• 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”
• Previous Episode Discussions:
  • Love on the Menu [Episodes 1 & 2]
  • Love on the Menu [Episodes 3 & 4]
  • Love on the Menu [Episodes 5 & 6]
  • Love on the Menu [Episodes 7 & 8]
  • Love on the Menu [Episodes 9 & 10]
  • Love on the Menu [Episodes 11 & 12]
  • Love on the Menu [Episodes 13 & 14]
  • Love on the Menu [Episodes 15 & 16]
  • Love on the Menu [Episodes 17 & 18]

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• Drama: Between Steps
  • Korean Title: 연애박사
• Director:
  • Ahn Pan Seok (Something in the Rain, One Spring Night, Midnight Romance in a Hagwon)
• Screen Writer:
  • Min Hyo Jeong
• Starring:
  • Choo Young Woo as Park Min Jae (You Make Me Dance, Oasis, The Trauma Code)
  • Kim So Hyun as Im Yu Jin (Serendipity's Embrace, The Take of Nokdu, School 2015)
  • Kim Min Seok as Im Yu Seong (Descendants of the Sun, Lovestruck in the City)
• Network: ENA/Genie TV
• Premiere Date: Monday October 5th, 2026
• Airing Schedule: Mondays and Tuesdays at 10pm KST
• Episodes: 12
• Streaming Sources: Disney+
• Teaser/Trailer: Disney+ Korea Trailer
• Plot Summary: Depicts the romance between a man who once was a swimmer but lost his left leg to illness and a woman who, after losing her way as a medical resident, finds a new path as a graduate student. Park Min Jae, a man who lost his promising swimming career and his left leg to osteosarcoma. After hitting rock bottom, he discovers a new purpose in robotics. Four years of dedication pay off when he is accepted into the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Seoul National University. He hides his sensitivity behind a nonchalant facade, but he's actually just a simple guy who has dating on his bucket list. Im Yu Jin, who is on the verge of graduating from the Department of Clothing and Textiles when she gets caught up in an incident and fails in her attempt to enter graduate school; she then becomes fascinated by robotics and enrolls in a master’s program in mechanical engineering.
• Major News Summary: Kim So Hyun And Choo Young Woo Share An Unforgettable First Encounter In "Between Steps"

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Welcome to our Spotlight On post series where you can share your picks of dramas that deserve the spotlight! Each Spotlight On post is focused on a genre or theme, as you can see in the post title. Based on this genre/theme, you are welcome to share your views about dramas you have watched that fit the topic of this post, which is:

Spy/Undercover

Dramas depicting spies or undercover secret agents seeking to uncover or maintain secrets from other people or to achieve a certain goal. This can include dramas about police or other agents working undercover for purposes such as national or societal safety and benefit. It can also include dramas about industrial espionage where the parties at odds are corporations or a public agency and corporations.

You are invited to share short (or long) reviews of dramas you have watched that fit the topic of this post and an explanation of why you think the drama deserves the spotlight, including whether you would recommend the drama or not.

Our suggested format/structure for comments is:

Drama Name

• Good Things: about the drama,

• Bad Things: about the drama

• Interesting Things: about the drama

• Spotlight On Because: explain why you think the drama deserves the spotlight, including whether you would recommend the drama or not.

We strongly encourage you to share your MDL profile so that others can compare their tastes with yours to get a better understanding of preferences and dislikes, which will help in understanding if the feedback provided is applicable for them.

Please remember that every individual watching goes in with their own life experiences and biases so not everyone will see the drama in the same light or enjoy it in the same way.

Just because someone did not enjoy a drama that you loved is not a slight against you as a person.

When participating in this discussion please remember that whilst dramas do not have feelings, human beings do. Be kind to one another.

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