Fermat's Cuisine

Binge watched all 10 episodes. I honestly don't know why. I guess I got to know the characters, all of them young and beautiful. The main character is a mathematician who gives up because he thinks he's not good enough. He's looking for something else to do trying to hide his change of thought from his supporting father. He meets a mysterious chef and is persuaded to work for him at a great restaurant applying somehow his mathematical skills to creating superior cuisine. And that is what all the 10 episodes are about, creating new and exiting dishes but it seems they're never good enough and therefore ending up in friction between the 2 main characters and the work crew at the restaurant! I will never understand the crazy passion behind these designer dishes that give you a huge plate with little food arranged artistically on the plate. There is a lot of passion here and a lot of talking philosophical and other. The dialogues just seem endless at times and repeating themselves. Besides seeing fancy dishes created there is mostly personal drama and dense interaction between the protagonists. What kept me watching was the actors ability to somehow keep me interested in all this.

It was not nearly as endearing as Tokyo Midnight diner which I sorely miss or even gourmet samurai. Compared to these shows this one is very slow burning and at times tiring in their dialogue! Nevertheless the show kept me watching for the entire 10 episodes so something must have been done right!