Fermat's Cuisine

Found this on Netflix (April 2024). So delicious (pun intended). So many levels of personal development for all the chef-acters, staff, and mentors. Excellent balance revolving the show around the food, talent, techniques, emotions, stress running a top-tier restaurant.

Mesmerized by the plot development throughout all the episodes, some surprises (no spoilers here), intrigue, some jerks (intended). Also in parallel, had to look up separately some of the cooking techniques described and shown. Can't wait to practice, but sure it won't come out as delicious.

Highly recommend tasting (pun intended again) this great series.

Enjoy, eye and mouth palates!

Binge watched all 10 episodes. I honestly don't know why. I guess I got to know the characters, all of them young and beautiful. The main character is a mathematician who gives up because he thinks he's not good enough. He's looking for something else to do trying to hide his change of thought from his supporting father. He meets a mysterious chef and is persuaded to work for him at a great restaurant applying somehow his mathematical skills to creating superior cuisine. And that is what all the 10 episodes are about, creating new and exiting dishes but it seems they're never good enough and therefore ending up in friction between the 2 main characters and the work crew at the restaurant! I will never understand the crazy passion behind these designer dishes that give you a huge plate with little food arranged artistically on the plate. There is a lot of passion here and a lot of talking philosophical and other. The dialogues just seem endless at times and repeating themselves. Besides seeing fancy dishes created there is mostly personal drama and dense interaction between the protagonists. What kept me watching was the actors ability to somehow keep me interested in all this.

It was not nearly as endearing as Tokyo Midnight diner which I sorely miss or even gourmet samurai. Compared to these shows this one is very slow burning and at times tiring in their dialogue! Nevertheless the show kept me watching for the entire 10 episodes so something must have been done right!

Fermat's Cuisine" clearly draws heavy inspiration from Grand Maison Tokyo, another Japanese drama set in the world of fine dining. The themes of ambition, mentorship, and the struggles of building a top-tier restaurant echo strongly, almost to the point of feeling repetitive if you've already seen GMT. While the show has its own moments of charm-particularly in highlighting the mathematical precision behind cooking-it doesn't quite reach the emotional depth, character development, or culinary excitement that made Grand Maison Tokyo so compelling.

If you haven't seen Grand Maison Tokyo, Fermat's Cuisine may feel fresh and engaging, but for those who have, it might come across as a lighter, less impactful retelling. My suggestion: watch Grand Maison Tokyo first, and then check this out if you're curious, but don't expect it to surpass the original inspiration.

Of the Emergency Broadcast System?? Noo! It's a test of My Own data - Conceptual data plus IRL Experience data - in My Own Subconscious Brain. Which makes Kobayashi Yugo an Absolute Visionary IMHO.

The phrase "growing pains" refers to - My guess, here - what happens when My SB acquires New-to-Me Conceptual data that 'changes My Own perspective.' The word that comes to My mind? MindFXXX... but in a Good way, loll.

"Why does Gaku become This Person in the space of 1 year?" Thought-provoking. But only if I set aside My Own Conceptual data for a moment & keep an open mind.[N: "Suspend My Own Disbelief"] And No, it doesn't come naturally for Me: it takes a ton of practicing loll. The Clue is found in Episode 6 FYI: It is here that Gaku suffers a psychotic break IMO.

It's My goal to piece out the Why - the relevance of this visual data, this Story being told to Me right now in this moment - but the reason I am engaged is because there are blanks in this MadLibs... and if there's one thing My SB cannot resist? Is filling in the blanks.

Why does KY give Me the data point of Gaku's Mother's death? Especially since there are no more visuals nor Character discussion about that event? The first time I watched these 10 episodes of Fermat's Cuisine? I totally missed it.

Imma guess the reason Little Gaku is so drawn to mathematics is because it offers Him a mental foundation to stand on, considering the variance in His mental data. [N: Conceptual - I have a Mom & a Dad, and IRL Experience - My Mom is Dead/gone/My Absent Parent] Gaku becomes fully Alive as a chef while creating recipes "with no solution" for the competition.

These 10 episodes fill in the Madlibs blanks. It offers a visual of moving forward through the tunnel (of Hell) and coming out on the other side.

Absolutely VISIONARY.

Scrolling Netflix then I saw new releases, this series 'Fermat's Cuisine' caught my eye. Decided to just watch it and see whats good...

As I started I couldn't stop watching due to the fluid storytelling and soulful characters full of ambition and inspiration. That aside, the dishes they cooked were also mouthwatering and even got me to experiment more cooking at home in my kitchen.

Today I finished it and can wholeheartedly say that it definitely is worth it to finish due to the top notch conclusion which just feels like all the pieces of the puzzle connecting. I felt so satisfied and haven't felt this feeling in a while when finishing a series.