Both FLs are upbeat personalities, while the ML is more stoic and in a higher position in some way (talented chef vs. emperor). Both dramas have a some romance and cute scenes between the couple but the main focus is on the food, with many delicious shots of cooking/food preparation.
Both are shorter-length historically set dramas with an upbeat FL who is very skilled in cooking and wins the grumpier/more stoic ML's heart.
Both are Chinese dramas that have a talented culinary FL who meets the picky ML and wins his heart with her food.
Both FLs are gifted and talented cooks who prepare food that the ML enjoys. Both are shorter length, light dramas.
Similar title, both center around food and the bond that grows between two people. In MD, the FL has an eating disorder, and in DD, the ML is very picky about food.
In both, the ML is a talented, brilliant acupuncturist who experiences tragedy and leaves the palace/government, ending up in a different place (modern day vs. a village) where he must adapt to a different way of practicing medicine. Both dramas have a similar feel in the historical parts of LUTYN.
Very different setting (modern day vs. historical) but both are about mental health and helping people.
Both dramas have a similar feel, are light in tone with some darker elements, and focus primarily on mystery/investigation with a slow burn romance between the main couple who solve cases together. The ML actor of HDRA is a supporting character (half of the secondary couple) in MM.
Both FLs are quirky, cute, and a bit forward/flirty toward the ML, chasing him first. Both couples work together to investigate cases and solve mysteries. The pacing, tone, setting, and feel is very similar, as well.
Both dramas have a similar feel and pacing, are historical with mystery and a slow burn romance, and are lighter in tone.
Both dramas are historically set, mystery/investigation with romance, and are lighter in tone.
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Both have a quirky, cutesy FL and stoic ML in a slow burn romance. Both are mystery/investigation dramas.
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