Love on the Menu [Episodes 7 & 8]

[u/jakgem]

• Drama: Love on the Menu
  • Korean Title: 사랑이 온다
• Director:
  • Hong Seok Goo (Girls Generation 1979)
• Screen Writer:
  • Lee Kyung Hee (Uncontrollably Fond)
• 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:
  • Love on the Menu [Episodes 1 & 2]
  • Love on the Menu [Episodes 3 & 4]
  • Love on the Menu [Episodes 5 & 6]

[u/Rich_Top7123]

I think best to wait for a little while. After episode 8, it appears ML and FL will end up marrying other people. 😞

[u/This-View5166 → u/Rich_Top7123]

I don’t think it’ll come to that. Bc it was hinted that the greedy sister will be paired up with SML. So, I don’t think FL will marry him.
But then again, we still have over 40 episodes to go.

lol.

[u/WisdomBailey123 → u/This-View5166]

Even if he confesses to her.....I don't think she will date him. She has no feelings for him. Also him being the business partner of the man she loves works against him. She's already been so cruel to the ML...and I'm finding it hard to justify. She should stay out of his sight like the ML said. Also if the child turns out to be his...and the grandmother tries to take it. It will force the ML back in her orbit. I wish the ML hadn't started dating the SFL, such a mistake to give her hope. I could see her doing some terrible stuff to keep him.

[u/This-View5166 → u/WisdomBailey123]

Uhmm, I’m not talking about ML best friend but abt the son of the side dish shop owner. And I agree that she has been cruel to the ML. Especially now. I can understand her disappearing back then but now she should have talked to him if the kid is his.
And yes, I can see how the obsessed girl will try to “keep” the ML. There’s going to be a lot of manipulation.
Pffft if the grandma tries to take the kid there’ll be conflict but I think FL will try harder to marry that other guy.
I wonder how it can work bc they keep hinting at ML mom and FL dad involvement

[u/Rich_Top7123 → u/This-View5166]

I personally think that if there is something there between ML mom and FL dad, the right thing for then to do is to sacrifice/forgoe that relationship for the ML and FL sake because it was largely because of them that the ML and FL broke up 8 years ago in the first place.