I have now watched two of the three Let’s eat seasons. I like the main character he has good bromance and friendships with most of the main cast in each season. I couldn’t watch the first season because one of the regular characters was just disgusting so every time he was on the screen he made me feel sick. I think it was supposed to be funny as they had similar characters but not as bad in season two and three. The main lead had a messy house which is contrast to how he presents when he is out and about in the work context.

The push pull of the friends to lovers trope is played out to the full and we don’t get to see the romantic relationship once they start dating. The only other drama I have watched where there is not even a ten minute at the end of the season show of their relationship being played out is Soundtrack#1. I wonder with the friends to lovers trope if the writers feels that they have shown what their relationship is like throughout the drama so the only thing that’s changes is they now have a physical element.

I would recommend this series if you like food and want to hear about the benefits of the dishes. You get to see the characters eat and enjoy rather than have domestics or try to squeeze in dialogue while eating huge mouthfuls of food. They eat huge amounts of food so don’t know how they fitted it all in. Also trigger warning if you are an ethical vegan you may have issues as they eat a lot of meat etc but it is particularly difficult to watch the octopus scenes as they are clearly alive (crawling off the plate!) and are still moving while they are being prepared for eating. I am vegan but have not got a strong ethical stance but that was the one thing that I could not handle.
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    Have you seen a lizard lose its tail? The tail will be alive on its own even after being cut off from the body. It is the same with octopuses! They all have separate nerves in their limbs and tails because of which they’ll keep twitching when cut off from the body.

    I am a vegetarian and this is the first time I’m hearing about ethical watching. I will definitely not live watch an animal/bird/sea creature or any creature with 5 senses being killed, but I can tolerate watching them being cooked onscreen as long as they don’t show the blood. I guess watching “Masterchef Australia” has increased my tolerance😅😅

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      I think the issue was the crawling off the plate like it was thinking ‘while you are chatting let me see if I can get away without you noticing!’ To me that was evidence the whole creature was still alive as they picked it up and cut off the legs but the chicken with no head after effects of the legs still moving once they were cut off and in the stew makes sense but was still not easy to watch. I used to eat meat as a child so understand that animals become dinner but there is something about witnessing the death that impacts.

      I find it interesting that there is a movement to increase vegetarianism by making plant based food replicate meat for those who find it hard to transition so some burgers have beetroot to make them ‘bleed’ that is a hard no from me🫢

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    I liked the first and third series, but never managed to get through 2. The obsession on the FL’s weight felt awkward and I was disappointed that his first relationship (which took a whole series to get going) just … ended.

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      The second season was amazing a whole season of to and fro and then finally a sudden arrival, one surprise kiss, this is our day one, let’s go eat and roll credits. I was like wow does this actor have something in his contract that says no prolonged kiss scenes but I will do a shower scene with the boys. Especially having watched season 3 first where there was no day one. I had been pre-warned by Ally that they had to cut the last few episodes as he was drafted.

      I think season 3 shows how much he did love and commit to her once they were together though. I liked the story telling of 3 and 2 and wondered if the premise was to show single people who enjoy eating but don’t always have company why they have to have a person with poor hygiene in each season. There seemed to be a spate of dramas where disgusting elements were part of the ‘humour’. The ‘I need the toilet desperately’ or have a wind issue was the most popular. Passing wind was even included in Be melodramatic.

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    I’m glad you watched these! Yeah, a trigger warning for vegetarians/vegans should be a thing for any Korean foodie shows. I know someone in my other kdrama group who recently ate those live octopuses and posted it on FB! Even I was disgusted! 🤮 I liked the relationships the most.

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      Gosh who knew it was seen as a badge of honour to eat something alive😱 I think I was struggling with who was the first person who thought let me see what happens if…! Because it’s weird there is no blood or ink or something when it is basically being attacked you would think there would be a reaction. It’s not just about eating meat I want to know who was tempted to try eating mouldy cheese and then promoted it as a specialty🤢

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    I actually like Let’s Eat 3 the best, then 2, then 1. Du jun, any plans for Let’s Eat 4 (pretty please with kimchi on top of fried rice?)

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      I agree 3 felt like it had the best characters and he had matured due to the loss but was still a great person to have as a friend. I would like him as a person in real life, his level of confidence and social skills was amazing. I was also glad to see he was branching out of insurance so if there is a four I hope he has left that all behind and maybe had opened his own restaurant with flying in speciality chefs for rotations so you could have a different type of food each week but stick with your favourite restaurant with ambience and high quality servers. He would announce the qualities of the different ingredients which were always seasonal and ethically sourced.

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