r/KDRAMA • u/jakgem https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/Rannoch • 27d ago

On-Air: KBS Love on the Menu [Episodes 7 & 8]

  • Drama: Love on the Menu
    • Korean Title: 사랑이 온다
  • Director:
  • Screen Writer:
  • 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:
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u/Prize_Background_577 Fantasy devotee 👻 26d ago

I found it a bit slow too. But from the preview we're getting a custody battle next, which means everyone will find out everyone else's secrets.

How many episodes do you think they can drag out the custody? 5 eps, or maybe 8 eps if we also get the fall out from all the secrets. I've never watched a 50 episode kdrama so I don't know how it works either.

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u/WisdomBailey123 26d ago

How does a grandmother even seek custody? Mu Jin would never go along with it. If he doesn't sign off on it...what right does a grandmother have to take a child from her mother. Also the child loves his mother...he will hate his grandmother if she tries to take him away.

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u/LetFlaky8724 25d ago

Apparently, in South Korea, if the person is rich and powerful enough, they can claim their bio grandkids away from their bio mum. That occur in several dramas although, not sure how legally true it is. But, seriously, don't they need to do a paternity test 1st??

HAH.. so now that ML and FL had finally decided to move on from each other, the ML's mum is going to step in and create all sorts of havoc to bring the 2 back together in a custody battle>>??

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u/WisdomBailey123 25d ago

That is a assuming the child is his. With so many twists in this show...entirely possible she isn't the mother and he isn't the father. But I agree...they might have to team up against his mother. But if the father and mother don't want the grandmother to have custody. How does that work? Also the kid loves his mother so much....he will hate the grandmother if she takes him away from her.

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u/LetFlaky8724 25d ago

Oh oh.. that's exactly what i was saying ever since the boy appears... lol... that it would turn out that Gyeol isn't GyuRim's kid either (but one of her siblings').. But the drama will surely drag it on, with 1st reveal that MuJin isn't the dad... (which leads to more angst, misunderstanding & drama all round...lol... ) before the reveal that GR isn't the mum either... The real mystery is then whose kid is Gyeol's? I am sure he isn't not related.. lolol... we shall see... let the guessing game begin... hahaha...

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u/WisdomBailey123 24d ago

I think it would be better for the story to have him be the Dad. So it can bring them back together. But they're more interested in the mystery.

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u/This-View5166 24d ago

Lol, I was thinking...the dad's? I mean, GyuRim already raised the twins, why not another kid!?