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Chef Hua chinese drama review
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Chef Hua
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by Clement CJ Lim
Oct 4, 2020
36 of 36 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 8.5
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 10.0
Rewatch Value 7.0
This review may contain spoilers

Low angst show with nice cooking scenes but with minor loose ends

Plot has low angst, with misunderstandings resolved relatively quickly within 1-2 episodes - so not unnecessarily draggy. Good that the female characters are all strong in their own way- there is no damsel in distress. All the female characters can stand on their own. Some of them are quite smart and able to resolve their own problems themselves, which is good.

3 small unresolved plots though.
1. Show spent some time exploring Yun'er crush on the "failed" scholar turned accounts guy in the restaurant; and Da-sheng's crush on Yun'er. However, there was no resolution as to who eventually Yun'er prefer. So we ended with an open love triangle. - But at least they are all minor characters so this gap didn't bother me that much.

Also, the "solution" with Yun'er's father isn't convincing. Yes, the father agreed to not sell Yun'er but it was an interim solution. There was no fundamental solution to change her father's irresponsible and abusive behavior.

2. At the end, Manager Song was humiliated at the cooking competition but there was no repercussion for her repeated underhanded actions. Hence, she could continue these actions again.

Also, the guy Manager of the other restaurant who also targeted Hua's Restaurant did not get his just deserts.

With these 2 wrongdoers not punished, Hua Restaurant will continually face such underhanded threats.

3. What happen to Chef Wang's hand? Can he still cook?
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