Instead of another foodpr0n montage, I thought it would be fitting to do something a little different for this last episode.

Gourmet really has been, all along, more about execution than inventiveness (ordinary events, but depicted well), and this is once again exemplified in Episode 24. To wit: I could sum up the episode in about two sentences — and nothing in those two sentences would surprise anybody, since we could have predicted this all far in advance — but that didn’t stop the episode from being satisfying.

SONG OF THE DAY

Gourmet OST - “새로운 세상” (New world) by Kim Rae-won. [ Download ]

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As though to make up for the lack in recent episodes, there’s lots and lots of food in this episode. And that means lots and lots of food analysis! Mmm, my favorite kind of analysis. Apart from actually eating.

SONG OF THE DAY

Gourmet OST - “그대 좋아하는 계절이 와요” (The season you like is coming) by Na Yoon-kwon
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Not as much foodie talk today, as you can see. Or, I should say, there’s not as much literal cooking going on, although food is still our main source of concern, what with Oonamjeong’s fate hanging in the balance.

Also, is it me, or are Kim Rae-won’s shirts suddenly a lot tighter? Not that I’m complaining. (I’m just sayin’.)

SONG OF THE DAY

Gourmet OST - “늘 푸른 풍경처럼” (Green scenery like always) by Taru [ Download ]

GOURMET Episode 22 >>

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Oh, Bong-joo. You’ve made quite a swift decline over onto the dark side, haven’t you? And to think, at the beginning of the series I thought there was hope for you and your thick-headed, belligerent ways.

Also, the romance takes two steps forward (and one step back). But hey, that’s better than one step forward and two backward, right? It’s all about net gain, people.

SONG OF THE DAY

Sol Flower - “세상, 그 중심의 나” (Me at the center of the world) [ Download ]

GOURMET Episode 21 >>

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It seems as though every episode puts Oonamjeong on the brink of certain disaster, doesn’t it?

It’s one of the inevitable byproducts of adapting a manhwa — what seems plausible in the pages of a comic book doesn’t always correlate perfectly to real life. For instance, how is it a restaurant (even a high-class one) lands in the front pages of newspapers every time it encounters trouble? But I’m willing to stretch credulity when the other aspects of the drama make up for that one. If something’s a big deal to our characters because the manhwa setup has deemed it so, I’ll go along for the ride.

SONG OF THE DAY

Younha - “Strawberry Days” from her recent (and #1 chart-topping) second album. [ Download ]

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