''Let's Eat'' () is a 2013

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starring Lee Soo-kyung,

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, Shim Hyung-tak and Yoon So-hee. It aired on tvN from November 28, 2013 to March 13, 2014 for 16 episodes. The series is about four single people who are brought together by their love of food.

Synopsis

Four single people, happily divorced

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Lee Soo-kyung ( Lee Soo-kyung), mysterious

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Goo Dae-young (

), design student and former rich girl Yoon Jin-yi ( Yoon So-hee), and petty lawyer Kim Hak-moon ( Shim Hyung-tak), all enjoy living alone, except for that pesky problem that dining out is not designed for one. At Jin-yi's request, she, Soo-kyung and Dae-young start eating out together and thus get involved in each other's lives. Let's Eat depicts the daily life and romance of a single woman when a murder case occurs in her neighborhood. Lee Soo-Kyung is a 33-year-old single woman. She divorced when she was in her 20's and now lives alone. She always wants to carry herself with dignity, but she loses self-control when she is near gourmet foods. Koo Dae-Young is a gourmet who is especially talented with describing the taste of foods. He often lies when he opens his mouth, but he is usually considerate of others.

Cast

Main

* Lee Soo-kyung as Lee Soo-kyung :A chief secretary at a lawyer's office who craves food and often attempts to always follow the law. She's arrogant, rude, sassy, and tends to be a know-it-all, but she has a kinder side. She begins to show feelings for Dae-young. *

as Goo Dae-young :The mysterious neighbor who seems to always catch the hearts of young ladies. He seems to be an expert on food, and likes to show it too. * Shim Hyung-tak as Kim Hak-moon :Soo-kyung's boss who acts rude, arrogant, and mean, but actually has an obsessive crush on Soo-kyung. * Yoon So-hee as Yoon Jin-yi :The new quirky young lady whose parents live in the States. She quickly makes friends with Dae-young.

Recurring

* Lee Do-yeon as Oh Do-yeon * Jang Won-young as Choi Kyu-sik * Jung Soo-young as Park Kyung-mi * Hong Eun-taek as Choi Deok-young * Feeldog as Hyun Kwang-suk * Choi Dae-sung as laundromat boss * Jung Tae-sung as Hak-moon's nephew

Special appearances

* Park Young-seo as man on Soo-kyung's blind date (ep. 1) * Lee Yong-nyeo as Bae Mi-ja (ep. 1) *

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as Kim Sung-soo, divorce client (ep. 8) * Nam Nung-mi as Soo-kyung's mother (ep. 8-9) * Kang Ye-bin as woman on Hak-moon's blind date (ep. 9) * Heo Gu-yeon as Dae-young's father (ep. 10) *

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as Catholic church

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, Soo-kyung's third ex-boyfriend (ep. 11) * Lee Yong-joo as basketball team captain, Soo-kyung's second ex-boyfriend (ep. 11) * Lee Yoon-mi as pet shop owner (ep. 11) * Nam Chang-hee as

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owner (ep. 12) *

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as president of soy sauce crab restaurant (ep. 12) *

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as Hak-moon's restaurant owner friend (ep. 13) * Choi Sung-joon as assailant (ep. 14) *

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as police officer (ep. 14) * Jung Kyung-ho as housing agency employee (ep. 15) *

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as Kwang-suk's mother (ep. 16) *

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as restaurant customer eating delicious food (ep. 16) *

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as Lee Young-ae, café customerCharacters in ''Rude Miss Young-ae''. (ep. 16) *

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as Manager Ra, café customer (ep. 16) * An unknown Siberian Husky that scared Mr. Kim (ep. 12)

Production

The drama features eating scenes of the characters who live alone. Park Joon-hwa, producer-director of the drama, said "The drama focuses on building relationships between strangers through having a meal and ultimately relieving their solitude. It portrays the process of how people improve relations via food", and further explained that "Korean dramas have lots of eating scenes in which conflict erupts or settles down".

Ratings

* In this table, represent the lowest ratings and represent the highest ratings. * N/A denotes that the rating is not known. *

Sequel

A second season titled '' Let's Eat 2'' aired in 2015, but only

reprised his role as Goo Dae-young, who moves to

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and befriends new neighbors played by Seo Hyun-jin and Kwon Yul. The third season ''

Let's Eat 3 ''Let's Eat 3'' () is a 2018 South Korean Korean drama, television series starring Yoon Doo-joon and Baek Jin-hee. This is the third season of 2013 ''Let's Eat (TV series), Let's Eat'' series, with Yoon Doo-joon reprising his role as Goo Dae-youn ...

'' aired in 2018 with Goo Dae-young, in his 30s, revisiting foods he loved in his 20s with former college classmate Lee Ji-woo ( Baek Jin-hee) & their memories of the past.

References

External links

''Let's Eat'' official tvN website
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