Best Asian Dramas for Foodies
Which Asian dramas do you think would be most appealing to foodies? Asian dramas and movies that celebrate good food and/or beverages are welcome on this list—including shows that depict: beautiful cooking and ingredients, chefs at work, the inner workings of restaurants, etc. You are welcome to add additional titles to this list.
D-Lighted Mar 27, 2022
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![Mr. Queen]()
Jang Bong Hwan is a South Korean chef who has risen up the ranks to cook for the country’s top politicians in the Blue House’s presidential residences. After a serious accident, he ...more -
![Business Proposal]()
Shin Ha Ri, a single woman, has a crush on her male friend, but is heartbroken to learn he has a girlfriend. She meets her friend Jin Young Seo, the daughter of ...more -
![Dine with Love]()
The series tells the story of Yu Hao, who doesn't know how to cook and even doesn't have a kitchen. For the food platform he created, he sponsored a food reality show ...more -
![Oh My Ghost]()
Bong Sun, a timid young woman, is possessed by the ghost of a lustful virgin. She has zero self-confidence, and because of her extreme shyness, she doesn’t have any close friends. At ...more -
![Dating in the Kitchen]()
Working at the Zijing Hotel, Gu Sheng Nan was an underestimated commis inside the kitchen, but she was free to express herself through her food as she sharpened her skills as a ...more -
![Wok of Love]()
The series will take place in a Chinese restaurant. Chef Seo Poong, a chef who goes from being a star chef one day to the cook at a failing neighborhood Chinese restaurant ...more -
![Itaewon Class]()
Park Saeroyi's life has been turned upside down after he gets expelled from school for punching a bully and his father is killed in an accident. Following his father's steps, he opens ...more -
![Mystic Pop-Up Bar]()
“Mystic Pop-Up Bar” tells the story of a mysterious pojangmacha (outdoor drinking establishment) run by a prickly woman and an innocent part-timer who visit customers in their dreams to help resolve their ...more -
![Let's Eat]()
"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 ...more -
![Coffee Prince]()
Choi Han Gyul is the grandson of chairwoman Bang of Dong-in Foods, a company that has a thriving coffee business. He has never had a job and does not care for responsibility. ...more -
![Chef Hua]()
A story about food and romance follows Hua Xiao Mai as she falls in love with a bodyguard. Through her passion for the culinary arts, Hua Xiao Mai starts small and slowly ...more -
![Royal Feast]()
Set during the Ming dynasty during the rule of the Yongle Emperor, it tells the story of a young girl named Yao Zi Jin, who entered the palace to become a maid ...more -
![Chocolate]()
The story of a man who became a neurosurgeon, though he dreamed of becoming a cook, and a woman who became a cook because of him. Lee Kang is a neurosurgeon who ...more -
![Antique Bakery]()
As an heir to the family fortune, Jin Hyuk has money, looks, and charm; everything except finding the love of his life. So he sets up a cake shop where women are ...more -
![The Witch's Diner]()
At the age of 28, Jung Jin had everything in life that a person could ever want or need. With a great job and a fantastic boyfriend, Jin was convinced her life ...more -
![Watashitachi wa Douka Shiteiru]()
Hanaoka Nao's mother, Yuriko, works as a confectioner at Kogetsuan, a traditional Japanese sweets shop. Nao meets Takatsuki Tsubaki, the owner's six-year-old son, and they become childhood sweethearts. Tragedy strikes when Tsubaki's ...more -
![My Roommate Is a Gumiho]()
Shin Woo Yeo is a handsome and smart writer, who is actually a 999-year-old nine-tailed fox. To become a human, he collects human energy in a bead. One day, the drunk friend ...more -
![To My Star (Movie)]()
Actor Kang Seo Joon was once one of South Korea’s biggest and most popular stars, but his career is now in decline. But despite his fall in popularity, he believes he has ...more -
![Shinya Shokudo - Tokyo Stories]()
There is a small eatery, ‘Meshiya,’ in a back alley of a busy street which is run just by its owner. Called the “midnight eatery”, its opening hours are from midnight to ...more -
![Pasta]()
Seo Yoo Kyung endured the gruelling job of kitchen assistant at high-class restaurant La Sfera for three years in hopes of being promoted to chef. Things are looking up as she meets ...more -
![My Secret Romance]()
Cha Jin Wook is a son from a wealthy family who runs a large company. He usually only pursues short-term love, but when he meets Lee Yoo Mi, who has never had ...more -
![Temperature of Love]()
Hyun Soo quit her job to become a TV writer; Jung Sun dreams of becoming a French food chef and opening a restaurant. As the pair navigate their paths to fulfill their ...more -
![Sweet Munchies]()
Park Jin Seong runs an odd little late-night restaurant where customers only choose which drinks they want, and their appetizers are chosen by him, who customizes the dishes to match their drinks. ...more -
![Walk Into Your Memory]()
An Ning, a chef with the ability to see others' memories, helps her boss, Long Hao Qian, recover a year’s worth of lost memories. As they work together, their initial tension gives ...more -
![The Sleuth of Ming Dynasty]()
In 15th-century China, a quick-witted, senior-ranking government official named Tang Fan takes a break from his routine activities in order to investigate a murder, teaming up with martial arts specialist guardsman Sui ...more -
![Kinou Nani Tabeta?]()
Kakei Shiro, a 45-year-old lawyer, lives with his boyfriend, Yabuki Kenji, a hairdresser. After work, Shiro sticks to a simple routine: he shops for groceries on a budget, then cooks a basic ...more -
![The Perfect Match]()
What do netizens know? Ting En is a celebrated chef whose fine-dining restaurant is a destination for food lovers from all over the world. When Ting En stumbles upon comments on the ...more -
![Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha]()
After a conflict with her boss, dentist Yoon Hye Jin escapes the city to a seaside village where she'd vacationed to before as a little girl. When she learns the village is ...more -
![Would You Like a Cup of Coffee?]()
Park Seok is the owner of the successful Café 2Dae coffee shop, a small but much-loved establishment with a group of loyal customers. He works alone in the coffee shop, and has ...more -
![Eat Drink Man Woman]()
This film tells the story of a widowed, semi-retired Chinese master chef at the Taipei Grand Hotel. Chef Chu and his family are living in modern-day Taipei, Taiwan. At the start of ...more -
![Suki na Hito ga Iru Koto]()
Sakurai Misaki is a pastry chef who dreams of someday working for a renowned Patisserie overseas; she has prioritised work to the extent that she has forgotten how to kiss. When she ...more -
![Drinking Solo]()
The story depicts people drinking alcohol alone for different reasons and the romance between Jin Jeong Seok and Park Ha Na. They both work at a private institute for people preparing for ...more -
![Ingredients]()
Tops is a young man who has been fascinated by cooking since childhood. He finds happiness in cooking delicious and tasty food with great care. Marwin is young, romantic, playful, and charming. ...more -
![My Lovely Sam Soon]()
Kim Sam Sun is a baker who has a talent for making pastries and cakes. On Christmas Eve, she catches her boyfriend, Min Hyeon U, cheating on her and breaks up. On ...more -
![Cupid's Kitchen]()
Blessed with an acute sense of taste, Lin Ke Song has the unique ability to identify the ingredients in any dish, with just a single bite. Despite her rare gift, she has ...more -
![Coffee & Vanilla]()
A love story between Risa Shiroki and Hiroto Fukami. Twenty year old Risa Shiroki comes to Tokyo from her hometown in the countryside to attend university. Pretty and popular with male students, ...more -
![Bread, Love and Dreams]()
Kim Tak Goo is the eldest son of Goo In Jong, the president of Geosung Enterprise, a legend in the baking industry. Although he is an extremely talented baker and seemed destined ...more -
![Delicious Destiny]()
Li Yu Zhe is a Western cuisine chef who is obsessed with gourmet food. When he participates in a TV cooking program, he meets the playwright-director Song Jia Ming who has an ...more -
![Cook Up a Storm]()
An international culinary competition becomes a battleground between rival cooks, one famous for his Cantonese street food and the other a Michelin-starred chef trained in France. But their rivalry takes an unexpected ...more -
![Pleasantly Surprised]()
Du Kai Qi is an independent, single woman who loves comic books and her job as a chef in the fine-dining French restaurant, Figaro Cuisine. When an unassuming man, Fu Zi Jie, ...more -
![Let's Eat Season 2]()
The second season follows Goon Dae Yeong's character as he moves to a new building and reunites with his grade school classmate Baek Soo Ji. She’s been living alone for ten years, ...more -
![Let's Eat Season 3]()
Goo Dae Yeong has fallen into a slump in his thirties. In order to heal his wounds, he embarks on a journey to revisit the food that he loved in his twenties ...more -
![Cinderella Chef]()
Ye Jia Yao travels back in time to ancient times, where she becomes the daughter of a magistrate with the name Ye Jin Xuan. When she wakes up, she is suddenly kidnapped ...more -
![Mondai no Aru Restaurant]()
Tanaka Tamako had been working for a male-dominated restaurant business but was betrayed by her boyfriend who was hired as the chef. In addition, she is taken to the police as a ...more -
![Go Ahead]()
Three troubled youths, each from a dysfunctional household, find comfort in each other and form a chosen family. Eldest brother Ling Xiao, second brother He Zi Qiu, and youngest sister Li Jian ...more -
![XX]()
Yoon Na Na is a well-regarded bartender at XX bar. She takes pride in her work and position as the head bartender. She involves herself in other parts of XX like selecting ...more -
![Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo]()
Bok Joo is a weightlifter who is pursuing her dream of winning the gold medal but she then finds romance for the first time in her life. While she is a woman ...more -
![Panda and Hedgehog]()
Pan Da Yang is a bright young woman and the owner of a small neighborhood cake shop. She then becomes involved in a love triangle with Ko Seung Ji, a gifted pâtissier ...more -
![Shinya Shokudo - Tokyo Stories Season 2]()
49. Shinya Shokudo - Tokyo Stories Season 2
Japanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes277 points by 3 votersThere is a small eatery ‘Meshiya’ in a back alley of a busy street which is run just by its owner. Called the “midnight eatery”, its opening hours are from midnight to ...more -
![Boukyaku no Sachiko]()
Sasaki Sachiko is an editor of Sarara, a literary magazine. Called “Iron Lady”, she has earned the respect of her colleagues for her perfectionism and diligence. After her groom Shungo disappeared all ...more -
![Nishiogikubo Mitsuboshi Youshudou]()
Amamiya, Nakauchi, and Kobayashi were once high school classmates. The former was class president and an honors student, Nakauchi was quiet and reserved with a penchant for cooking, and Kobayashi was a ...more -
![Strongest Deliveryman]()
Choi Kang Soo is a deliveryman. In spite of his humble beginnings, Choi Kang Soo is fearless and gives it all in everything he does. Lee Dan Ah is another delivery worker. ...more -
![Love the Way You Are]()
Zhen Yuan Yuan is a plump girl who fell in love with her high school senior, Ruan Dong Shen. They were separated by a misunderstanding. Many years later, they reunited. At that ...more -
![Flavour It's Yours]()
An accidental kiss sparks an unexpected romance when a wine critic with perfect taste and a girl with no sense of taste find that their senses have switched. Lu Wei Xun is ...more -
![The Tasty Florida (Movie)]()
Hae Won is a freshman college student who is very suspicious of the guesthouse where he lives in. If you follow the guests leading up to the rooftop, you will find Florida ...more -
![I Order You]()
Yeo Gook Dae is a talented chef who is cheeky and charismatic but heartbroken in the past because of his divorce. His emotional pain is hidden behind his brash attitude and enthusiasm ...more -
![How Are You Bread]()
A genius patissier, with talent far beyond his years, Han Do Woo is a chef unparalleled in the world of pastries. The master chef of his own bakery, it’s often been said ...more -
![This Is Not What I Expected]()
29-year-old Gu Sheng Nan is a chef at a Western restaurant in a hotel who is in a secret relationship with the hotel's general manager. After a financial crisis hit the hotel, ...more -
![Kono Koi Atatamemasu ka]()
Kiki Inoue works part-time at a convenience store, spending the better part of her day lazing about or reviewing sweets on her social media account. One day at work, she is introduced ...more -
![Flower Boy Ramen Shop]()
Yang Eun Bi is a university student preparing for her civil service exam with the dream of being a high school teacher. She accidentally encounters Cha Chi Soo, the arrogant son of ...more -
![Koi Desu: Yankee-kun to Hakujou Garu]()
Akaza Yukiko attends a high school for blind. She has amblyopia, which causes her to recognize colors only vaguely and she can recognize large letters with a magnifying glass. When she walks ...more -
![Muchaburi!: Watashi ga Shachou ni Naru nante]()
62. Muchaburi!: Watashi ga Shachou ni Naru nante
Japanese Drama - 2022, 10 episodes175 points by 2 votersTakanashi Hinako is a 30-year-old office lady who has been working as a secretary at Relation Gate for the past 8 years. Everyday, the company's charismatic president would give her various "impossible ...more -
![Kodoku no Gourmet]()
Inogashira Goro is a private merchant who personally runs his imported dry goods business on his own. Being a man of few words, he prefers to live an uncomplicated, solitary lifestyle. He ...more -
![Witch's Love]()
In bustling Seoul, three generations of witches have discreetly lived their lives. Kang Cho Hong runs a restaurant with fellow witches Maeng Ye Soon and Jo Aeng Doo. They try to stay ...more -
![Eccentric! Chef Moon]()
Yoo Yoo Jin is an eccentric, world-renowned fashion designer who has devoted her life to the world of haute couture. But one day, she is found in a remote village in the ...more -
![Chef wa Meitantei]()
Mifune Shinobu is a chef for a French restaurant. He learned French cooking at restaurants in the countryside of France more than 10 years ago. Shinobu doesn’t talk much and he is ...more -
![Choco Bank]()
Kim Eun Haeng is a college graduate entering the workforce. His father made sure to give him a lucky start in life by bestowing him with a name that means money. Eun ...more -
![Grand Maison Tokyo]()
A talented Japanese chef in French cuisine has devoted his life to food. He opened his own restaurant in Paris and earned two Michelin stars. Hailed as a superstar chef, his confidence ...more -
![Shitsuren Chocolatier]()
Koyurugi Sota admires and adores his school senior Takahashi Saeko. But it is unrequited love, so heartbroken Sota heads to Paris to become a Maître Chocolatier. Upon his return, Sota opens up ...more -
![Tenno no Ryoriban]()
Tokuzo Akiyama is a young man from a rural area who is married and has a child along the way. One day, he eats a delicious breaded cutlet, which inspires him to ...more -
![Gourmet in Tang Dynasty]()
No matter how bad things got, Xiao Xiao took comfort in knowing that food would always be there to comfort her. There’s just one problem with loving food. When you live in ...more -
![U-Prince: The Badass Baker]()
P'Dash, a student at the Faculty of Culinary Arts, is a very talented cook who needs a new place to live. His friend T-Rex helps him to find a new apartment with ...more -
![Dae Jang Geum Is Watching]()
This food-oriented drama imagines how the descendants of the famous Joseon woman doctor and alleged culinary genius Jang Geum (the subject of the famous sageuk Dae Jang Geum) might live today if ...more -
![Dinner Mate]()
A young woman going through a rough breakup with a long-time boyfriend and a man who had a painful first love, meet unexpectedly on Jeju Island. Upon their return to Seoul they ...more -
![Jewel in the Palace]()
About 500 years ago during the time of Chosun Dynasty, Korea boasted a rigidly hierarchical and male dominated social structure. Based on a true story about a legendary girl, Jang Geum, who ...more -
![The Story of Ming Lan]()
Set in the Northern Song dynasty, the story follows Sheng Ming Lan, an unfavored concubine-born 6th daughter of an official. After losing her mother at a young age, Ming Lan is raised ...more -
![Solaso Bistro]()
Fed up with gender discrimination at her workplace, Tang Yu opened up her own restaurant with other female friends of hers. -
![Curry no Uta]()
Amasawa Yoichiro was abandoned by his parents and has been wandering the world alone. Some trouble leads to his encounter with a shy university student Suzuki Nita who hopes to become an ...more -
![Hospital Playlist Season 2]()
Everyday is extraordinary for five doctors and their patients inside a hospital, where birth, death and everything in between coexist. (Source: Netflix) -
![Falling in Love]()
Chi Xiao Nian is gifted in the art of cooking. Considering how she'd spend all day long trapped in the kitchen, her boyfriend felt she was boring and mediocre. On their anniversary, ...more -
![Manpuku]()
The 99th Asadora follows the life of Tachibana Fukuko, a young woman who tries to survive tough times in Osaka with her husband from before WWII to the rapid economic development era. ...more -
![Hospital Playlist]()
The stories of people going through their days are seemingly ordinary but actually special at the hospital, a place known as the microcosm of life, where someone is being born and someone's ...more -
![Cheers to Me]()
An ordinary single woman who enjoys cooking and dining alone in the evenings, Ra Yeo Joo is an editor at a publishing house where she’s worked for the past ten years, while ...more -
![Ramen Shop]()
Masato is a young ramen chef in the city of Takasaki in Japan. After the sudden death of his emotionally distant father, he chances upon a suitcase of memorabilia and a red ...more -
![Saboriman Kantarou]()
Ametani Kantarou is a handsome, bespectacled bachelor who works at a publishing company. His colleagues perceive him as a quick and efficient worker that everyone can trust, but in reality he always ...more -
![Shinya Shokudo]()
Set in a small restaurant in the corner of a shopping district. The unusual eatery is only open after midnight, and its standard menu consists of just a single choice. However, the ...more -
![Shinya Shokudo 2]()
Set in a small restaurant in the corner of a shopping district. The unusual eatery is only open after midnight, and its standard menu consists of just a single choice. However, the ...more -
![Shinya Shokudo 3]()
Set in a small restaurant in the corner of a shopping district. The unusual eatery is only open after midnight, and its standard menu consists of just a single choice. However, the ...more -
![Just One Bite]()
When three hungry girls meet, sharing love lives is a must! If it tastes good, 0 calories; if you gossip about romance while you eat, -999999 calories. (Source: Dramawiki) -
![Delicacies Destiny]()
The young cook Ling Xiao Xiao was determined to become the "first royal chef in the world", and began to succeed in this dream when she won the appreciation of prince Zhu ...more -
![Just One Bite Season 2]()
The sweet and bitter love stories of three women. (Source: Playlist Global) -
![Boukyaku no Sachiko: New Years Special]()
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![Boukyaku no Sachiko SP]()
Sasaki Sachiko works as a literary magazine editor. She is well respected by her colleagues due to her perfectionist ways. On Sachiko'd wedding day, her boyfriend Shungo disappears. Sachiko is dumbfounded by ...more -
![Oh My Ghost]()
Jiew is a modest girl who works at a restaurant washing dishes and is in love with Artit, the chef. She huddles in a cramped little room, doesn't sleep at night, and ...more -
![Oh My Ghost]()
Three companions are frightened by a horrible ghost that haunts their dorm. Tired of running away, they summon a spirit to help them defeat the ghost. But things turn chaos when they ...more -
![Coffee Prince]()
The series chronicles the comedic lives and loves of the main characters, Andy and Arthur. Andy is a hardworking young woman who supports her mother and sister after the death of their ...more -
![Like for Likes]()
A notoriously shrewish TV drama writer and a Korean wave star who fight like cats and dogs every time they meet; a spinster flight attendant landlady and a nosy chef tenant who ...more -
![Coffee Prince Special]()
Summer of 2007, the most delicious coffee in the world want to present them the sweet secret of Coffee Prince, welcome, to behind the camera and rave together with the actors, director ...more -
![Chef Fang]()
Fang Yi Shao is an orphan girl who is a talented chef, but unwittingly gets forced to marry infamous young master Shen Yong as a substitute bride. Coincidentally, Shen Yong had inadvertently ...more -
![The Chef]()
No ordinary chef, Ajisawa is an artist who creates culinary magic - a freelancer who charges a king's ransom for his services. He is a gifted man who lives on the edge. ...more
