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Yay. I loved Chef Fang and I am like you, I love any drama food related, especially if there is actual cooking happening. I studied 3 years in a cooking school and it is still one of my main hobbies. I just love cooking as much as I love eating. XD

Plot could have been interesting, but it wasnt. The story was weak and so was the cast (most of it, not everyone). The female lead for one did nothing for this. Be it her looks or acting, nothing stood out. It was actually the first time I saw this actress and I have watched hundreds of chinese dramas. The ending was as bad as the rest of the drama. Definitely not something I would recommend.

I liked it but there were a few plot holes or things that were not addressed. I also did not understand why it took the male lead so long to find out she is a woman or why the whole finding out about their childhood together was treated as something of barely any importance. The ending was nice but the last few episodes were just too cliché and dramatic with the whole "impossible love" thing. That made it hard for us to get enough romantic scenes. Not that they are ever enough tho. Lol

But overall it was a nice drama, my cup of tea. Just not my favorite kind of tea.

Yeah, but I usually wait for the second season of a drama to come out if I have not watched the first season yet. Imagine I did watch it when I first came across it in 2017. It would now be 3 years waiting for the second season. It is hard enough to wait 1 year, imagine 3 or more.

Yeah, I hope it happens like that too. I mean, the only thing stopping her from going back to him is his current wife but we can tell that their marriage is not working anyway and we saw her with the divorce papers so...

There is another issue tho. How is she going to get her place back in society? She is supposed to be dead. I can think of a few ways they can handle that but it wont be easy. But I kinda like all this complexity. Or there would be no plot.

Wait, who dies in the first season? Not the main leads, they are cast in the second season. I am asking as I have not watched it yet. Waiting to see if a second season comes out before I watch the first one.

It did not meet my expectations. They gave him a role way too similar to his previous one in Poo Bao Indy Yayee Inter but the difference is that the story here and the chemistry with the leading lady was not as good. I was never invested in this drama. There are several issues with the plot and finishing it felt like a task. Not even Weir was able to make this interesting for me.

Yeah. Thought the same.

Yeah, I did not like the ending of that drama. But here I am ok with her living, definitely not ok with her dying so I might have set myself for disappointment. But oh well, at least I am already prepared, better than when one of the main leads suddenly dies at the end without any warning of it happening, now THAT really bothers me. T T

Yeah I think they meant to say she has been single all her life, meaning she never dated. Single is used formally to describe someone who is not married but in common daily life single means having no romantic partner, which could be a husband or simply a boyfriend. Usually people dont say they are single if they are dating but not married. In some documents the single option was even changed to "not married" for that same reason. So yeah, "single since birth" = never had a boyfriend in her entire life. XD

Me neither. XD

I know what you mean. But so is the whole ghost thing. This is a fantasy so you kind of have to let go of logic and realism a little bit. As long as what happens makes sense in the story. I dont believe in ghosts and I rarely watch dramas or movies with them but I took out my brain for this one and am able to watch it like that. LOL

I so far enjoy the complexity of the situation. I am especially looking forward to seeing her spend time with her daughter. ^^

https://www.iqiyi.com/intl/play/19rr5n142o

The subs are kind of funky, probably machine generated but might have had some human correction cause they are still understandable somehow, at least so far. But I have only watched like 5 minutes of the first episode. I will come back here and edit my comment if the subs get worse later on.

EDIT: yeah, about that...the subs are not good enough for me to be able to sit and watch 40 eps of this. They did not seem that bad at first but the first few minutes were basically a horse race so there was not a lot of talking, and just people shouting hao hao hao. Lol

I guess I will have to wait to see if they fix it later.

You can either use vLIVE or Naver TV, which are the official sources. But I think it is also being uploaded on websites like kissasian and dramanice.

I watched on Naver TV.

Yeah, I noticed that too. But that was a small issue compared to how many faults this drama has.

I have 3 main issues with this:

1 - the obvious/cliché plot
2 - the male lead’s entitled attitude and overall behavior throughout the whole thing
3 - a 3rd person that was completely innocent in all this mess getting hurt

Both main leads were not likable and that was a huge problem for me.

I agree with everyone else saying this is good. It is short so it does not get draggy but at the same time I wish there was more. I wanted to see more of Na Na and Dan Hee. Everything about this is cool, from the story to the characters and last but not least - the music.

The ending was just perfect. Very satisfying.

My previous comment answers your question.

"There are of course other themes like romance, but it is more of a side thing although the first few episodes made it seem like it would be more present. It is also a slow-paced romance so don’t expect the main leads to get together anytime soon."

So no, the romance is not a focus point and it is quite slow. They do not get together until the last episode if I remember correctly.

Yeah, me too. He can play all kinds of roles and always has great chemistry with the female leads.

The story is ok, but the romance was kind of disappointing. I liked that they stayed true to their feelings for all those years, but their love was almost a platonic one. They barely spent any time together compared to how much time they spent with other characters, we got crumbs of them as a couple and not even a kiss. (cause when actors put their heads near each other and the camera is filming from behind and then zooms out all the way, you know they arent actually kissing) That part was quite disappointing. So for me this is a 6 and I am already being generous.