Yummy Yummy Yummy follows a very familiar and tried and true formula of other cozy, low-stakes fiction. A drama that feels like a warm bowl of soup after you come in from a walk in the rain. Things are happening within the show, but the tension is minimum enough and the plot is at a slow simmer majority of the time, giving the impression that everything will sort of turn alright in an episode or two. It all revolves around food and family. Food connects us, sustains us and warms us up on the inside and so does a good found family.
It's a mundane and cozy tale of people going about their day, fumbling through one trouble to the next, all while having a lovely meal and a hearty talk. And some good longing stares full of love and yearning from our main couple.
Because while the side characters that make up this fumbling family do provide us with humor and a good home base to the story, it is our main couple that are the earnest, beating heart of the drama. Filled with so much longing not only for each other and love, but also just to belong. They come to each other’s save haven. And the chemistry between the two main actors is so sizzling that you can't help but hold your breath in anticipation every time they are on screen together.
Both are so earnest in their feelings as they help each other to open and feel at ease in this new world they find themselves in. Shao Guang in this new era, that is determined to squash her freedom and Lin Yan in this new job in the buzzling city of Yong'an where he must brave the royal court in search for answers to his revenge.
The story moves from one plot point to another at a very steadfast pace, as this fractured modern family must re-learn how to love and work together in a era that is unfamiliar to their own. And with that comes plenty of moments of humor, soul-searching from the character, and romantic longing.
You can feel how these two yearn for each other’s company while the plot hurdles all sorts of reasons why they can't be together. The drama manages to sustain that decently well throughout its 32-episode run without it becoming too annoyingly repetitive or burdensome for the plot. It can make sense because the inner logic of the drama has been well established, and it is very honest and grounded in its own reality.
The only time the drama truly hits a bit of a lull in its very evenly paced narrative, and quite consistent storytelling is when the focus shifts a little toward the side characters toward the latter half of the drama. And I think it's because the focus was a lot of time on the wrong side characters. Instead of Liu Chang and A Yuan perhaps getting a cute secondary romance like Pei Fei and the Grand Princess the drama does spend too much time on the two men of the Shen family who go through too little character growth for that screentime to be truly worth it.
Both start of the drama being bumbling, fumbling idiots who rely on the women of the family to do the heavy lifting when it comes to business dealings and emotional labor and they remain relatively unchanged in their ways, mostly for the sake of humor, all throughout the drama. And the tropes or archetypes of the "bumbling idiotic men' often felt tiresome and annoying. It was lazy and boring.
Some of the political maneuvering, mysteries and the high stakes situations (that get resolved too quickly for have too much weight to them) that the characters find themselves in have remarkably simple and often laughable resolves. But that is the point of them, so I can't fault the drama for it. They are just there for the characters to have an excuse to save each other, spend time together or bond.
Yummy Yummy Yummy manages to provide its viewers with a laid-back entertainment experience that focuses on family drama filled with humor, everyday moments, and good food. It's basically a light-hearted cozy romp with lovable characters and the community they've built around them, a heavy dash of romance as well as a pinch of good characters dynamics and fun vibes. It's not trying to be clever or anything. It's just pure escapism
It's a mundane and cozy tale of people going about their day, fumbling through one trouble to the next, all while having a lovely meal and a hearty talk. And some good longing stares full of love and yearning from our main couple.
Because while the side characters that make up this fumbling family do provide us with humor and a good home base to the story, it is our main couple that are the earnest, beating heart of the drama. Filled with so much longing not only for each other and love, but also just to belong. They come to each other’s save haven. And the chemistry between the two main actors is so sizzling that you can't help but hold your breath in anticipation every time they are on screen together.
Both are so earnest in their feelings as they help each other to open and feel at ease in this new world they find themselves in. Shao Guang in this new era, that is determined to squash her freedom and Lin Yan in this new job in the buzzling city of Yong'an where he must brave the royal court in search for answers to his revenge.
The story moves from one plot point to another at a very steadfast pace, as this fractured modern family must re-learn how to love and work together in a era that is unfamiliar to their own. And with that comes plenty of moments of humor, soul-searching from the character, and romantic longing.
You can feel how these two yearn for each other’s company while the plot hurdles all sorts of reasons why they can't be together. The drama manages to sustain that decently well throughout its 32-episode run without it becoming too annoyingly repetitive or burdensome for the plot. It can make sense because the inner logic of the drama has been well established, and it is very honest and grounded in its own reality.
The only time the drama truly hits a bit of a lull in its very evenly paced narrative, and quite consistent storytelling is when the focus shifts a little toward the side characters toward the latter half of the drama. And I think it's because the focus was a lot of time on the wrong side characters. Instead of Liu Chang and A Yuan perhaps getting a cute secondary romance like Pei Fei and the Grand Princess the drama does spend too much time on the two men of the Shen family who go through too little character growth for that screentime to be truly worth it.
Both start of the drama being bumbling, fumbling idiots who rely on the women of the family to do the heavy lifting when it comes to business dealings and emotional labor and they remain relatively unchanged in their ways, mostly for the sake of humor, all throughout the drama. And the tropes or archetypes of the "bumbling idiotic men' often felt tiresome and annoying. It was lazy and boring.
Some of the political maneuvering, mysteries and the high stakes situations (that get resolved too quickly for have too much weight to them) that the characters find themselves in have remarkably simple and often laughable resolves. But that is the point of them, so I can't fault the drama for it. They are just there for the characters to have an excuse to save each other, spend time together or bond.
Yummy Yummy Yummy manages to provide its viewers with a laid-back entertainment experience that focuses on family drama filled with humor, everyday moments, and good food. It's basically a light-hearted cozy romp with lovable characters and the community they've built around them, a heavy dash of romance as well as a pinch of good characters dynamics and fun vibes. It's not trying to be clever or anything. It's just pure escapism
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