Drama name: Let's Eat 3
Country: South Korea
Year: July- Aug 2018
I heard of this third installment during the time of airing, but didn't watch it then. I have watched Season 1 & 2 respectively so I was on the fence whether to watch this or not. Asked an online friend what was the storyline about, she told me that it will tell you how he became a food blogger and why he takes photos of empty bowls. I just kept it in mind and finally watched it recently.
So,what's this drama about?
It picks up after Season 2 of this series where Goo Dae Young moves to another place outside Seoul to restart his life. He seems to be having a quarter life crisis, where he doesn't fill any motivation for his job or even food.
One day, he bumps into his old neighbour during university times, Lee Ji Woo while returning a lost dog. Ji Woo was the food expert back then and that's how he learnt a lot about food from her. He was excited to meet her again, as she brought back happy memories from his university times. However, she has lost her zeal for food and works long hours as a nurse. He moves in next door to her and the rest of the story goes on with flashbacks to the past during university times and current timeline where he begins a new career path.
Overall thoughts
For me, this is probably the worst of all three seasons of this franchise. Sorry not sorry! Season 2 was so draggy and it focused so much on the love story. In Season 3, the writer decides to kill off the girlfriend to write in a new one which is supposed to be the first love instead. Seems like every season Dae Young has a new girlfriend!
There is no proper storyline even, apart from flashbacks of his university times. However, the food this time is much better than the previous season.
Best parts of the drama
Definitely the food. Dae Young still has the usual exclamation and explanation before each meal...
More seafood this season as well... and some yummy desserts too!
Dae Young's university friends... their friendship is really nice...
Some bromance with the second male lead, similar to Season 2 but on a lighter scale...
And Dae Young will always be the neighbour to his love interest... Ji Woo's house is quite interesting as it is above a cafe...
For the hopeless romantics, there isn't any real romance here. Just some sweet moments between the leads...
The drama was cut short because Doo Joon had to enlist for military service. The story ends with Ji Woo confessing her long crush on Dae Young. Dae Young didn't reject her entirely but asked for time as he is still trying to move on from his previous girlfriend. Dae Young is focusing his energy on his new business of semi- prepared food delivery for single persons.
The ending scene just shows the four leads having a meal together...
As mentioned above, I feel this is the worst installment of the series. I didn't enjoy the flashbacks of Dae Young's college/ university days. I guess it is meant for the younger audience who are currently students so they can relate to that.
I also disliked the second female lead's character so much. Don't understand why the writer gave her so much screen time. I read a comment somewhere, the person said if the writer kept the second male lead's interest in the female lead it would have been better. I agree, it would have taken the story on a different direction where Dae Young rediscover his first love for Ji Woo.
There was so much focus on the second female and flashbacks that we didn't even get to know what happened to the rest of the guys from university. The only one featured was the one who got married. Lots of unanswered questions regarding how Dae Young and Ji Woo lost touch with each other... all because of the death of the stepfather?
It just doesn't add up. She could have at least wrote him a letter informing him that she will be moving or something, since she was so in love with Dae Young back then... Plus I also got irritated with Ji Woo's accent during the flashbacks... I know it's supposed to be a Busan dialect, satoori or something... just that it irritated me I don't know why...
Very disappointed with this season. Perhaps the military enlistment was good thing, it saved us from a worse ending by the writer...
Alright, that's about it. Thanks for reading. Here's wishing everyone a Happy New Year. Take care. Will leave you with the cute doggo...
*Image credits: dramabeans, own screenshots & Google image search*
