I was drawn to this drama given its premise - the focus on greed, class system (gold vs dirt spoon) and how far can humans go to achieve their desires and call it justifiable. And the storytelling was honest in depicting all the above while tying to a supernatural element : the magical golden spoon. Overall it is a decent drama - with the right amount of mystery, strong cast and acting, little bit of romance and cool soundtrack. There were only 3 things that I did not like in the drama and hence rated it 7/10.

WHAT WORKS:
✦ The Concept:
We see the drama through mainly through the lens of the male characters that are either dirt poor or drowning in riches. The protagonists in each class looks at the other and longs for what the other has - one hopes for the riches, while the other hopes for love/family. So it gets interesting to see the choices they make which then propels the story forward when their fates get twisted using the golden spoon. Now that both have what their heart desired - would they be content or long to be back to their original selves?

It was interesting to see the choices of the main leads as well as that of the supporting characters. We discover that the magical spoon is not unique and more common. There are others who know its secrets and have it in their possession so it is interesting to see how they have used it and whether they have achieved their goals or not.

✦ Yook Sung Jae:
Technically this is my first drama of YSJ. I have seen him before in Goblin and Mystic Pop Bar - but in both he did not have that much screentime as this one. Have always known that he is a good actor, but this drama proved it. He lives both the characters - rich or poor to perfection, and makes them believable, you will feel the angst and cry with him when he is poor and well as love the suaveness when he plays the rich guy.

I personally though that since he is baby-faced, like other actors of similar appearance it might be that he just a pretty face and not have the acting chops to boot. But am happily going to admit that I am wrong and will now definitely not think twice before picking any of his work. He carries 80% of the show and delivers in every single second/frame of the drama.

WHAT DOES NOT WORK (hence minus 3 from my rating):
✘ The pace: (-1 point)
I personally think if dramas have a revenge plot, or power play. politics or mystery element it should keep you at the edge of the seat. Also the ending of one episode should give you sleepless nights and make you watch another episode and another just to know what happens next. Personally I did not feel this throughout the drama - it was there in the beginning and ending, but the middle plateaus a bit. Not in a bad way, just not to my preferred liking speed. Hence I feel a few elements and golden spoon swaps could have been avoided and the drama could have been more enjoyable had it been of 10 or 12 episodes.

✘ The ending of the last episode & overall handling plot twists (-2 points)
They could have avoided it altogether. We had our happy ending in the middle of the last episode, but then they added an unnecessary twist. While it overall did end well, it was completely unnecessary. In fact this is true for some other twists in the show - it was unnecessary - but overall you won't mind it.

Had the above been not there the rating for this drama would be more - cause it has it all: a good refreshing plot with a message, great cast and acting/cinematography and soundtrack - the whole pack. But these make it a little lower than being a good/great drama and recommended as a one time watch!

Summary:
If the plot interests you like it did for me, I would ask you to go ahead and watch it one time. Maybe on 1.5x speed and with an open mind that the mystery will not blow your mind but would be nice. And of course, watch it for Yook Sung Jae and Choi Won Young characters' secrets and acting! ♥