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Fantastic Premise Build Around Food, but Neglects the Meat of Story with Filler
As soon as the FL mysteriously traveled 400 years into the past there was instant intrigue. Her disbelief at her transition and resulting responses to the situations she encountered was highly entertaining and hilarious. Her journey to the past did not erase her love for cooking and food. Thus from the moment she arrived in this new world, food played an integral role in driving the story forward.
Unfortunately, the story eventually gets lost in political mischief and cooking competitions. The latter of which didn’t hold the magic that was the earlier stories. And the former, having the potential to add some interesting layers to the ML and overall story but did not receive the attention needed to develop in a way that would make the audience care.
The leads had nice chemistry. But I wasn't particularly invested in their love, mainly due to the ML, who was the king, ill-tempered and immature. He spent more time threatening violence and feening for the FL’s tasty dishes than than being crafty and cunning when dealing with his enemies. He would leave the palace and venture into the out of regions and fly off the handle at the most inopportune times. Even worse, in the end, this guy abandoned his kingdom and his people, that was in chaos, to run to the future after the FL. Not a good king, nor a good character at all.
That said, the lead actor in this, Lee Chae-Min, was fantastic. He did a great job with the material. This was a great series to start but lost it's charm halfway through and was unable to regain it through the end.
Unfortunately, the story eventually gets lost in political mischief and cooking competitions. The latter of which didn’t hold the magic that was the earlier stories. And the former, having the potential to add some interesting layers to the ML and overall story but did not receive the attention needed to develop in a way that would make the audience care.
The leads had nice chemistry. But I wasn't particularly invested in their love, mainly due to the ML, who was the king, ill-tempered and immature. He spent more time threatening violence and feening for the FL’s tasty dishes than than being crafty and cunning when dealing with his enemies. He would leave the palace and venture into the out of regions and fly off the handle at the most inopportune times. Even worse, in the end, this guy abandoned his kingdom and his people, that was in chaos, to run to the future after the FL. Not a good king, nor a good character at all.
That said, the lead actor in this, Lee Chae-Min, was fantastic. He did a great job with the material. This was a great series to start but lost it's charm halfway through and was unable to regain it through the end.
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