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hmm, not exactly like this, but if you like strong FLs then watch WWW. I also recommend Love To Hate You. The Judge from Hell.

She is just pretending to not care. We see that later on in flashbacks.

People constantly gossip about them being a couple and they sometimes even say they are, but they actually don't really get together until the end. But don't let that discourage you, there's co-habitation, a lot of trust from both sides, jealousy and swooning kisses. They have great chemistry, they're just both sort of... in denial lol

I am glad if my comments/observations can be helpful to some, and as I said, it's not even like I don't like the show or I'll stop watching. I just feel a bit frustrated at times, because I've been noticing a big drop in quality over the recent years compared to older shows when I started watching 10 years ago. That's not to say there are no great shows anymore, there are exceptions. And then again, I work in the entertainment industry, so I guess part of it is sort of an 'occupational disease' which leads to me being overly critical lol

It is absolutely worth watching, but the 'getting together' question is difficult. We get a kiss pretty early on in the show but feelings develop later on, and even then it's ambiguous. Just watch it, you won't regret it if you like that kind of story.

I rarely say that something is underrated, but this is one of these cases, I don't get the bad reviews and comments at all. Since it aired I already watched it three times (it's a short drama after all because the episodes are only 24 minutes long). It may not be perfect (the ending was rushed and not believable for some of the 'bad' people), a little bit all over the place, but it never got boring, and that's rare! There were a lot of unexpected twists (although some were messy), and it was a good mix of romance, comedy and thriller. I even really enjoyed the branding/work aspect and learned some new things! And Oh my, I think this is somewhere in the top 5 of deep kissing scenes, pheww. I also loved the supporting basement trio and that the dynamics kept changing because of the body swaps. even after two rewatches a 9/10 for me!

I agree with you, I watch dramas according to the mood I'm in as well. I also never said I want to stop watching it. But MDL is still primarily a discussion site, and the comment section helps users to decide whether to watch something or not, if it matches their mood. Of course you can watch one episode and then decide if it's for you or not, but starting to watch half a dozen shows before finding one you click with is not really practical, is it? So when I say "I enjoy this show (aka I like it), but personally I find it somewhat shallow", people that would look for a show with more depth, drama or just meaning, might look elsewhere (for now). So I don't get why people have to jump in and give their two cents about why it is supposed to be like that or how I should stop complaining. All I'm saying is: This show is cute. But it's not deep. It has its shortcomings.

Ikr? Well, sometimes she does adapt certain elements to the times, like when she makes the Schnitzel and there's no bread crumbs she makes crumbs from frying dough.... But the macarons f.e. is a different story, I worked at a café for some time baking pastries, and it's so difficult to get right, the oven has to have the exact specific temperature, humidity must be right, the egg-whites cannot be underbeaten or overmixed, and most importantly, you need really, really fine almond meal and powdered sugar to make it. But when they visit the greenery, and she sees the almond tree (magically with blossoms and ONE fruit at the same time, it turns out that koreans at that time didn't know you could eat almonds. So where did she suddenly produce the almond-(meal) from (they cannot be used fresh from the tree obviously)? You do NOT EVER use butter in the shells of macarons (she lists that as an ingredient), only for the buttercream filling Besides, the macarons looked too perfect to be made in a cauldron of all things which would be too humid and difficult to get the temperature right. Even though similar cookies to macarons existed already centuries ago made with simple equipment, they looked much different from today. I get that I'm nitpicking, but I do think a cooking show should at least get the basics right, even if it's fantasy. Oh well, it did inspire me to make some macarons again this weekend, it's been a while :)

I agree it's one of my favorite romcoms, I've watched it about 5 times since it aired. Jun Ho is an excellent actor in my opinion, was even back then. He expresses so much just with his eyes. What drew me in to this show was all the characters, in a lot of dramas it gets annoying with too many side-kicks, but it worked so well here and I have so much love for them all. It's just a well written and nicely balanced drama imo.

"It's supposed to be light with very little depth" is downplaying a lot of good shows, you know. Just because something is a romcom doesn't mean it cannot have depth. There are plently of romcoms that are short that have excellent buildup, character development, plot and are still light and fun. Take 'Love to Hate You' for example. It's even shorter than this show but I thought it was very well written and directed, all the characters were intriguing. I already watched it 3 times. As I said, I am able to overlook some of the shortcomings because I KNOW it's a comedy show, yet others are just important to me personally (! and you're welcome to disagree) in a show.

BTW, probably you have not watched Wok of Love if you claim it is drastically different length. WOL has 38 episodes but that was the time when suddenly episodes were split in half, so it actually has 18 episodes 65 minutes each, while BAYM has 12 episodes but they're 80 minutes each, which makes it about the same runtime in total, with WOL having at most two hours more.

I agree that he'll join her after the exile (similar to Queen in Hyun's Man, best timetravel drama besides mr queen and Moon Lovers btw), he'd be a Food Critic!

That's my go-to as well, he'd be a brilliant Michelin Star Food Critic or whatever they're called haha

I'm not sure about her staying. Historically, the king gets deposed and dies aged 30, so it cannot be too far in the future. The book that he writes (which is the book she had on the plane), says 'if you read this in the future, my love, I hope you'll come back to me', so technically it means that he completed the book after she had already left for the future. It's unlikely, but I actually hope the king comes with her to the future after getting deposed. The most she could be in that time is maybe a concubine, but even that is far-fetched. Then as you said, there's her dad. Though I feel like perhaps he knows more then we realise, it was him who asked to bring the book back and had her learn all those ancient recipes from old books. Hmm, we'll find out at some point, let's hope our hearts won't get broken...

I know that FL is just trying to survive, but they're making it seem like it's just not such a big deal she's stranded there after she becomes Royal Chef. For the past 2-3 episodes her fear and disbelief has entirely disappeared, and the only moment we witness a tiny moment of weakness is when she sits on her porch and thinks of her dad. Perhaps also when she gets the purse and realises the book is gone. But she knows the evil 4th consort is recorded as the most cunning in history, yet she thinks it's a good idea to provoke her? It's like she suddenly lost all common sense, there are assassins (she witnessed that first hand), people got poisoned all the time back then, and everyone is out for her head and she has to risk her life time and time again, yet she's all smiley sunshine and rainbows and is obviously falling for the king who's STILL a tyrant. And I said 'It's like ML's agony all but disappeared', we know it's still there, but it has taken the backseat way too easily all of sudden. As I said, the show is entertaining enough, just shallow. Look, I'm not here to argue or anything, it's just my opinion. 12 episodes for a good historical drama is too short, it used to be 24, then got to 20, then 16, and now it's just not enough screen time.

Lee Chae Min is decent, but he doesn't hold a candle to Jun Ho in 'Red Sleeve'.

Ah, and I'm not even going to go into the various things that don't make sense here history wise, or how she magically reproduces French (Haute) Cuisine despite the lack of some ingredients or equipment (f.e. Macarons lol) and the over the top romcom clichés, as I'll attest that to the comedy aspect.

I love cooking shows, so i'm enjoying this, but I find it a bit shallow. There's just really not a lot of substance to the characters and the plot. My fav cooking drama is 'Wok of Love', and even though we cannot compare the two as they are very different, I just feel like something is missing here. Both shows don't have a particularly mind-blowing plot, but compared to Wok Of Love, I stopped having any interest in the characters, their struggles, feelings, motivation, after episode 2. The first two episodes were actually really great, but it's like the FL's will to fight back and the ML's agony have all but disappeared. I don't mind the thriving romance, I just wish they'd give us a bit more insight. Unfortunately that seems to be the trend with webtoons and web novels, though. Not enough depth. :(

I agree it would be nice to have some variety in dishes, but this is not a random cooking show, it's a fantasy drama whose female lead was trained in Korea and France/Europe, so it makes sense that she would cook dishes from those cultures. European cuisine is popular in SK, which is why to train to be come a 'western' chef, many Koreans chose to study cooking in Europe or the US. There are of course mexican, Indian or Oriental restaurants in Seoul, but they're not as popular (yet). I think there's no point in getting upset over this, it's just a trend, and it might shift at some point.

I seem to be in the minority, but I am rooting for Kim Jae Won and I really wish him the best in such an important ML role. Fighting!

I only remember him from 'King The Land', and I thought he did very well in that role. Then again, it wasn't a very versatile role, but I still had an instant crush, he was such a green flag in that one haha So lets wait and see, he might just surprise us! And Kim Go Eun is such a veteran actress, she might bring out his best acting!