Eight years apart doesn’t erase a connection — it just changes how it comes back. The new teaser for Love on the Menu introduces two former loves whose second chance starts in the most ordinary way possible: a part-time job.
What the Teaser Reveals
The clip opens with a simple question — what makes Han Gyu Rim (Hani) so special — before cutting to her rushing off a bus to help a stranger who’s collapsed, while Kim Moo Jin (Ha Seok Jin) watches from a distance. That instinct for kindness is clearly part of the answer.
As the two end up working the same part-time job, the teaser leans hard into comedy: Moo Jin, visibly inexperienced at romance, debates out loud whether revealing his chaebol status might help his odds with her. Later, his jealousy shows through when he playfully complains that she’s kind to everyone but wishes she’d reserve that warmth for him alone.
Gyu Rim, juggling multiple jobs just to get by, insists she has neither the time nor means to date right now. Undeterred, Moo Jin tells her it’s fine if she doesn’t fall for him — though it would be even better if she did. When complications from her circumstances threaten to pull them apart, Gyu Rim tries pushing him away for his own good. The teaser ends with him gently asking to hug her anyway, pulling her close.
Love on the Menu: Overview
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Drama | Love on the Menu (KBS 2TV) |
| Lead cast | Ha Seok Jin, Hani (EXID) |
| Genre | Romantic drama |
| Premise | Former loves reunite 8 years after a painful breakup |
| Premiere date | July 25, 8 PM KST |
Why This Reunion Story Stands Out
Rather than opening on nostalgia or old wounds, the teaser grounds the reunion in something mundane and relatable — two people crossing paths again through ordinary work, not fate engineered by circumstance. That contrast between Moo Jin’s privileged awkwardness and Gyu Rim’s practical exhaustion gives the romance real texture before it even becomes serious.
Second-chance romance narratives remain a defining category within Korean drama, often resonating because they explore not just falling in love, but what it takes to trust it again after it’s already broken once.
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