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Let's Eat korean drama review
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Let's Eat
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by Stormy_77
Dec 24, 2020
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 8.0
This review may contain spoilers

Dream job is to star as a Lead who gets to eat the dishes in this superior Food Porn Drama.

I love food Porn Dramas and movies and this Drama is one of the best when it comes to Food Porn. The FL is a foodie who loves to eat. She's also a big fan of the ML, a food blogger who posts pictures of empty plates which the FL defends as "the food must be so good they finished it before they remembered to take a picture". I know I've done that, and most recently at our 2020 small Thanksgiving feast because after cooking for hours I was hungry. Here is my failed Asian card for forgetting to take a picture before taking portions out of every dish *cringe*. Anyway the point I'm trying to make is if the food is REALLY good sometimes a person should be forgiven for forgetting to take pictures, right?

There are 2 MAJOR reasons to watch this show:-
#1 is Food Porn. It's just some of the best ever filmed and they covered all kinds of foods - buffet, chocolate, Italian, Korean BBQ outdoors and at a restaurant, Crab, and that immortal seafood ... I have to stop now as my mouth just started watering.
#2 is Good Doggo. BEST character in the show is actually Che Gue"Vara" the well trained golden Pomeranian so fluffy and cute I want to pick him up, dress him up and kiss and squeeze that good boi! When he knows he's in trouble he gets into his cage and closes the door. Squeeee! Adorableness +1,000. I'm not even a dog person so this praise does not come lightly.

The story is quite meh, characters are a mixed bag with varying degrees of annoying. Character Roasts inc.
* Lee Soo Kyung - this FL could would win if she ever played the game Paranoia. And she's cheap like only Asians can be cheap. I loved her eating scenes though. Give me your job please!!!?
* Yoon Doo Joon as Goo Dae Yeong - I learned a ton about food AND Life from this character who knows ALL the ropes. His place is messy but practical. Stay out to save on heat? Check. Storing his clothes at the dry cleaner? YES! /salute
* Yoon So Hee as Yoon Jin Yi - the fluffy naive rich girl actually grows up and has the second best character development on the show. You go Girl!
*Shim Hyung Tak as Kim Hak Moon [Attorney] - He had the second best character development, as he admitted his old crush, stopped torturing FL, gave it his best shot (it was a great attempt honestly), then let go (the mature thing to do) and finally moved on. Virtual clap. Good for him. He's hot and rich, so won't have troubles dating. IDK if he'll be in Season 2 since there's not much left to do with his character.
* Lee Do Yeon / Oh Do Yeon [Attorney] - Desperate lawyer living in a world of fantasy that just needs to "get real" and avail herself to the wonders of the best or second best (after Colombia) plastic surgery country in the world.

The rest of the cast do a credible job and there's no "bad" acting per se but the script doesn't give them very much to work with. This is not going to win Baeksang awards for story or acting, unless Food Porn is a category in which case it might sweep. But it's still an enjoyable story that takes you through a wonderful foodie journey with our friends.
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