K-Dramas like A Special Meal of the Weirdo 'Nara'

9 shows with a similar feel

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  Bon Appétit, Your Majesty (2025)Also drama

  After time traveling to the Joseon era, a talented chef meets a tyrant king. Her modern dishes captivate his palate, but royal challenges await her.

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  Tastefully Yours (2025)Also comedy · drama

  Driven to claim top culinary honors, an arrogant heir meets a low-profile but stubborn chef whose recipes astonish him — sparking an unlikely romance.

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  Northwest Years (2024)Also drama

  Amid the upheaval of Chiang Kai-shek’s 1927 coup, young revolutionary Xi Zhongxun defies political terror and emerges as a leader. Inspired by Liu Zhidan’s uprising, he joins forces to establish the Shaanxi-Gansu Red Army. During the Anti-Japanese War, he strengthens the revolutionary base and fosters its development, earning Mao Zedong’s praise for his loyalty to the cause. After Japan’s surrender, Xi Zhongxun fiercely defends the Northwest, helping to lay a foundation for national progress.
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  Jewel in the Palace (2003)Also drama

  Orphaned Jang-geum becomes the first female physician in the Joseon Dynasty and her determination is tested when people around her start showing their true faces.

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  Embrace in Bloodied Night (2025)Also drama

  Prince Zhong's household was wiped out, leaving only the eldest young lady, Yu Zhao Ye, and her grandmother under house arrest by her uncle, Jia Chong. Obsessed with Yu Zhao Ye because she resembled her late mother, Jia Chong had burned down the mansion out of unrequited desire. Patiently plotting, Zhao Ye orchestrated her cousin Jia Shu Yan's public humiliation at a birthday banquet and deliberately sought out the ghost-faced general Xie Wei Lan in a dark alley to protect her honor. With Xie Wei Lan's help, Zhao Ye exposed the Jia family's scandals at the Spring Banquet and used the battlefield to sway the general's heart.
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  The Imperial Coroner (2021)Also drama · comedy

  A female coroner and royal detective solve a decades-old mystery in Tang Dynasty China, risking all to expose dangerous secrets.
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  Blade of the Immortal (2019)Also drama

  Manji is a crass, violent samurai with a special ability: he cannot die. Cursed with immortality by the nun Yobikuni as punishment for his ruthless deeds, he has grown weary of his ageless life. The only way to lift the curse is to slay 1,000 evil men. So Manji wanders Japan, shedding the blood of the wicked on his quest to finally die.
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  Punch Out Life (2024)Also comedy

  In 1990, underdog Wang Qiang hits rock bottom—jobless, scorned, and abandoned by his wife. Suddenly, he's transported to 2020, now the father of local tycoon Lu Siming. Using his newfound wealth, Wang seizes his chance for revenge and fortune, only to be thrown back to his impoverished life in 1990. With future knowledge, he’s determined to rebuild his life on his own terms.
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  Faith Makes Great (2021)Also drama

  One hundred years since the founding of the Communist Party of China, Faith Makes Great tells stories from different times in history that chronicle the people's endless struggle to realize their dream of rejuvenating the nation.