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Yoon Doo-joon courted for Let’s Eat Season 2

by girlfriday

Yaaaaay, that’s what I like to hear! Let’s Eat has been in talks to get a second season on the air this coming year, but until now, it’s been undecided whether it’d be another season with the same characters or a spinoff that remakes the concept with a new cast. But if they’re courting Yoon Doo-joon to come back, at least we know the goal is to continue the story with the original characters. Of course we’ll have to wait for a confirmation and for Lee Soo-kyung to return as well before that goal becomes a reality, but I like where your head’s at, Let’s Eat.

The foodie rom-com that aired from November 2013 to March of this year on tvN is about a quirky group of people who bond over their love of eating, and the cute romance between mania food-lover Lee Soo-kyung and stickler food-devotee Yoon Doo-joon. She’s a divorcee whose main joy in life is to eat delicious things, and has to overcome the petty annoyance of being civil to her neighbors because she can’t stand to eat alone. He’s a purist who runs a food blog and has all these funny rules about food, and in what order you have to eat things so that they’re best enjoyed.

I was surprised to like Yoon Doo-joon in the role as much as I did, but he’s got a good sense for comedy. It’s a hammy role because you have to look into the camera and get all geeky about the food in every episode, but it becomes its own running gag. I like that later Lee Soo-kyung becomes too impatient and hungry to listen to his long-winded intros about proper consumption, and is already stuffing her face by the time he’s done speechifying.

They’re just really cute together too, so I’ll be a happy camper if they can get everyone in the cast to come back for the second season. Well, everyone except for the serial killer, who really should not make a comeback ever. Yoon Doo-joon is considering favorably for now, and Let’s Eat 2 is planning to air on Mondays and Tuesdays in April, following Ho-gu’s Love.

Via Asiae

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1 kanz

December 27, 2014 at 3:08 AM

Gu Dae Young!! Shiksha-nim, please confirm it ASAP okay?
Lee Soo Kyung and Barassi too! :D

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pogo - sailing HMS Queen of Tears and HMS Sailboat Lovely Runner🍉

December 27, 2014 at 11:10 AM

Yes, Barasshi has to come back too!

(PD, please don't even think of pulling a fast one on us by substituting another dog..)

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coffeenlucia

December 27, 2014 at 7:31 PM

Barassi is like, the smartest dog in kdramaland! He certainly played his part well. :)

And Soo Kyung please say yes <3

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2 be

December 27, 2014 at 3:11 AM

Yeayyy 2 episodes per week. It was a pain to only have 1 ep per week. Looking forward to this

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3 lilac

December 27, 2014 at 3:19 AM

As if Season 1 was not bad enough, they want to go for a 2nd helping? They cancel The Three Musketeers and they want to put another season of this drama? Does anyone at TVN looks at the ratings?

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eunchans

December 27, 2014 at 4:52 AM

TTM's ratings weren't alot better than LE's though. Plus another season of LE would be alot cheaper to make.

tvN expected TTM to do alot better ratings-wise considering the supposedly huge amount of money they put into it. They don't want to do more seasons because they don't want to spend more money on a show that isn't as successful as they want it to be. It's the sad truth :/

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Sour Grapes

December 27, 2014 at 11:35 AM

Err, an expensive sageuk vs a modern drama with barely 10 cast members. You do see a difference in terms of production value, right? Dramas are not purely about ratings, they are about making money. There is no place for product placement in The Three Musketeers, while Let's Eat is basically ALL product placement with a lot of fluff in the middle.

And Let's Eat wasn't bad. As you can see plenty of people enjoyed it. Don't underestimate the power of food porn and slice-of-life romance. The Three Musketeers production shot themselves in a foot by dragging out the angst. If there was less angsty Mi Ryung and more hijinks, than maybe that drama would have gotten higher ratings.

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pogo - sailing HMS Queen of Tears and HMS Sailboat Lovely Runner🍉

December 27, 2014 at 12:25 PM

^^ what Sour Grapes above said.

Huge, expensive sageuk vs low-key modern production with no expensive location shoots, small cast and lots of easily-integrated PPL......not that hard to see which one tvN will hand a Season 2 to.

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girlatsea

December 27, 2014 at 1:26 PM

Uh...lol, I happen to have really enjoyed Let's Eat.

You seem a little bitter than The Three Musketeers drama isn't getting a second season...But as others have pointed it out , it's probably much too expensive to produce. TTM probably barely broke even (assuming that it did).

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4 chelsea

December 27, 2014 at 3:23 AM

If they push through with season 2, it better be with doojoon and sookyung. Those two were just a joy to watch!

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kitkat

December 27, 2014 at 12:11 PM

I second that. :) I loved them right away!
there's just one bad (sort of) thing about this show. when you watch people eating, not just eating but eating with gusto you get hungry. ;) when I was watching it, I had tons of tea prepared cause otherwise I would end up eating in the middle of the night.

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5 do-mi

December 27, 2014 at 3:45 AM

Aaah, so happy about this! ^^

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6 nobody

December 27, 2014 at 4:33 AM

I like the show (food dramass are becoming a rarity), and I like the cast. I'm happy to have everyone back.

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7 tara97

December 27, 2014 at 4:42 AM

What about the plot set-up ? I hope they have a solid synopsis to start from ..
I am happy anyway that nowadays we hear a lot of a " second season- talk "

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8 Lixie

December 27, 2014 at 5:02 AM

Yes, please Gu Dae Young come back to tv, bring along all the food gang, and help diminish this astonishing number of boring characters that have shown up lately on dramaland. :)

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9 dfwkimchi

December 27, 2014 at 5:07 AM

Yum-yum!

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10 john

December 27, 2014 at 5:11 AM

Yay ! Hope they can get the rest of the crew too.

I enjoyed seeing Lee Soo-kyung in a comedy. Let's find a love for Attorney Oh.

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nan

December 27, 2014 at 6:21 AM

Yes, bring back all the characters please. I especially loved the Manager dude with his over the top flattery and sucking up.

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11 4D

December 27, 2014 at 5:42 AM

*happy dance*

I was waiting for this!! I wouldn't be nearly as excited with a new cast. I too was not expecting to like him so much (I've seen him fir his music promotions and I pretty much overlook him...), but he was great in this.

2015 is looking good!

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pogo - sailing HMS Queen of Tears and HMS Sailboat Lovely Runner🍉

December 27, 2014 at 11:08 AM

Surprisingly, all 3 of the Beast members I've seen in dramas (Yoon Doo-joon, Yong Junhyung and Lee Ki-kwang) have been pretty good, or at least fitted their roles perfectly.

(and I have Kikwang's drama special Twenty Years Old for sending me down the rabbit hole of listening to their music....which is pretty good, and they can all sing well - a rarity among idol groups)

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4D

December 27, 2014 at 12:46 PM

I'm actually not entirely sure how I ended up listening to Beast because normally I only get to groups because they have members acting....but I don't think I've seen any of them in anything besides Let's Eat. That's encouraging that they're good though! He just always really blended into the background for me in his group, sort of the wallflower for me.

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12 red

December 27, 2014 at 5:52 AM

I can't wait! Let's Eat!

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13 coby

December 27, 2014 at 5:58 AM

I want! I want! I want!

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14 Faye

December 27, 2014 at 5:59 AM

Yay.
Bara-ssi is returning too, right? I enjoyed all the human characters, but I really loved that dog.

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15 fab

December 27, 2014 at 5:59 AM

Another reason to get it out from my evergrowing to-watch-list.

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16 hawoojinruinedme

December 27, 2014 at 6:50 AM

Yay yay yay!

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17 atz

December 27, 2014 at 10:08 AM

doojoon and sookyung should help the poor lawyer to find a girl for him in Season 2. I was actually looting for the lawyer.... yes, his behavior towards the woman was immature but his love is quite sincere....He deserves someone special,,,,

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18 pogo - sailing HMS Queen of Tears and HMS Sailboat Lovely Runner🍉

December 27, 2014 at 11:04 AM

yesssssssssss! Yoon Doo-joon easily joined the "idols who I totally like seeing as actors" list thanks to Let's Eat 1, so hearing that he may be back makes me very happy!

Now get Lee Soo-kyung, Barasshi and Yoon So-hee back, please. I wonder where the story could go since Season 1 seemed very well-wrapped-up, but I love the slice-of-life feel, adorable cast and of course the food.

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19 Chandler

December 27, 2014 at 11:15 AM

YES. YES. I'm so freakin' happy. Please. Now, I'm too far gone in my excitement, guys. He HAS to accept. And so does Lee Soo-kyung and everyone! I'm not sure why they wouldn't when it ended up being such a hit :) Hopefully this season can get Lawyer a girl! Ahhh, now I can't wait.

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20 Sour Grapes

December 27, 2014 at 11:22 AM

Shiksha-nim! I was expecting a completely new set of characters to be honest, with maybe just a cameo from original cast. But since they are courting Yoon Doo-joon I want to see Lee Soo-kyung as well.

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21 pogo - sailing HMS Queen of Tears and HMS Sailboat Lovely Runner🍉

December 27, 2014 at 12:23 PM

P.S. Yoon Doo-joon is ridiculously handsome. Like, stupid-making levels of handsome.

(had to mention it since no one else seems to. Though I admit I could be biased because I liked his acting in LE1 so much)

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blnmom

December 27, 2014 at 12:59 PM

:-)
Can't argue with you there. I'm in the middle of a Let's Eat marathon now (one day of gluttony is better than 16 separate days) and was just laughing at Gu Daeyoung's straight-faced lying abilities and messy room.

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thursdaynexxt

December 27, 2014 at 4:38 PM

Man, yes, his room was messy! I always thought his "bed" looked so uncomfortable, too!

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atz

December 27, 2014 at 1:26 PM

My kids who are half Asian and half American think that he is the most handsome among Beast members. He looks somehow similar to kang seo joon( with a certain angle) but Yoon Doo Joon looks more manly with darker skin tone.

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girlatsea

December 27, 2014 at 1:30 PM

Do you mean Seo Kang-joon? ^^ I hadn't thought of that but they do have a likeness in their facial features.

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atz

December 28, 2014 at 12:36 AM

Sorry it is Seo Kang Joon. I do watch many Kdrama but I hardly can remember actors' names,,, My apologies. When the music video of Beast has some scenes with soft focus effects, Yoon Doo Joon appears to look like Seo Kang Joon.

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Liu

December 27, 2014 at 2:30 PM

Ridiculously handsome. I developed quite the crush on him

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hawoojinruinedme

December 28, 2014 at 1:54 AM

He is ridiculously, ridiculously, ridiculously handsome. A work of art, this guy is. Had the privilege to meet him and his Beast co-members in one of their stints here in the country back in 2012. I was so close to them, like in I-can-attack-him-with-a-bear-hug-or-MORE- distance, and I would have done so if not for the bouncers flanking each member. Stupid bouncers.

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DongniPongni

December 29, 2014 at 11:34 AM

Totally agree. Yoon Doojoon is fine, like crazy handsome. I've watched a lot of his stages and variety shows (i'm a huge BEAST fan) and his oozing charisma and humor make him all the more attractive!

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22 soprection

December 27, 2014 at 12:28 PM

Whoo, if he accepts, that's great news! I'm SO, so happy they're making a second season of this show. I still miss it and I haven't been able to get into any new dramas lately - but this at least gives me something to look forward to.

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23 girlatsea

December 27, 2014 at 1:28 PM

Hope he accepts! No reason not to, right? Loved the cast of the first season, hope they all choose to do it.

Which reminds me, I'm due for a rewatch of the first season ^^

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24 cupkate

December 27, 2014 at 1:43 PM

omg so excited for this..im really glad they will be airing it for 2 episodes per week ..and i will be very excited if lee soo kyung will confirm and yoon doo-joon as well

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25 vanillasalt

December 27, 2014 at 1:51 PM

I hope Barasshi comes back for season 2

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26 Sam

December 27, 2014 at 2:44 PM

Yesssssss!!!
I am praying that this works out and we get all of the original cast back. Doojoon should hopefully be free because I very much doubt BEAST will be promoting then.
Getting so excited! :D

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27 Mar

December 27, 2014 at 3:24 PM

This is hopeful news. While we all know it's difficult to duplicate magic, but I hope a 2nd go will be as fun as the first. one of my favorite dramas of 2014. Totally happy making.

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mymocha

December 27, 2014 at 5:11 PM

AGREE~~~ one of my fav top dramas this past year and I am VERY picky....i was so sad when it ended (had one of those abrupt endings). yay for 2nd season. love how laid back, quirky, funny romance, and mini murder story went in 1st season....very curious to see what 2nd season will be like. hope the female lead will be back too

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28 Tara S

December 27, 2014 at 3:57 PM

This was one of my favorite dramas. I am super excited!!!

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29 Adal

December 27, 2014 at 4:46 PM

Hope he signs on for this. He's the one person to make or break this drama for me. Honestly, he's the one person I really remember from watching the drama eons ago.

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30 Thandy

December 27, 2014 at 6:51 PM

YAY , this is great news. I want 'em back for season 2.

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31 MissA

December 28, 2014 at 2:40 AM

Plis bring the same Barassi in season2 :D :D

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32 blo

December 28, 2014 at 5:06 AM

I'd forgotten about this drama but it was one of the few this year that I thoroughly enjoyed, despite its very simple story line. It was quirky, cute and funny...but also had a touch of sweetness without becoming too melodramatic. And Yoon Doo Joon was quite the surprise! I think I would only watch a second season with him in it. Who knows though.

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33 Enz

December 28, 2014 at 7:58 AM

This was one drama that I really looked forward to every week and would watch with a silly grin on my face. Please come back do joonnieeee and drama, be good!!,

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34 siksyanim fan

December 28, 2014 at 8:24 AM

oppa jjang jjang man, accept this and confirm it soon jebaal !!!

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35 piggy68gal

December 28, 2014 at 9:18 PM

I loved Let's Eat so much, so I'm really happy about this news! Hoping that the rest of the cast returns, because the cast chemistry was one of my favourite things about the drama :•)