Pleasing viewing experience and well executed
This surprised me a bit in how gripping I found the story. I ended up binging it! It has been in my watchlist for a while, after seeing one clip, and I happened to come across it again on YouTube, propelling me into starting it on Viki.
Brief synopsis from my POV:
The female protagonist Lin Ke Song is living a very normal life, interning at a hotel after finishing her education in hotel management, and hanging out with her best friend Song Yi Ran who she also has a secret crush on. What is not normal in her life is her extremely well-developed sense of taste.
She runs into some problems at work, leading to her being let go. At a loss of what to do, she accepts when the guy who caused her to loose her job, Jiang Qian Fan, hires her as a "food tour guide" for three days. He turns out to be an internationally successful Michelin chef, in search of an apprentice who can help cover up the fact that he is loosing his sense of taste.
After some obstacles, Lin Ke Song ends up as his apprentice in Shanghai, also participating in a highly renowned cooking competition, where she competes against her talented cousin, sparking rivalry between them.
In addition to this, it seems like there might be more to it when it comes to Jiang Qian Fan's loss of taste.
This drama has a rich character gallery, and we follow quite a few side-stories. They are all well written though, and weaved nicely together.
The characters are also splendidly written and portrayed. They all have multiple layers to them, and they develop and change as the series progresses.
As for the cast, I found most of the acting strong, the actors delivering convincing portrayals of their characters. There were some scenes where the acting seemed a bit weaker, especially some of Elise's scenes, but I am not sure if that was dubbing-related (if dubbed?). The scenes where Victor sings where also annoyingly badly dubbed (if you can call that dubbing at all).
I did enjoy the performances by the two main leads, and will probably seek out some more of their work.
At times there were some lengthy sequences with "food and atmosphere shots" that I skipped through. In my experience several C-dramas that have many episodes to tend to use a bit too much flashbacks, and although there was some, it was kept at an acceptable level and length.
To sum up:
Well written, good production and strong cast. I also really enjoyed the soundtrack. Was bit disappointed that what I believe is the theme song (Me and myself) is not available for me on Spotify .
Brief synopsis from my POV:
The female protagonist Lin Ke Song is living a very normal life, interning at a hotel after finishing her education in hotel management, and hanging out with her best friend Song Yi Ran who she also has a secret crush on. What is not normal in her life is her extremely well-developed sense of taste.
She runs into some problems at work, leading to her being let go. At a loss of what to do, she accepts when the guy who caused her to loose her job, Jiang Qian Fan, hires her as a "food tour guide" for three days. He turns out to be an internationally successful Michelin chef, in search of an apprentice who can help cover up the fact that he is loosing his sense of taste.
After some obstacles, Lin Ke Song ends up as his apprentice in Shanghai, also participating in a highly renowned cooking competition, where she competes against her talented cousin, sparking rivalry between them.
In addition to this, it seems like there might be more to it when it comes to Jiang Qian Fan's loss of taste.
This drama has a rich character gallery, and we follow quite a few side-stories. They are all well written though, and weaved nicely together.
The characters are also splendidly written and portrayed. They all have multiple layers to them, and they develop and change as the series progresses.
As for the cast, I found most of the acting strong, the actors delivering convincing portrayals of their characters. There were some scenes where the acting seemed a bit weaker, especially some of Elise's scenes, but I am not sure if that was dubbing-related (if dubbed?). The scenes where Victor sings where also annoyingly badly dubbed (if you can call that dubbing at all).
I did enjoy the performances by the two main leads, and will probably seek out some more of their work.
At times there were some lengthy sequences with "food and atmosphere shots" that I skipped through. In my experience several C-dramas that have many episodes to tend to use a bit too much flashbacks, and although there was some, it was kept at an acceptable level and length.
To sum up:
Well written, good production and strong cast. I also really enjoyed the soundtrack. Was bit disappointed that what I believe is the theme song (Me and myself) is not available for me on Spotify .
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