Let me start this review by saying that I don't like to watch the dramas/series/variety shows/movies that are super popular or that seem to be following a trend, do you know what I mean? I'm not one to hop on the bandwagon of fans to one thing or the other just because it has a ton of followers, and I had no interesting in watching this series... However, once I started, I was completely and utterly captivated by the show and all of its magic.

This show has a spirit all of its own! It is calm and lively, sweet and sad, mysterious and full of knowledge, completely unfathomable and very relatable on many levels. The show itself is a teacher of life's many ups and downs, good times and bad. With a few recipes of delicious, heartfelt, homemade cooking thrown in, too, of course!

I felt like I was watching some back alley restaurant in Japan via a live camera. The reality in this series is way too honest with a genuine soul.