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Chemistry flop
In theory, this would have been a great drama for me. Love specific interesting jobs and especially love food to inspire my own cooking.
But it was meh (not the cooking, that was great). The characters were ideas, the growth was minimal, and the chemistry was not there.
The only truly believable scene was at the end with the family eating together and the mom minimally smiling. Gold stars for her, best acting. Thank god she didnt have a come to jesus moment as that wouldn't be an accurate portrayal of life.
There was no merit to their relationship, I could not see why they liked each other. Plus there was no chemistry between them. I think kang ha neul is a fine actor separately and the fl seemed fine as well but together made their acting decrease.
The side characters were over the top but entertaining.
The ML's growth was also unbelievable. I don't think he understood what he did was wrong, he just lost the girl and wanted to protect her restaurant. But everyone else? Different story. KHN did well with what he was given. The writing was just not conclusive. This business practice of stealing recipes and shutting down the business is ineffectual. It may have worked the first few times but its a never ending cycle as youre stealing a few recipes but not the recipe generator so eventually all that money spent for the recipes will dry up and you'll need to do it all over again. They would have knocked themselves out of business eventually. They "understood" that at the end though apparently.
Would only rewatch to make food notes
But it was meh (not the cooking, that was great). The characters were ideas, the growth was minimal, and the chemistry was not there.
The only truly believable scene was at the end with the family eating together and the mom minimally smiling. Gold stars for her, best acting. Thank god she didnt have a come to jesus moment as that wouldn't be an accurate portrayal of life.
There was no merit to their relationship, I could not see why they liked each other. Plus there was no chemistry between them. I think kang ha neul is a fine actor separately and the fl seemed fine as well but together made their acting decrease.
The side characters were over the top but entertaining.
The ML's growth was also unbelievable. I don't think he understood what he did was wrong, he just lost the girl and wanted to protect her restaurant. But everyone else? Different story. KHN did well with what he was given. The writing was just not conclusive. This business practice of stealing recipes and shutting down the business is ineffectual. It may have worked the first few times but its a never ending cycle as youre stealing a few recipes but not the recipe generator so eventually all that money spent for the recipes will dry up and you'll need to do it all over again. They would have knocked themselves out of business eventually. They "understood" that at the end though apparently.
Would only rewatch to make food notes
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