Ongoing 1/11
Nauriya
11 people found this review helpful
Aug 30, 2021
1 of 11 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 8.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 8.0

Worth your bite!

It was absolutely great. It came this close to what I had imagined, but it is no less than fantastic.

I mean for a BL, the game has been up recently, with meaningful storylines, arcs and characters interactions. Bite Me, is one of the new series in streamline BL industry, that is not boring, usual and typical. There is not over the top music, infact it has one of the best background scores. Perhaps among top 10 in BL shows. I just loved it.

There is this sadness one can see in Aek eyes, but it is not traumatic sadness, it is kind of loneliness, and of unfulfilled dreams with life being directionless. He has this magical aura, that wherever he goes, your eyes are glued to him. He is simple, middle class country boy, who has a talent in cooking, a gift that runs in his genes. He can see smell and without making any effort he can create best food that your tastebuds would ever taste. However, he is tethered to his mother request of seeing him successful, rather following her footsteps of becoming a chef, although her mother doesn’t oppose his choice of pursuing a career in chef industry, she just wants to see him live a comfortable life. But as fate would have it, he is going to create magic with a help of a person, he is gonna fall hard.

Aue, an owner of newly opened restaurant, and runner-up of Chef Thailand, where Aek, make deliveries, noticed this young man who tells an ingredient in a dish made by him, without having it tasted. Aue, gets intrigued by his intuition and senses his talent for cooking and starts to peruse him.

The undeniable chemistry with Aue and Aek is gorgeous, they book look insanely good together. Aek looks at Aue, with these dreamy eyes that created this sizzling hot beam of light around them, that one can’t help but fall for both of them. Aue on the other hand, is kind and happy go person, a talented chef, falling for another talented chef. There process of food making in kitchen, and Aek learning from Aue, is truly is birth of their long-lasting love. Which I am looking forward to it.

The series doesn’t look so rough and tough, but as per usual storyline, there will be misunderstanding and hard time for the couple at some point in series later. I just hope they will be able to overcome all the hardships, they are going to face.

The side characters, the friends of Aek, are not at all loud, nosy and useless, they are subtle, supportive and like a normal friend. I love Gameboy, his appearance definitely added some weight to series, if not alot.

The last food based thing I watched was “The Hundred-Foot Journey”, I know BM will be nowhere near it, but I hope they show the food as much as they are going to show them falling for each other.

Everything else is great about this series, the production values, acting, camera work, editing, mixing, visual effects and cinematography. Looking forward with great passion. I hope it is truly a journey of “Bite Me”.

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Marinela
5 people found this review helpful
Nov 10, 2021
11 of 11 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.5
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 8.0

Well...it was one of those who had high expectations but...

Bem...era um dos que tinha expectativas mas... Uma coisa posso dizer, para quem não gosta de Fanservice é seguro ver.

Este BL, que parecia mais um Bromance .
Tem 3 protagonistas, para mim o principal foi mesmo apresentação da comida Tailandesa, que sempre ela parecia dava água na boca…
Aek x Aue, tinham olhares que por vezes nos derretiam o coração, isso é verdade, fora isso esperava um pouco mais, principalmente no final.
Musica e cenários, não existe nada a dizer.
Agora os diálogos, alguns deixavam a desejar, poderiam ser bem melhores.
Em todo conjunto até não foi mal, poderia ser melhor? Decididamente, sim.

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GinnieGy
4 people found this review helpful
Nov 13, 2021
11 of 11 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 5.0
Story 3.5
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
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Et donc?

je n’ai aucune idée de ce qu’il s’est vraiment passé d’interessant là dedans.
C’est creux. Vive la lecture en accéléré et malgré cela j’eu du mal à terminer
Il y’a avait pourtant des sujets : la relation mère-fils, le concours de cuisine, les rivalités, l’acceptation de soi et d’une attirance qu’on a peur de ne pas voir acceptée
Mais rien n’est mené clairement. C’est long, confus et même les personnages secondaires ne remplissent pas le vide. Les flashback ne sont pas clairs et peu utiles, les ambiances mal posées ou inappropriées.
Je n’ai vraiment pas accroché malgré un casting qui fonctionne et certains décors magnifiques.

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Link
3 people found this review helpful
Nov 8, 2021
11 of 11 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 5.5
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 4.0

Plus de moins que de plus, dommage !

On ne pourra pas enlever la qualité visuelle du drama (scènes, décors et plats/nourriture). L'OST était également agréable - bien qu'à force on sature. Quant au reste... Ah, ce n'était pas aussi savoureux que je l'avais espéré.

Donc ! Bite Me n'est pas un mauvais drama. C'est agréable, on crève de faim pendant les épisodes, mais c'est plutôt positif. Ce qui m'a personnellement ennuyé, c'est la lenteur des événements qui n'avait pas lieu d'être. Plus les épisodes passaient et plus on pouvait croire que le suivant serait le bon. En fin de compte, Bite Me n'a jamais vraiment démarré.
Du début à la fin, il est resté sur une faible flamme. L'ébullition ne s'est jamais produite. On se retrouve avec quelque chose gorgée d'eau et spongieux. Sous la dent, ce n'est pas ce qu'on recherchait après les teasers qui avaient l'air plus savoureux que la série elle-même.

La romance n'est pas présente non plus. Au cours de l'épisode 11, je ne voyais toujours pas d'évolution ni de changement entre les personnages. C'était encore une relation junior/senior, mais rien qui s'approche d'une relation amoureuse. Ce qui est dommage, d'autant plus qu'au premier épisode, on pouvait apercevoir une relation douce se profiler à l'horizon.
Le baiser était très bien (encore une fois, je préfère un baiser simple qu'un baiser raté). Cependant, pour le fond de la relation du couple principal, c'était décevant. Les autres couples ne m'ont pas intéressé plus que ça et pour une fois, j'aurai vraiment aimé avoir le syndrome du couple secondaire, mais même eux ne m'ont pas convaincue.

Dernier point, le placement de produit. Je n'ai pas de problème avec la pratique. Mais ici, c'était franchement abusif. On a carrément eu droit à un tutoriel pour utiliser une application et un bon pdf lu par un intervenant pour son nouveau scooter et son assurance. Ok, les placements sont une aide aux productions, mais il faudrait ne pas prendre les gens pour des couillons...

Bref ! Bite Me n'est pas mauvais, mais il n'est pas ce qu'on attend de lui. Si l'histoire s'installe doucement, elle ne fait que ralentir au fil des épisodes au point de voir sur 45 minutes plus de 25 minutes de silence (j'abuse totalement (quoique...)). En soit, c'est mignon et... Et c'est tout.

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