Dropped halfway through. I genuinely don’t understand the hype.
I really tried to understand why this drama is so popular, but eventually I just had to drop it halfway through.
The premise sounded interesting enough—a modern chef somehow ends up in the past and becomes the royal chef of a tyrant emperor. The cooking scenes are definitely the strongest part of the drama, and the food looks good enough to make you hungry. But unfortunately, pretty food alone couldn’t keep me watching.
My biggest problem is the story. The drama constantly feels like it’s trying too hard to be entertaining. There are plenty of comedic moments, but a lot of them didn’t land for me. The romance also feels rather forced, and I never really became invested in the relationship between the leads.
The female lead is energetic and capable, but after a while her character started to feel repetitive. Every problem somehow turns into another opportunity for her to show off her cooking skills, impress everyone, and magically solve the situation. The male lead isn’t much better. He’s supposed to be this terrifying tyrant, but the contrast between his “ruthless emperor” persona and the way he behaves around the FL didn’t really work for me.
And then there’s the pacing. Somehow the drama can feel both fast and slow at the same time. Things happen, but I didn’t feel like the story was actually moving anywhere meaningful.
Maybe I’m just not the target audience because I know this drama has a lot of fans, but I honestly couldn’t see what was so special about it. The production is pretty, the food looks amazing, and the leads are attractive, but none of that was enough to make me care about what happened next.
Dropped halfway. I genuinely don’t understand how this became such a huge hit. 😭
The premise sounded interesting enough—a modern chef somehow ends up in the past and becomes the royal chef of a tyrant emperor. The cooking scenes are definitely the strongest part of the drama, and the food looks good enough to make you hungry. But unfortunately, pretty food alone couldn’t keep me watching.
My biggest problem is the story. The drama constantly feels like it’s trying too hard to be entertaining. There are plenty of comedic moments, but a lot of them didn’t land for me. The romance also feels rather forced, and I never really became invested in the relationship between the leads.
The female lead is energetic and capable, but after a while her character started to feel repetitive. Every problem somehow turns into another opportunity for her to show off her cooking skills, impress everyone, and magically solve the situation. The male lead isn’t much better. He’s supposed to be this terrifying tyrant, but the contrast between his “ruthless emperor” persona and the way he behaves around the FL didn’t really work for me.
And then there’s the pacing. Somehow the drama can feel both fast and slow at the same time. Things happen, but I didn’t feel like the story was actually moving anywhere meaningful.
Maybe I’m just not the target audience because I know this drama has a lot of fans, but I honestly couldn’t see what was so special about it. The production is pretty, the food looks amazing, and the leads are attractive, but none of that was enough to make me care about what happened next.
Dropped halfway. I genuinely don’t understand how this became such a huge hit. 😭
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