Dropped 18/24
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Oct 2, 2024
18 of 24 episodes seen
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Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 6.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 5.0
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Too Many Cooks in The Scene To Care (LITERALLY)

As an individual who enjoyed The Backpacker Chef, I expect to be just as good as S1.

For the pros:

- Cooking process has improved with the "Bacpacker-car and stratagems such as leaving the other members for preparation.
- Female guests were introduced to help out the catering crew.

For the cons:

- Chemistry with the new members seems underwhelming. No playful brotherhood at all. (Bohyun rarely bonds with Soogeun and Kyeong-hwan.)
- TOO MANY BULK COOKING
- Daewhan's absence highlights one of the show's flaws: its charm.
- The tone went watered down to be bland and unmemorable.
- Controversial request from Jincheon jeopardized the show's integrity.

Nitpicks:

- Kyeong-hwan the underdog frustrates me, as there were times I have slight animosity with him. (Probably I dislike his guts though.) A lot of you guys were annoyed by DinDin's complaints, but I am one who appreciate him.

- Paik Jong Won's nagging behavior comes off as a nuisance over the course of this season including The Genuis Paik; which has given me second thoughts of whether I switch teams with Yeon Beok, Sam Kim, or even Cha Seung Won. (His childish two-faced comments towards DinDin in recent episode were both disheartening and made me scream, "ACT YOUR AGE, DANG IT! YOU ARE ON TV!")

Sadly, this becomes a rant of how I become ambivalent towards South Korea's cooking magician and why I couldn't wholeheartedly enjoy Season 2.

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