I really appreciated the humor and the writing in this drama. The jokes are on-point and the comic timing is excellent. It's a great drama to kick back and relax to after a long day. The writing is also very good. The pacing, for the most part, is pretty solid with little drag. I was binging this until almost the last few episodes. I'm not sure if this was because I was truly felt those episodes were not that interesting or as the major political conflict was reaching the climax, the budding doubts I had about certain sequences of events were burgeoning into confusion and slight disengagement. But it's mostly subjective nit-picking and would not detract from the overall drama to most.

The characters were well-written. I appreciate the character develop our male lead has. Our female lead is an endearing character with humorous pragmatism and zeal. As others have mentioned, the lead actress did a phenomenal job and it was extremely easy to differentiate who she was playing. Kudos for playing on the the standard nice-female-lead, evil-second-female lead trope. And even when the second female lead is behaving like a standard antagonist second female lead at her worst, there is complex and relatable emotions behind her actions. Being put in her position, it would be quite understandable to interpret (or misinterpret) certain situations. There were even times in the first few episodes where I was blaming the female lead and/or male lead for their words or actions and ill-unintended effect on her. The second male lead did not have as much complexity but I appreciated him for who he was and I understood this character arc. I also appreciated the insight into clans and their inner-workings. The rest of the of the cast was so lovable. Hats off to Lady Choi! The facial expressions, tone and total comedic timing of the actress are total scene-stealers! It there was a spin-off on the FL and kitchen gang having random cooking adventures, I would watch it in a heartbeat.

As mentioned above, these was some political and character conflict I was a little unsure about. In addition, it seemed like this drama was wavering between being realistic vs totally campy and unrealistic. Overall, it seemed like the comedy was the latter and the series scenes or conflicts were the former. I worked very well, but there was few "serious" conflicts that, to me, did not seem very realistic or at least I was not drawn into the suspension of disbelief. Thus the disengagement I mentioned above. Also, when most Asian dramas have the problem of telling instead of showing, I wish this drama was a little more obvious about some distinctions between Bong Hwan vs So Yong. But really, this is all minor nit-picking.

The music is great and really augments the mood of the drama. The opening ost and Bong Hwan A are so upbeat and instant mood lifters.

Overall, this is a great drama with an amazing cast of characters, brilliant acting and witty sense of humor that I recommend, hands down.