Dating in the Kitchen (2020) [+]
Feb 12 2025
Dating in the Kitchen is a Chinese romance-comedy running 24 45-minute episodes.
Talented but fierce and clumsy sous chef Gu Sheng Nan (Zhao Lu Si) is given the sole job of creating meals for the mysterious guest in room 1134. That person is Lu Jin (Lin Yu Shen), business maven and in line to inherit his mother's conglomerate. Lu Jin is very particular about what food he likes and so far this hotel he's interested in buying has a very pedestrian kitchen staff except for Shengnan.
They don't meet for several episodes except as that clumsy girl who spill stuff on Lu Jin. Then they get to know each other and maybe Lu Jin is falling for Shengnan more than vice versa. Minor complications are Li Man (Li Qian), Lu Jiin's business assistant and hand-picked by mom as a future bride for Lu Jin. Also there is Shengnan's childhood friend Cheng Zi Qian (Fu Jia) who comes in as the hotel's new manager and is determined to make his feelings known to Shengnan.
It's a pleasant series and Zhao Lusi is very charming and I've seen her in starring roles before in Hidden Love (2023) and Who Rules the World (2022). Lin Yu Shen seems ok and I don't think I've seen him before. The last few episodes have a serious subplot where Lu Jin's younger brother Lu Zheng (Yu Xiang) tries to manipulate the two into breaking up to distract Lu Jin and save Lu Zheng's company. Does make the last part of the series less good than the first score of episodes.
Talented but fierce and clumsy sous chef Gu Sheng Nan (Zhao Lu Si) is given the sole job of creating meals for the mysterious guest in room 1134. That person is Lu Jin (Lin Yu Shen), business maven and in line to inherit his mother's conglomerate. Lu Jin is very particular about what food he likes and so far this hotel he's interested in buying has a very pedestrian kitchen staff except for Shengnan.
They don't meet for several episodes except as that clumsy girl who spill stuff on Lu Jin. Then they get to know each other and maybe Lu Jin is falling for Shengnan more than vice versa. Minor complications are Li Man (Li Qian), Lu Jiin's business assistant and hand-picked by mom as a future bride for Lu Jin. Also there is Shengnan's childhood friend Cheng Zi Qian (Fu Jia) who comes in as the hotel's new manager and is determined to make his feelings known to Shengnan.
It's a pleasant series and Zhao Lusi is very charming and I've seen her in starring roles before in Hidden Love (2023) and Who Rules the World (2022). Lin Yu Shen seems ok and I don't think I've seen him before. The last few episodes have a serious subplot where Lu Jin's younger brother Lu Zheng (Yu Xiang) tries to manipulate the two into breaking up to distract Lu Jin and save Lu Zheng's company. Does make the last part of the series less good than the first score of episodes.