the script, he is actually a mama boy trying to please, including being a trained robot to grab the company, and ALSO genuinely interested to make it work, regardless of the fact that his motives and underlying inspiration are off.... Selling his jacket and watch LOL and wearing those awfully short sleeves LOL
So the underlying issue is, what will happen when his passions and inherently good heart get introduced to causes that are beyond his mama's agenda? CAN HE ALLOW HIMSELF TO HAVE HIS OWN DREAM?
So we are laughing as we watch him trip and fall and get up while he is figuring this out....

So this kdrama and Scarlet Heart Ryeo are his TOTALLY different roles, and he CAN DO THAT WHOLE RANGE excellently. Wow I am impressed.
How he acts in this kdrama allows for more details, like his facial gestures, or looks, his body language, etc. because there is so much more communication, more "fire" in expressing emotions, and plenty of comedy and plenty of various "looks" of his character facets, including "arrogant corporate scammer" to "village market unemployed" to "in the dog house by his woman" - who tamed that barking dog ML literally in the first minute of their meeting LOL to "big manager managing unruly adjumas in a tiny unruly place" etc etc etc so he can act sooooo much and there is so much to watch - the slump of shame, the short sleeves look, etc LOL stealing a drink and a bite while working LOL he is really really really fun to watch.

ML actor is an ***excellent*** actor and the level of detail of his acting in this kdrama is sooo fun to watch. The actor was having so much fun with his role... ! so nice to see. So far some of my favorite scenes are sitting with 2 brothers at the table LOL Overall, he made his role really alive and genuine. He is just this vibrant, RADIANT, bubbly, alive character. The scene of his running with FL was amazing. His whole acting and so many comedic moments are just amazing. He is a fantastic comedian.

The FL and ML work well as a pair. FL actress is not so good at acting and the script isnt so much in her favor. So far, FL is just too one sided proud stuck no-common-sense and yelling. FL character is like a teenager in a temper tantrum..... a business owner without a plan and without any business sense... A loser....!!!! But she luckily learns fast. She did hire someone. She did pull out the plates. etc. Luckily she seems to do well with the new employee. The first time she steps forward is the stare and the question at the end of ep 2. She is pretty and seems smart and knowledgeable and she controls the unruly dude, ok, but she needs to be a little bit more ... complex and stronger as a character. And yeah the outdrinking each other - hm... seems like drinking is out of control in S Korea..... ? Both ML and FL seem so immature there....

Well the script showcases the ML more, as usual.... but ML actor acts better and FL actress cannot act as well. WHY DOES IT USUALLY HAPPEN LIKE THIS IN KDRAMAS?

The second FL (new employee) was the lead villain in Undercover High School and there she is an excellent villain as a very dead serious person. Her face and facial expressions easily lead to villain roles, she looks scary.
The astonishing thing about this kdrama is that her face and facial expressions work for her role here. She is terrifying when she smiles and she has that scary look when she looks aside to check out the situation, however, when that is amplified in the positive direction and an open smile added, she makes for a PERFECT unruly-but-positive employee.

Anyway, this kdrama is a gem, a truly comical, delightful gem to watch.


So yeah, this drama works for Netflix $$$, without a shocking plot and violence etc, and also works for the kdrama art lovers... Local Korean GOOD FOOD will be appealing to the global audience esp americans who are obsessed about food, and we the real drama audience get to see something truely creative and fun.

I expect future counterfeits LOL bc the plot can be globally transplanted... :) maybe not in France :) maybe not in the USA bc there arent small restaurants anymore... perhaps in China.... but .... Nobody can come close to kdramas. cdramas are never that FINE, that WARM and SOPHISTICATED and KIND and PLAYFUL and CREATIVE like kdramas are. I am not sure what it is in K-culture that makes it so .... refined and common sense.
On the other hand... once in a blue moon, chinese stuff can be super deep and I have never seen that deep in kdramas, I am thinking movie Xuan Zhang 2016 about that monk who walked on foot for 5 years to get buddhist texts from India. That is where all Chinese torturesome lifestyle comes to produce a DEEP masterpiece beyond measure. The pain leads to more insights anda greater deeper more passionate desire to reach towards something Higher. A comfortable capitalist country just ... perhaps... cannot produce that. There isnt enough pain to appreciate lack of it... And yeah money rules so there is a limit on artistic freedom... But Xuan Zhang is a movie about a Buddhist monk, and represented communist China at the International Film festival in 2016. I do not understand how it happened. :)

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surprisingly it's good

It's a must watch drama it has comedy, romance and food that makes you want to eat 🤤


Got easily hooked on the 1st episode! Kang Haneul portrays his character well, as always! Lots of funny scenes yet I choked up and got teary eyed when he remembers his grandma’s cooking. The lady casts are also good! Looking forward to watch the next ep

I’m Enjoying it. ML is awfully obnoxious & not in a charismatic way, just immature. And we’re supposed to be supporting him doing well after seeing how corrupt and bullying he is? The only reason he isn’t continuing to behave so badly is because he’s been held accountable and lost his job.
Why wouldn’t he ask what the ex female chef was doing all the way having found him ? Obviously something was going on. Yet he just boasted about finding a better chef and then told her to leave. This seems incredibly foolish, considering his position. He should’ve pumped her for information about his brother, and kept to himself that he was starting direct competition against them. Why would you give away your information? Seems silly.

FL is great , refreshingly free of a lot of kdrama tropes, except for ep 4 where she insists on making carrot gimbap as the competition food for a festival! How absolutely stupid.
I’m sorry, but as she isn’t a famous chef, why would anyone buy that when it’s an event where they get the rare opportunity to sample different food from vendors from the city and foods not already in their small rural area.
It made absolutely no sense.
She’s an intelligent woman who is knowledgeable about food.. it seems too silly that she’d genuinely think that was a sellable idea.
Festivals don’t attract repeat customers.
People buy one meal. On the Go.
So you have to make it attention seeking.
This unfortunately made her character lose credibility. She’s obviously not really a country bumpkin. She has a sophisticated sensibility and trained at a top international level.
And why doesn’t she listen to the person whose skillset IS PR and marketing?
He’s had to fight her to put even meat into the menu. Which saved her because it turned it into something more hearty.
Her ego that she can make anything taste good, gets in the way of basic common sense business.
If no one knows her talent, why would they buy such a plain boring, already oversaturated market meal?
They can buy that anywhere, anytime.
Events like this require reeling punters in for a first purchase, providing an unusual opportunity for eating something different -
not proving you can make boring things good.
Honestly it lets the show down.
They sold out , however the whole idea she’d be that clueless is too much.
She could easily make something more captivating taste great too.
And surely they only sold out early Because they couldn’t afford as many ingredients as other food trucks.
Then the absurd idea that people want a “simple” Gimbap rather than a rare eating experience.. and actually request that .. is a silly story. Country people are missing out on the options and variety available in the city. They jump at the chance to try.
As if an unknown food truck could win against an already established fancy famous restaurant who are making a special appearance as an affordable food truck, especially when they made the same food!
Also, why wouldn’t they at least openly try one another’s food to compare? The writers could do so much better with this otherwise fun story.
Her pushing him away so aggressively all the time after iniating contact, also comes off as unnecessary and ott.

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Parfois faut pas trop touiller, ça gâche le goût...

Franchement… j’ai commencé ce drama pleine d’enthousiasme 🥜🔥
La vibe était là, une héroïne avec du répondant 🍽️👩🏻‍🍳, une tension électrique dès le début, un ML arrogant comme on les aime/les déteste…😅 bref, j’étais à fond...

Les premiers épisodes m’ont bien accrochée 👍🏻
C’était fun, ça pétillait, les échanges avaient du piquant, on partait sur une romance électrique ⚡️
J’adore quand les persos se jaugent, s’apprivoisent, se clashent un peu mais se regardent comme s’ils allaient se dévorer 😏🔥

Mais voilà… plus les épisodes passaient, plus j’ai senti que le drama voulait en faire trop...
Plein de pistes lancées, des enjeux posés à droite à gauche, mais rien qui va au bout... 🤷🏼‍♀️
j’aurais préféré qu’on reste focus sur l’histoire principale : Le ML qui débarque avec des intentions pas très nettes, qui tombe amoureux pour de vrai, qui se remet en question, qui comprend que la FL est mille fois au-dessus de ses magouilles, et qui se rachète une vraie dignité en luttant honnêtement... Le classique combo point barre...☺️ Pas besoin d’en rajouter avec des intrigues secondaires floues ou des mélos qui sortent un peu de nulle part 🤷🏻‍♀️

J’ai eu ce sentiment de survol constant. Comme si tout était amorcé mais jamais assumé 🤨
Y’avait du potentiel, mais pas assez d’épisodes, pas assez d’impact pour moi...
Et du coup, à la fin, je suis restée un peu en mode “ah… ok ?” 😕

Après, je vais pas mentir, j’ai quand même passé un bon moment.
J’ai souri, j’ai fangirlé un peu, j’ai apprécié les petits clins d’œil à la France (🧀🥖🥹🇫🇷), j’ai trouvé la dynamique entre les persos plutôt attachante 👌🏻
Mais je suis restée sur ma faim... Parce que l’histoire que j’attendais, celle que j’aurais voulu vivre à fond, elle a été diluée dans tout le reste ( Mûrir par exemple)

Je met un 7.5⭐️ parce que y’avait une belle base, des persos sympas, une ambiance agréable...
Mais parfois, la simplicité fait bien plus d’effet 😮‍💨✌🏻

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Gostinho do amor me surpreendeu positivamente

Gente, gostei muito. Me surpreendi com essa história, tenho uma queda por histórias que envolvem culinária e esse drama trouxe muitas reviravoltas surpreendentes. Aquela história do ex foi uma coisa que não curti muito, sei lá ficou meio fora de contexto aquilo tudo. Mas os quatro personagens principais entregaram muito, os secundários demais. Drama leve, engraçado, espontâneo. Gostei da forma como o protagonista mudou a mentalidade dele sobre a vida, sobre o que realmente importa e sobre como a protagonista o mudou positivamente. Muito bom, vale a pena assistir os 10 eps.

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This series is literally "delicious" to watch.

I love everything related to cooking, and this series is literally "delicious" to watch. It's light and moving. It teaches us that you don't need a complicated story full of emotional rollercoasters to be a ratings success. It's also inspiring.

The actors were perfect and conveyed all the charisma of their characters and gave us many funny, cute, and also indignant and even angry moments. The main couple gradually becomes involved. They entered each other's lives at the exact moment they were on the verge of professional ruin and without a clear direction for their lives. What unites them is their love for FOOD and that makes all the difference in supporting each other.

An extra plus were the messages in the end credits. It's a very special surprise. I felt all the love and affection.

I'm very happy to have gotten to know their love story. Thank you to everyone involved in this production that will always be in my heart.

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Gostinho amargo de decepção

🍽️ *Resenha Sincerona da Lari Felsky* 🦊 – “Gostinho de Amor” (ou seria Gostinho de Decepção?)

_A receita parecia promissora: um herdeiro metido a espertinho, especialista em roubar receitas alheias, entra num restaurante pequeno mas de qualidade e dá de cara com uma chef durona, teimosa e talentosa. Ingredientes perfeitos pra uma comédia romântica de lamber os beiços, né?_🧂👨‍🍳✨
Mas não, Brasil. Foi só o cheirinho mesmo. O gosto? Bem… cadê?

🍵 O roteiro prometia fogo na frigideira, mas entregou água morna em chaleira elétrica desligada.

🥢 O romance? Era pra ser um ramyeon picante, mas serviram chá de boldo. O mocinho vira cadelinha em 2 episódios e depois… estagna. Nada esquenta. 🍲 Achei que veria química na cozinha, colheradas de tensão romântica, farinha voando, risadinhas ao cair do tomate… mas o máximo que teve foi a chef cortando legumes e o mocinho olhando. Nada ferve. Nem um empurrãozinho na cozinha, um “joga a farinha e pega no colo”. O máximo que rolou foi uns beijinhos mixurucas.😒
👩‍🍳 A chef, criada por monges (SIM, monges!), é teimosa, arrogante, estupida e grossa. Resiliência e humildade passaram longe daquele mosteiro. Era cada patada que até o Buda se ofenderia.
👬 O drama familiar entre irmãos? Apagado. O triângulo amoroso que brota do nada o nosso porta voz e leva pro Japão? Aleatório. O Japão em si? Subaproveitado. Esperava sushi, recebi biscoito de polvilho.

🏠 E olha que eles chegam a morar lado a lado numa pousada, pensei “AGORA VAI!”… e também teve aquela “famosa viagem de equipe…” que pensei “AGORA VAI 2” e foi: meu ódio crescendo em progressão geométrica. A convivência virou passeio turístico de velhinhos cansados, sem emoção, sem tensão, sem nada. 🛌💤
🎭 Mas Lari, nada Salvou? Salvou… Kang Ha Neul, sempre ele. Atuação de milhões com material de centavos. Até lendo bula de remédio emociona. E a dupla secundária que entregou química (shippei… me julguem!), carisma e tudo que o principal esqueceu no forno.
🎁 Menção “honrosa” pra participação do Park Ji Hoon: tão desconfortável no papel que parecia que entrou no set errado. A única coisa que ele temperou foi minha vontade de sair da sala.

📈 Nota da Lari: dou 8 porque sou cadelinha de ator bonito, e aqui pelo menos teve colírio pros olhos. Mas faltou o principal: o tempero. 🌶️

👀 Veria de novo? Nem se viesse com cupom do iFood.
📣 Indicaria? Talvez… pro roteirista. Pra ele ver a 💩 que ele fez.

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Goatinho

Gostinho de amor deixa um gosto de quero mais. Muitas pessoas estão reclamando do ex ter segurado três episódios, o que eu acho super ok ter demorado, mas a série deveria ter no mínimo 3 episódios. Todo o resto ficou muito corrido.
Não tivemos muito do casal, senti muita falta de suspirar por cenas românticas, por momentos felizes só deles.
No geral, recomendo que assistam.............♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♤♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

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um banquete de boas ideias, mas...

fiquei feliz porque, depois de um tempo, encontrei uma comédia romântica — que costuma ser difícil de me agradar — que tinha tudo o que eu gostava de ver, e destaco aqui algo muito especial: adoro histórias que envolvem comida, amo quando mostram o processo de preparação de um prato e acho isso muito bonito visualmente!!!! tastefully yours tinha uma proposta atraente aos meus olhos e achei a química dos protagonistas ótima, além do núcleo do restaurante ser completamente carismático. mas, infelizmente, tudo o que acabei acompanhando foi um potencial sendo desperdiçado, me fazendo assistir tastefully yours decair ao longo dos episódios.

a partir do momento em que o ex da mo yeonjun apareceu, foi como se o k-drama estivesse descendo uma ladeira. e apesar de reconhecer que essa parte da história teve sua importância para a protagonista e abordou um ponto essencial da trajetória dela, acabou se estendendo de forma cansativa, com o personagem do yonseok sendo extremamente chato.

outros pontos foram deixados de lado e mostrados de uma forma tão rápida e superficial que parecia que as pessoas envolvidas estavam preparando algo para 16 episódios e receberam a notícia de que, na verdade, seriam apenas 10. o han beomwoo, que tinha um background interessante a ser explorado — principalmente a relação com seu irmão —, é um exemplo disso. o final, apesar de satisfatório em relação a como as coisas terminaram, foi completamente feito às pressas, nem deixando a gente se sentir essa satisfação de uma boa forma.

ainda sigo com boas lembranças dos pontos interessantes e divertidos abordados, e de como me distraiu durante as semanas de lançamento, mas ele acabou deixando um gosto amargo de frustração ao final. queria muito ver a go minsi e o kang haneul novamente em um projeto que valorizasse a boa química que eles tiveram. basicamente, fica aqui a esperança interrompida de algo lindo que poderia ter se mostrado em tastefully yours.

(aquela referência a weak hero no final? eu gritei!!!! 😭)

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Drama simpatico ma nulla di più

L'ultimo episodio e' stato più carino di quello che mi aspettavo ... Anche se per la nostra chef hanno usato tipo tre episodi per raccontare la sua storia e invece per beom woo 10 minuti dell'ultimo episodio...sono stati dolci insieme e divertenti come tutto il cast... Sicuramente un valore aggiunto i saluti finali...

La storia di per sé nulla di speciale... Per me e' stato più divertente e simpatico l'inizio che gli episodi centrali (di cui salvo solo yeon seok anche se ha avuto un ruolo poco carino)... La presidente e madre dei due ragazzi una persona orribile fino alla fine... Ok il lavoro e la passione per quello che si fa... Però se metti due creature al mondo devi pur esserci o almeno far trapelare il senso di colpa per la lontananza.. orribile.

Avrei voluto qualcosa di più per i due fratelli queste piccole accortezze avrebbero aggiustato il tiro, come qualche momento più intimo tra i due protagonisti ..invece hanno concluso tutto troppo frettolosamente...

Poi probabilmente diamant e michelin sono due cose opposte perché puoi passare da 0 a tre in un momento!!! L'ho trovata forzata questa cosa ..ok il caporedattore era il padre della sposa ... Però... L'ho sentito buttato li questo pezzo giusto per arrivare alla conclusione...

Per me 7.5 come voto mi aspettavo di più.. e invece mi ha deluso .. nonostante il cast ben amalgamato la storia ha scemato il mio interesse e ho fatto fatica a finirlo...

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