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The Genius Paik korean drama review
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The Genius Paik
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by oubaitori
Jun 26, 2023
13 of 13 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 9.0
Story 10.0
Acting/Cast 10.0
Music 10.0
Rewatch Value 8.5
This review may contain spoilers

A highly entertaining food reality show

I started watching this show from in its early airing stage, so I developed some attachment towards this show and casts when it ended.

Both team's members (Morocco & Naples) worked super hard in the preparation of the different menus each day, in purchasing the various ingredients from local stores, promoting their food products, and in serving each and everyone of their customers. Though the food preparation process by the team took long hours and wasn't showed much throughout the episodes, I loved their humor, teamwork and their zesty and resilient spirits. They were very sincere in their serving and the good chemistry formed between the teams helped to make the workload between them much easier.

Mr Paik was a great businessman, knowledgeable, tough in the face of adversity while also being super adaptable and a quick-thinker. His food ideas were also always very appealing. His strategies employed to increase sales were generally effective as well. I grew to like and admire him as a chef and businessman - his cooking skills are amazing!

I especially love the Naples team. Yuri was the positive energy of the group - full of warmth and enthusiasm, John was the reliable, calm and charming hall manager and Jang woo was a great and attentive student under Mr Paik - very trustworthy in his editing skills and cooking. All of them were very passionate in each of their roles. I also liked Fabio and Simone, their two part-timer servers.

The only slight disappointment in this show would be the failure to reach their sales goals for this programme, that the preparation process was mostly edited out as well as the fact that more research could be done by the production team before the show. Nonetheless, it taught the casts and myself many meaningful lessons.

Overall, this show was every bit exciting with
the next episode leaving you wanting to watch more. The food made there really looked and (probably tasted) delicious and it was interesting learning about the different food cultures and seeing their interactions with the locals. Additonally, the ups and downs experienced by them made the episodes much more fun and memorable.

The entire show was a whole process of growth and I enjoyed watching this show immensely. It's definitely a highly recommendable Korean food reality show! Looking forward to (a possible) season 2 with hopefully the same casts!
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