| Director: | Park Joon-hwa Im Se-bin Im Young-jin Kim Bo-yeon Seo Min-jung Kim Gye-young Park Min-hyun Choi Min-sun Kim Se-hee |
| Starring: | Lee Soo-kyung Yoon Doo-joon Shim Hyung-tak Yoon So-hee |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Language: | Korean |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 16 |
| Location: | Seoul |
| Company: | CJ E&M |
Let's Eat is a 2013 South Korean television series starring Lee Soo-kyung, Yoon Doo-joon, Shim Hyung-tak and Yoon So-hee.[1] It aired on tvN from November 28, 2013 to March 13, 2014 for 16 episodes. The series is about four single people who are brought together by their love of food.[2]
Four single people, happily divorced paralegal Lee Soo-kyung (Lee Soo-kyung), mysterious gourmand Goo Dae-young (Yoon Doo-joon), design student and former rich girl Yoon Jin-yi (Yoon So-hee), and petty lawyer Kim Hak-moon (Shim Hyung-tak), all enjoy living alone, except for that pesky problem that dining out is not designed for one. At Jin-yi's request, she, Soo-kyung and Dae-young start eating out together and thus get involved in each other's lives.[3] [4] Let's Eat depicts the daily life and romance of a single woman when a murder case occurs in her neighborhood. Lee Soo-Kyung is a 33-year-old single woman. She divorced when she was in her 20's and now lives alone. She always wants to carry herself with dignity, but she loses self-control when she is near gourmet foods. Koo Dae-Young is a gourmet who is especially talented with describing the taste of foods. He often lies when he opens his mouth, but he is usually considerate of others.[5]
A chief secretary at a lawyer's office who craves food and often attempts to always follow the law. She's arrogant, rude, sassy, and tends to be a know-it-all, but she has a kinder side. She begins to show feelings for Dae-young.
The mysterious neighbor who seems to always catch the hearts of young ladies. He seems to be an expert on food, and likes to show it too.
Soo-kyung's boss who acts rude, arrogant, and mean, but actually has an obsessive crush on Soo-kyung.
The new quirky young lady whose parents live in the States. She quickly makes friends with Dae-young.
The drama features eating scenes of the characters who live alone. Park Joon-hwa, producer-director of the drama, said "The drama focuses on building relationships between strangers through having a meal and ultimately relieving their solitude. It portrays the process of how people improve relations via food", and further explained that "Korean dramas have lots of eating scenes in which conflict erupts or settles down".[11]
| Original broadcast date | Title | Average audience share (AGB Nielsen) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | ||||
| 1 | November 28, 2013 | A Declaration of Living Alone | 1.349% | |
| 2 | December 5, 2013 | Getting to Know Your Neighbors | ||
| 3 | December 12, 2013 | I Want to Be Alone. Everybody, Get Out! | 1.135% | |
| 4 | December 19, 2013 | Answer Me, Neighbors | 1.168% | |
| 5 | December 26, 2013 | Worry Over Money, Cry Over Money | 1.237% | |
| 6 | January 2, 2014 | Pride and Prejudice | 1.401% | |
| 7 | January 9, 2014 | Why Life Is Like Eating Dinner Alone | ||
| 8 | January 16, 2014 | Things That You Can See Only When You Quit | 1.316% | |
| 9 | January 23, 2014 | Mamma Mia | 1.364% | |
| 10 | January 30, 2014 | Gourmet Over Flowers | 1.245% | |
| 11 | February 6, 2014 | Everyone Who's Not in Love Now, Is Guilty | 1.221% | |
| 12 | February 13, 2014 | The Taste of Love... Bitter Sweet | 1.121% | |
| 13 | February 20, 2014 | The Man Who Only Looked at Me | 1.366% | |
| 14 | February 27, 2014 | She Has Disappeared | ||
| 15 | March 6, 2014 | Your Silence | 1.175% | |
| 16 | March 13, 2014 | Still... Let's Eat | 1.460% | |
| Average | ||||
A second season titled Let's Eat 2 aired in 2015, but only Yoon Doo-joon reprised his role as Goo Dae-young, who moves to Sejong City and befriends new neighbors played by Seo Hyun-jin and Kwon Yul.[12] [13]
The third season Let's Eat 3 aired in 2018 with Goo Dae-young, in his 30s, revisiting foods he loved in his 20s with former college classmate Lee Ji-woo (Baek Jin-hee) & their memories of the past.