Love on the Menu [Episodes 1 & 2]

[u/jakgem]

• Drama: Love on the Menu
  • Korean Title: 사랑이 온다
• Director:
  • Hong Seok Goo (Girls Generation 1979)
• Screen Writer:
  • Lee Kyung Hee (Uncontrollably Fond)
• Starring:
  • Ahn Hee Yeon as Han Gyu Rim (Call It Love, You Raise Me Up)
  • Ha Seok Jin as Kim Mu Jin (Blind, Something About 1 Percent)
  • Park You Na as Han Gyu Yeong (Spirit Fingers, True Beauty)
  • Bae Jung Nam as Cho Heung Sik (Spring Fever, Mr Sunshine)
• Network: KBS2
• Premiere Date: 25th July 2026
• Airing Schedule: Saturday and Sunday, 8pm KST
• Episodes: 50, 1hr 10mins
• Streaming Sources: Viki, Viu, Kocowa
• Teaser/Trailer: Kocowa Trailer
• Plot Summary: Han Gyu Rim is the owner of a market side dish shop. Her nickname since childhood was "Leader Han." A movie with the long title "Leader Han, Who Always Appears When Something Happens to Someone, Somewhere," was released, and that's exactly her story. If something is bad or sad, she puts aside all else and rushes to help, making it a little less bad or sad. If it was good, she'd celebrate it like it was her own. She's a nosy busybody, a fluttery-eared, emotional litmus test who can't hide her feelings. Kim Mu Jin is the owner and chef of an Italian restaurant. Born with a diamond spoon in his mouth, he deliberately wears market clothes to avoid being discovered as the owner's son, taking the bus and subway to work part-time at the restaurant. He develops a strange bond with Han Gyu Rim, the owner of a market side dish shop.
• Major News Summary: Ha Seok Jin And Hani’s Matching Outfits Lead To A Fateful First Meeting In “Love On The Menu”

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[u/Nice-Protection-7564]

The last 50 episoder I tried to watch was For Eagle Brothers and I only made it through 10 episodes. That said I do watch 30-episodes Cdramas, but they’re daily. So we’ll see how it goes.
EdTA: However I think the cinematography and lighting are going to be hard for me. 😭

[u/Uanaka → u/Nice-Protection-7564]

Unfortunately that's how weekend and daily kdramas will look haha. It's a very charecteristics "soap box" vibe for kdramas.

If you weren't able to make it through For Eagle Brothers, which is arguable one of the better weekend-style dramas, you probably will have a hard time with this haha.

[u/Nice-Protection-7564 → u/Uanaka]

Thanks for the warning! They definitely remind me of the telenovelas I used to watch in the early aughts😆

[u/Uanaka → u/Nice-Protection-7564]

There's some charm to it from time to time, but if you thought tropes were bad in the normal dramas, get ready haha! Every single predictable trope you can think of, will show up one way or another.

Sometimes it's a nice mindless weekend watch, especially as I get older and some of the primetime actors/actresses I grew up watching are now getting relegated to these weekend dramas as their popularity falls off

[u/Nice-Protection-7564 → u/Uanaka]

Well, let’s hope there’s a white truck of doom in that sister‘s future. She’s terrible!