This review may contain spoilers
A Warm, Funny Take on Time Travel and Family
Anyone who’s seen my profile knows this already, but I’ll say it again: I LOVE time travel. I eat that shit up every single time. So when I found another drama with time travel and romance? I was immediately in 👀✨
What really sold this for me was that it wasn’t just one person time traveling, it was the entire family. That alone made it feel fresh. And honestly? I loved the family so much. Every single member felt necessary. No one felt like dead weight or filler, which is rare. Their reactions felt natural, the humor landed, and the acting across the board was really solid.
This drama is also genuinely funny. Like, not forced “insert laugh track here” funny. The jokes, the reactions, the absurd situations… it all worked. And I really appreciated how often the show set up a cliché only to completely subvert it and do its own thing instead. That was one of its biggest strengths for me.
Now, fair warning: this is very much a cooking drama. Like… a LOT of cooking 🍜
There are long cooking scenes, and they really lean into food culture, recipes, and historical Chinese cuisine. Personally, I think it’s a nice cultural touch and adds depth to the world-building. But if you’re not into cooking at all, you should know those scenes can drag. I’ll be honest, after a while I started skipping some of them ¯\(ツ)/¯
Story-wise, it was surprisingly tight. Not many plot holes, the characters actually figure things out instead of being stupid for plot convenience, and most storylines were handled well. Some side characters did feel a bit forgotten or unnecessary, but nothing that ruined the experience.
The romance? I liked it! At first it’s framed as this forbidden situation, and I spent a good chunk of the show going “something is off here…” and I was right. SPOILERS from here:
The reveal that they’re actually not related was… not great. The brother hitting his head and suddenly remembering “oh yeah grandpa told me ages ago” was such a weird and lazy way to handle something that important. That was easily my biggest pet peeve of the entire drama.
Overall, this was a very fun, very enjoyable watch. I didn’t feel like it dragged, the writing stayed consistent, things wrapped up nicely, and yes it has a good ending, which we love 😌💖
I gave this an 8.5/10, which is a BIG score coming from me. I don’t hand those out easily.
Overall:
Fun, funny, surprisingly well-written, and a good time from start to finish.
Emz recommends.
What really sold this for me was that it wasn’t just one person time traveling, it was the entire family. That alone made it feel fresh. And honestly? I loved the family so much. Every single member felt necessary. No one felt like dead weight or filler, which is rare. Their reactions felt natural, the humor landed, and the acting across the board was really solid.
This drama is also genuinely funny. Like, not forced “insert laugh track here” funny. The jokes, the reactions, the absurd situations… it all worked. And I really appreciated how often the show set up a cliché only to completely subvert it and do its own thing instead. That was one of its biggest strengths for me.
Now, fair warning: this is very much a cooking drama. Like… a LOT of cooking 🍜
There are long cooking scenes, and they really lean into food culture, recipes, and historical Chinese cuisine. Personally, I think it’s a nice cultural touch and adds depth to the world-building. But if you’re not into cooking at all, you should know those scenes can drag. I’ll be honest, after a while I started skipping some of them ¯\(ツ)/¯
Story-wise, it was surprisingly tight. Not many plot holes, the characters actually figure things out instead of being stupid for plot convenience, and most storylines were handled well. Some side characters did feel a bit forgotten or unnecessary, but nothing that ruined the experience.
The romance? I liked it! At first it’s framed as this forbidden situation, and I spent a good chunk of the show going “something is off here…” and I was right. SPOILERS from here:
The reveal that they’re actually not related was… not great. The brother hitting his head and suddenly remembering “oh yeah grandpa told me ages ago” was such a weird and lazy way to handle something that important. That was easily my biggest pet peeve of the entire drama.
Overall, this was a very fun, very enjoyable watch. I didn’t feel like it dragged, the writing stayed consistent, things wrapped up nicely, and yes it has a good ending, which we love 😌💖
I gave this an 8.5/10, which is a BIG score coming from me. I don’t hand those out easily.
Overall:
Fun, funny, surprisingly well-written, and a good time from start to finish.
Emz recommends.
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