Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaHuo Ting En, a Cordon Bleu head chef at La Mure finds his path crossed with Wei Fen Qing a meager chef at a night market when netizens claim her dishes to be at par with Ting En's cooking.Huo Ting En, a Cordon Bleu head chef at La Mure finds his path crossed with Wei Fen Qing a meager chef at a night market when netizens claim her dishes to be at par with Ting En's cooking.Huo Ting En, a Cordon Bleu head chef at La Mure finds his path crossed with Wei Fen Qing a meager chef at a night market when netizens claim her dishes to be at par with Ting En's cooking.
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The Perfect Match is the first Taiwanese drama I finished on Netflix (and finished quickly because it is enjoyable to watch). A love-romance comedy crossing a high-end restaurant chef and a girl selling curry at the night market.
As a foodie myself, I was drawn initially to the food (the Taiwan night market is already unique by itself), but I enjoyed the plot that is executed at a good pace and at the right level of details that goes into ingredients and running of a restaurant. Conflicts within the riches' families do not make much sense to me other than as comedies, but unlike most Japanese dramas that may build multiple arcs but only finishes the main one, The Perfect Match did the few well justice.
Romance dramas are usually filled with beautiful actors and actresses and this is no exception. Lead actor Wu Kang-jen is seasoned and lead actress Ivy Shao was having a break-thru year in her acting (and singing) from her first major role the year before (Back to 1989). You will fall in-love with her by the end of the drama.
As a foodie myself, I was drawn initially to the food (the Taiwan night market is already unique by itself), but I enjoyed the plot that is executed at a good pace and at the right level of details that goes into ingredients and running of a restaurant. Conflicts within the riches' families do not make much sense to me other than as comedies, but unlike most Japanese dramas that may build multiple arcs but only finishes the main one, The Perfect Match did the few well justice.
Romance dramas are usually filled with beautiful actors and actresses and this is no exception. Lead actor Wu Kang-jen is seasoned and lead actress Ivy Shao was having a break-thru year in her acting (and singing) from her first major role the year before (Back to 1989). You will fall in-love with her by the end of the drama.
So a top level high society Chef just happens to be wandering around a night market and samples the cuisine of a female cook who is using his name to draw attention.
In the real world his lawyers would have been first on the scene and demanded they remove his name from their advertising on pain of prosecution.
But no - that would have obviated the chance for them to fall in love.
And this is where the elephant in the room lumbers in.
The girl he is attracted sexually to is the living image of his dead sister - she even has her mannerisms.
Distasteful? Much?
Why wouldn't the writers make her the image of his ex girlfriend or his high school first love?
The usual tropes apply - enemies to lovers - disapproving dominant parents - the jealous third parties etc ad nauseam.
And I haven't even mentioned the bizarre dance routine at the beginning of this series.
I wasn't impressed by the looks or the acting of the entire cast - a definite miss for me.
In the real world his lawyers would have been first on the scene and demanded they remove his name from their advertising on pain of prosecution.
But no - that would have obviated the chance for them to fall in love.
And this is where the elephant in the room lumbers in.
The girl he is attracted sexually to is the living image of his dead sister - she even has her mannerisms.
Distasteful? Much?
Why wouldn't the writers make her the image of his ex girlfriend or his high school first love?
The usual tropes apply - enemies to lovers - disapproving dominant parents - the jealous third parties etc ad nauseam.
And I haven't even mentioned the bizarre dance routine at the beginning of this series.
I wasn't impressed by the looks or the acting of the entire cast - a definite miss for me.
This is the best Twromance I've seen... for 17 eps. If they had stopped at ep9 my rating would've been an 8. But they kept going, & the souffle flopped. Other TwDramas have issues, but for every bad element there's usually 2 good. Most of them, tbh, I wouldn't watch when the 20 & 30 somethings in the house might be walking by. I always get an eye roll or a snarky comment about the men's over-gelled hair. The hard-to-please denizens of my h/h have watched some Kdramas & liked them, but I'm careful about what I suggest - It's got to be a slam dunk. Taiwan hasn't given me any slam dunks. The kiss in ep9 is one of the best onscreen kisses I've seen, though. Top 10? Probably. That kiss, & their acting are so SO good that it's all too good. It's downright suspicious. I looked up their bios, & yep, they are an item IRL. So let's give 'em some points for authenticity!
TPM has a weak premise but the poor writing doesn't take a serious toll until ep17. Ivy Shao plays Q. She's simply darling in Back to 1989-7.1. In the opening of TPM she plays a tough girl & it's not convincing. She's more like the tough girls from Grease, but she's still cute. After a couple episodes, she settles into the role. Wu Kang Ren is "A curry made w/out sincerity will never taste good," "Huo" Ting En. He's a chef & runs his family's restaurant. His aid, Bin, frantically tells him a critic has been seated (😨!), but dude couldn't care less. Everyone gets the same food, because his food is for everyone, not just critics.
Still, why would he give "Q" (Wei Fen Qing), a street vendor who sells poor imitations of his scrumptious shrimp curry, a taste, or even the time of day?
Day1: He goes to her place demanding she stop using his name to promote her food stand.
Day2: She's at HIS place (Michelin rated "La Mure") throwing down a challenge. Why would Huo accept? She reminds him of his sister. Every action & inaction in which he partook, regarding his sister, culminated in tragedy. This girl feels a bit like a redo. Not long into their contest, Q realizes she doesn't have the knowledge or the skills to compete w/ Huo. She demands he train her for a week! Then she can beat him, she's certain. He weirdly agrees to it.
Day3: The richest man in Taiwan booked La Mure for his anniversary. He longs for the food they had at their wedding banquet. The kitchen staff is in a panic trying to find recipes or even menus from that wedding restaurant〰〰> Well, don't-cha-know, Q's father was the chef who made that dish! She has menus, records, recipes, & her memory. The night is a success.
While this is going on, Huo might be starting something up w/ a sexy food critic. She's hard to please, but Meng Ruxi is pleased w/ Huo. Another player is Huo's step-brother, Zhi, whose father took Huo's mom as a mistress even though she already had 2 kids. Zhi's under constant pressure from his mother to compete w/ Huo. Grandma is the coolest person in the show. She loves all her grandchildren the same, whether they're related by blood or not.
Things heat up quickly between these 2, like charcoal & lighter fluid. Part of heating up is becoming heated. Huo pulls stunts that drive her crazy, & Q's often heated around him. One thing's obvious: They don't notice anyone else in the room when they are w/in 100 feet of e/o.
One person who doesn't catch the vibe is Ruxi. She thinks she's found her life's mate, & she's used to getting what she wants. Meng "Aron" Wei is also looking on w/ anxiety. He works w/ Q slinging curry shrimp burgers. He lives over her place, too. He's had a "thing" for Q forever, but he's been coasting. Now, here comes the 'football captain' swooping in to steal his girl. Huo has success, prestige, money, influence & power.
Things go en🔥fuego when Huo's family gets involved. His mother was responsible for his first meet-up w/ Ruxi, & she's determined to make Ruxi Huo's bride. Then his brother, believing he needs a push, sends Ruxi flowers under Hou's name.
Day4: Big fight. Q's gonna quit. They spend time separately emoting over it. He can't stop checking his phone - he can't believe she hasn't called to apologize! She pigs out on junk food. Aron is elated.
Day5: He's taking her to a wine & cheese soiree & has her professionally dolled up for the evening out. She looks ✨. She needs alittle extra coaching to walk in heels for the first time. Is friend has them waltz the afternoon away 😍.
All that happened at the party was that Q detected one of the dishes was bad, so the birthday boy (President Wang) asks her, w/ her superior taste buds, to go in the kitchen & make another dish to go w/ the wine! At that point, he wasn't extremely pleased. She whipped up some pepper basil chicken nuggets that knock his wig off. As if that wasn't enough, she later led the whole room in dancing. Everybody had a blast, so e'erbody congratulated her by handing her a drink. Huo had to step in & drink for her. The whole episode is pure escapist fun, and ~>>>
Boy, did they get sloshed.
They woke up in his bed. She's in his boxers. He had her hairband on. They try to piece together what happened. President Wang had given them a bottle Dom P as a 'thank you' gift for a great night. Huo gave up talking about how wonderful it is w/ caviar & just took her back to his place so she could try it. (So, the "little sister complex" didn't last very long). He tells her that she's a food genius, a one per century talent. Time to flip him over. He's almost charred on one side.
Day6: Her brother is making big life mistakes & has her very upset. She ruins the curry. Bin tries to get Huo to admit that he's interested in Q.
Day7: On the seventh Day, the chef did not rest; he confessed. He confesses by way of a taste test! Q has bowls #1-10 of ingredients & 5 bowls of varied combinations. She must decipher what #spices are in each bowl by number. Per an AI search, "the provided numerical codes are a form of "homophone slang" from Taiwan, where numbers are used to represent words. Many thanks to juliaandtania for the concise summary: What Q "finds when she tastes each of the combinations are messages of love & affection:
5, 2, 0 - I love you.
3, 2, 0, 6, 9 - I want to love you forever.
2, 6, 0 - Secretly in love w/ you.
3, 7, 0 - I want to kiss you.
7, 8, 9, 5 - Hug me.
.. The first grouping, 5, 2, 0, is a group Huo likes very much. 3, 2, 0, 6, 9 is good to use... 2, 6, 0 is the combination used in her curry shrimp mini burger. Huo tells Q he thought she would get this grouping wrong... With the secret love messages on her mind, Q had been holding herself together up to this point. She loses her ability to take more of Huo's secret messages w/ the last two groupings. She leaves before Huo Ting En finishes giving any sort of explanation about them b/c she hears him say he wasn't sure whether to use 3, 7, 0 (I want to kiss you) first or 7, 8, 9, 5 (hug me) first & had asked Q which one she liked"
Day8: killer first kiss. She passed her training. She's leaving, so at the after party he was drinking. He confessed to her & smacked a doozie on her.
Day9: The week's agreement is over. He doesn't think it's right to try & bring her into his world like the Professor did to Eliza in My Fair Lady. His declaration of love shocked Q. She attributes it to his drinking & doesn't treat it seriously... but she can't stop thinking about it ~ or that kiss, but she's still determined to make her own path.
It isn't long before Huo needs help. The entire kitchen staff has food poisoning. The banquet is tonight. Q comes back. Huo gets wind that his mother & Ruxi's father plan to announce their "engagement" after the banquet, to effectively trap him. When they say Huo's engaged, Huo grabs Q's hand, raises it up, & announces to the world that his fiance is "right here", & the whole room goes silent.
It isn't long before he succumbs to exhaustion (he probably had a touch of the food poisoning). Huo collapses that very night & lands in the hospital. Q is herded there w/ the whole family. Since she's the fiance, they decide to leave her there to take care of him.
Day10: Huo can be discharged, but his family wants him to move back home so that they can nurse him back to health. They tell Q to move in as well. It's her job to take care of him. She panics at first, but then she agrees to it, thinking: 'They'll never convince my mom! I can be agreeable b/c my mom is going to put a stop to this!' When she gets home, her mom has her bags packed already. "Make sure you watch your temper around Hou's family." Uht-ooohhh. Q is trapped. Caged. Bamboozled! And engaged.
"I want you to succeed," swears Huo. Yup, that might be the most romantic thing he's said.
The rest of it is Aron fighting for Q's love & Ruxi fights for Huo's affections. An adorable secondary couple pops up, there's a flurry of curries, evil aunts & evil mother i/ls, doting grandmothers, acerbic employees, & malicious chefs.
After Day10, things get goofy, goofier, & finally intolerable. She doubts him, but it's really herself that she doubts. The Huo family moms do everything they can to exert control while refusing to see how much they're crushing their sons. Huo's mom is openly detestable towards Q. The plot gets too silly after the fake engagement - sure it was silly the whole time, but it was working - until it didn't. The corporate maneuverings are nearly insulting in their rank stupidity, in fact, the more I think about the drop off & quality, the more irritated I get. They showed us what they could & then wrapped it up so poorly that it felt disrespectful.
While viewers & critics may never agree about the merits of TPM, we can all agree that we never run out of obstacles in this life. Good food will fuel our energy to overcome the odds.
IMHO〰🖍
📣5.5 📝5 🎭7.5 💓6.5 🦋7 🎨7 🎵/🔊7 🔚 🤗3 ▪ 🌞5 ⚡3.5 😅3 😭3 😱1 😯2 🤢2 🤔2 💤3.5.
TPM has a weak premise but the poor writing doesn't take a serious toll until ep17. Ivy Shao plays Q. She's simply darling in Back to 1989-7.1. In the opening of TPM she plays a tough girl & it's not convincing. She's more like the tough girls from Grease, but she's still cute. After a couple episodes, she settles into the role. Wu Kang Ren is "A curry made w/out sincerity will never taste good," "Huo" Ting En. He's a chef & runs his family's restaurant. His aid, Bin, frantically tells him a critic has been seated (😨!), but dude couldn't care less. Everyone gets the same food, because his food is for everyone, not just critics.
Still, why would he give "Q" (Wei Fen Qing), a street vendor who sells poor imitations of his scrumptious shrimp curry, a taste, or even the time of day?
Day1: He goes to her place demanding she stop using his name to promote her food stand.
Day2: She's at HIS place (Michelin rated "La Mure") throwing down a challenge. Why would Huo accept? She reminds him of his sister. Every action & inaction in which he partook, regarding his sister, culminated in tragedy. This girl feels a bit like a redo. Not long into their contest, Q realizes she doesn't have the knowledge or the skills to compete w/ Huo. She demands he train her for a week! Then she can beat him, she's certain. He weirdly agrees to it.
Day3: The richest man in Taiwan booked La Mure for his anniversary. He longs for the food they had at their wedding banquet. The kitchen staff is in a panic trying to find recipes or even menus from that wedding restaurant〰〰> Well, don't-cha-know, Q's father was the chef who made that dish! She has menus, records, recipes, & her memory. The night is a success.
While this is going on, Huo might be starting something up w/ a sexy food critic. She's hard to please, but Meng Ruxi is pleased w/ Huo. Another player is Huo's step-brother, Zhi, whose father took Huo's mom as a mistress even though she already had 2 kids. Zhi's under constant pressure from his mother to compete w/ Huo. Grandma is the coolest person in the show. She loves all her grandchildren the same, whether they're related by blood or not.
Things heat up quickly between these 2, like charcoal & lighter fluid. Part of heating up is becoming heated. Huo pulls stunts that drive her crazy, & Q's often heated around him. One thing's obvious: They don't notice anyone else in the room when they are w/in 100 feet of e/o.
One person who doesn't catch the vibe is Ruxi. She thinks she's found her life's mate, & she's used to getting what she wants. Meng "Aron" Wei is also looking on w/ anxiety. He works w/ Q slinging curry shrimp burgers. He lives over her place, too. He's had a "thing" for Q forever, but he's been coasting. Now, here comes the 'football captain' swooping in to steal his girl. Huo has success, prestige, money, influence & power.
Things go en🔥fuego when Huo's family gets involved. His mother was responsible for his first meet-up w/ Ruxi, & she's determined to make Ruxi Huo's bride. Then his brother, believing he needs a push, sends Ruxi flowers under Hou's name.
Day4: Big fight. Q's gonna quit. They spend time separately emoting over it. He can't stop checking his phone - he can't believe she hasn't called to apologize! She pigs out on junk food. Aron is elated.
Day5: He's taking her to a wine & cheese soiree & has her professionally dolled up for the evening out. She looks ✨. She needs alittle extra coaching to walk in heels for the first time. Is friend has them waltz the afternoon away 😍.
All that happened at the party was that Q detected one of the dishes was bad, so the birthday boy (President Wang) asks her, w/ her superior taste buds, to go in the kitchen & make another dish to go w/ the wine! At that point, he wasn't extremely pleased. She whipped up some pepper basil chicken nuggets that knock his wig off. As if that wasn't enough, she later led the whole room in dancing. Everybody had a blast, so e'erbody congratulated her by handing her a drink. Huo had to step in & drink for her. The whole episode is pure escapist fun, and ~>>>
Boy, did they get sloshed.
They woke up in his bed. She's in his boxers. He had her hairband on. They try to piece together what happened. President Wang had given them a bottle Dom P as a 'thank you' gift for a great night. Huo gave up talking about how wonderful it is w/ caviar & just took her back to his place so she could try it. (So, the "little sister complex" didn't last very long). He tells her that she's a food genius, a one per century talent. Time to flip him over. He's almost charred on one side.
Day6: Her brother is making big life mistakes & has her very upset. She ruins the curry. Bin tries to get Huo to admit that he's interested in Q.
Day7: On the seventh Day, the chef did not rest; he confessed. He confesses by way of a taste test! Q has bowls #1-10 of ingredients & 5 bowls of varied combinations. She must decipher what #spices are in each bowl by number. Per an AI search, "the provided numerical codes are a form of "homophone slang" from Taiwan, where numbers are used to represent words. Many thanks to juliaandtania for the concise summary: What Q "finds when she tastes each of the combinations are messages of love & affection:
5, 2, 0 - I love you.
3, 2, 0, 6, 9 - I want to love you forever.
2, 6, 0 - Secretly in love w/ you.
3, 7, 0 - I want to kiss you.
7, 8, 9, 5 - Hug me.
.. The first grouping, 5, 2, 0, is a group Huo likes very much. 3, 2, 0, 6, 9 is good to use... 2, 6, 0 is the combination used in her curry shrimp mini burger. Huo tells Q he thought she would get this grouping wrong... With the secret love messages on her mind, Q had been holding herself together up to this point. She loses her ability to take more of Huo's secret messages w/ the last two groupings. She leaves before Huo Ting En finishes giving any sort of explanation about them b/c she hears him say he wasn't sure whether to use 3, 7, 0 (I want to kiss you) first or 7, 8, 9, 5 (hug me) first & had asked Q which one she liked"
Day8: killer first kiss. She passed her training. She's leaving, so at the after party he was drinking. He confessed to her & smacked a doozie on her.
Day9: The week's agreement is over. He doesn't think it's right to try & bring her into his world like the Professor did to Eliza in My Fair Lady. His declaration of love shocked Q. She attributes it to his drinking & doesn't treat it seriously... but she can't stop thinking about it ~ or that kiss, but she's still determined to make her own path.
It isn't long before Huo needs help. The entire kitchen staff has food poisoning. The banquet is tonight. Q comes back. Huo gets wind that his mother & Ruxi's father plan to announce their "engagement" after the banquet, to effectively trap him. When they say Huo's engaged, Huo grabs Q's hand, raises it up, & announces to the world that his fiance is "right here", & the whole room goes silent.
It isn't long before he succumbs to exhaustion (he probably had a touch of the food poisoning). Huo collapses that very night & lands in the hospital. Q is herded there w/ the whole family. Since she's the fiance, they decide to leave her there to take care of him.
Day10: Huo can be discharged, but his family wants him to move back home so that they can nurse him back to health. They tell Q to move in as well. It's her job to take care of him. She panics at first, but then she agrees to it, thinking: 'They'll never convince my mom! I can be agreeable b/c my mom is going to put a stop to this!' When she gets home, her mom has her bags packed already. "Make sure you watch your temper around Hou's family." Uht-ooohhh. Q is trapped. Caged. Bamboozled! And engaged.
"I want you to succeed," swears Huo. Yup, that might be the most romantic thing he's said.
The rest of it is Aron fighting for Q's love & Ruxi fights for Huo's affections. An adorable secondary couple pops up, there's a flurry of curries, evil aunts & evil mother i/ls, doting grandmothers, acerbic employees, & malicious chefs.
After Day10, things get goofy, goofier, & finally intolerable. She doubts him, but it's really herself that she doubts. The Huo family moms do everything they can to exert control while refusing to see how much they're crushing their sons. Huo's mom is openly detestable towards Q. The plot gets too silly after the fake engagement - sure it was silly the whole time, but it was working - until it didn't. The corporate maneuverings are nearly insulting in their rank stupidity, in fact, the more I think about the drop off & quality, the more irritated I get. They showed us what they could & then wrapped it up so poorly that it felt disrespectful.
While viewers & critics may never agree about the merits of TPM, we can all agree that we never run out of obstacles in this life. Good food will fuel our energy to overcome the odds.
IMHO〰🖍
📣5.5 📝5 🎭7.5 💓6.5 🦋7 🎨7 🎵/🔊7 🔚 🤗3 ▪ 🌞5 ⚡3.5 😅3 😭3 😱1 😯2 🤢2 🤔2 💤3.5.
Great plot, acting, cooking scenes and scenery! Enjoyed this show very much. It is a little on the long side and I found myself skipping flashbacks but it's still good and well worth watching! Also very pleased with the ending, although I wish it could've last longer like more detailed of everyone's happy endings.
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