Hum.. I'm super happy for Kim Hye-Yoon, she's a great actress and she was lovely in the sageuk parts in EY.

For Taecyeon... He's not the best actor (I still laugh when I think about the BTS where the PD couldn't make him fall at the good place and in the good position), sageuk will be a challenge...

So the Secret Royal Investigator is the new trend?

The plot sounds interesting. I guess I'll wait for when the promotional material starts being released.

I hope it's a lighthearted sageuk a la 100 Days My Prince.

Why does this sound so much like me at work? lol ---> He clocks in/out exactly on time and makes sure to take full advantage of his break times so that he can eat dumplings and savor every minute lounging around at home.

They keep putting this poor actress with giants. At least put her with someone close to her height. Kim Hye Yoon is a delightful actress, as for Taecyeon, it is always nice to see his face.

Weird pairing but I like them both individually!

So the super-fit government official loves eating and lounging all the time....sure.....What the heck is in those dumplings?

*writhing in pain*
"sometime in the Joseon period"
"clocks in/out exactly on time"
"dreams to start her life anew after divorce"

Why is this a sageuk and not just an office drama? I'd watch that and just put my historian lenses away.

OK, sounds good.

I like the casting (Taec is back so soon after Vincenzo!) and I appreciate that it’s a sageuk comedy, but that writer makes me extremely nervous.

Hmmm I'm not sure about this writer...

I like Taecyeon but I never thought he was good at playing a serious deep role but for some reason, his roles are often too serious.
He seems like a super nice cheerful guy in real life, I'd like to see him playing a nice regular guy for once.
(I liked him in Bring it on Ghost)
I think comedy will be good for him but sageuk might be a challenge?

Divorce in the Joseon era and Taec in Hanbok?
Brain does not compute

Awww..i was hooked as I read dumpling store and then imagined him being Dae Jang Geum...but then it became royal investigator ☹...continue reading and he's like Hotaru from Hotaru no Hikari. Hahaha

Both ML and FL characters sound quirky. Bring on the dumpling eating show! I hope he makes different version of dumplings in each ep. Tbh, when I read dumpling and drama together I remember Kim Woo Bin in Heirs. I can't recall if he made dumplings or his hair looked like a dumpling 😅

Taec & food sounds about right but Taec, food & trying to do minimal work is spot-on perfect 😆

Sounds like a comedy. Anyway the male lead's life experience is almost exactly the same as mine, except that I chose the path myself because I'm not rich enough to just sit down and collect rent.

I could use some dumpling p o r n... or may be Let’s Eat Joseon Edition.

I feel so bad for Jo Byung-gyu! Those nasty, false rumors have dented his career. I hope he comes back stronger!
P.S. Had he gotten this role, it would've been such a cute reunion with Hye-yoon.

I love Sageuk and this one sounds most entertaining. From the description, I am unable to see it as anything but a comedy, it am willing to be proved wrong. Having watched Vincenzo (who hasn’t?), seeing Taecyeon as a “good “ person might be hard to do especially as he was SO good at being bad and manipulative!

I fervently hope THIS series makes it to the Australian audiences - we miss out on so many Kdramas. If worse comes to worse, and once again we Downunder miss out, I will live vicariously through Dramabeans reading their wonderful recaps!