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Your Majesty In Seoul City
This drama reminded me of The Rooftop Prince. I was first introduced to the food Omurice because of the said drama.
Almost the same plot because of the time travelling.
It started well. I got hooked. As the title suggest, the drama focused on cooking in the Joseon era. The romance was there but not focused until midway of the drama. Lee Chaemin definitely stole the spotlight here. He really shined and carried the entire drama. As for Yoona. I've seen her drama since Love Rain. I haven't seen any changes from her in terms of acting. She's just okay but, not really I would look forward to in another drama.
Story-wise, I'm not really happy about it. Yes, I understand, this is all about cooking and food which is the main focus. Infused with some royalty politics and yes, romance. I just find some scenes stretched too long. Like the cooking competition with the Ming's. And of course, the treason by the Uncle. It would have been better I think if they gave the supporting casts some story of their own which could have been a better filler instead of stretching out unecessary scenes. Like, I was hoping a developing story for So Gil Geum and Gong Gil.
The romance for the MC is quite bland. The writer tried to gave it all towards the end given the epilogue. The kisses for me, were badly executed. It just didn't felt natural till the finale.
As for the finale, so many unexplained things which felt really rushed. Like, how did FL got to the hospital? I mean, she should be back at the airplane. Her wounds remained. So, the entire kitchen team of Joseon got reincarnated without their memories back. Even Im Song Jae, didn't get his memory back. Yet, MC got the memories intact.
The CGI was good towards the finale. I just didn't appreciate the CGI's used everytime ML tastes the food. It felt like over the top.
Overall, inspite its flaws, I still gave this drama an 8.0 rating. That is for Lee Chaemin. This is really is breakthrough drama.
Almost the same plot because of the time travelling.
It started well. I got hooked. As the title suggest, the drama focused on cooking in the Joseon era. The romance was there but not focused until midway of the drama. Lee Chaemin definitely stole the spotlight here. He really shined and carried the entire drama. As for Yoona. I've seen her drama since Love Rain. I haven't seen any changes from her in terms of acting. She's just okay but, not really I would look forward to in another drama.
Story-wise, I'm not really happy about it. Yes, I understand, this is all about cooking and food which is the main focus. Infused with some royalty politics and yes, romance. I just find some scenes stretched too long. Like the cooking competition with the Ming's. And of course, the treason by the Uncle. It would have been better I think if they gave the supporting casts some story of their own which could have been a better filler instead of stretching out unecessary scenes. Like, I was hoping a developing story for So Gil Geum and Gong Gil.
The romance for the MC is quite bland. The writer tried to gave it all towards the end given the epilogue. The kisses for me, were badly executed. It just didn't felt natural till the finale.
As for the finale, so many unexplained things which felt really rushed. Like, how did FL got to the hospital? I mean, she should be back at the airplane. Her wounds remained. So, the entire kitchen team of Joseon got reincarnated without their memories back. Even Im Song Jae, didn't get his memory back. Yet, MC got the memories intact.
The CGI was good towards the finale. I just didn't appreciate the CGI's used everytime ML tastes the food. It felt like over the top.
Overall, inspite its flaws, I still gave this drama an 8.0 rating. That is for Lee Chaemin. This is really is breakthrough drama.
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