{"id":738,"date":"2025-09-19T03:29:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T03:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saranghero.com\/blog\/?p=738"},"modified":"2025-09-19T03:29:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T03:29:51","slug":"bon-appetit-your-majesty-k-drama-review-ep-7-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saranghero.com\/blog\/bon-appetit-your-majesty-k-drama-review-ep-7-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Bon App\u00e9tit, Your Majesty: K-Drama Review [EP 7-8]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Girl, if you thought Bon App\u00e9tit, Your Majesty was going to slow down after episode 6, think again! Episodes 7 and 8 kicked the heat up to a full boil. And no, I\u2019m not just talking about the samgyetang pressure cooker situation (although\u2026 that too).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re now smack in the middle of the Culinary Nation Wars, and the stakes? HIGHER THAN EVER. We\u2019ve got sabotage, espionage, slow-burn romance, and shirtless Gong-gil, and a storyline that had me literally screaming \u201cYOU BETTER NOT TOUCH MY CHEF!\u201d at the screen. Let\u2019s break it all down by episode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-3152edd1 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/saranghero.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-15.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-740\" width=\"697\" height=\"461\" title=\"Screenshot (15)\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-fbe7fbbf\"><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/saranghero.com\/blog\/bon-appetit-your-majesty-k-drama-review-ep-7-8\/#What_Happened_So_Far_on_Bon_Appetit_Your_Majesty\" title=\"What Happened So Far on Bon App\u00e9tit, Your Majesty?\">What Happened So Far on Bon App\u00e9tit, Your Majesty?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/saranghero.com\/blog\/bon-appetit-your-majesty-k-drama-review-ep-7-8\/#Episode_8_Review\" title=\"Episode 8 Review\">Episode 8 Review<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/saranghero.com\/blog\/bon-appetit-your-majesty-k-drama-review-ep-7-8\/#What_To_Expect_On_The_Next_Episodes_of_Bon_Appetit_Your_Majesty\" title=\"What To Expect On The Next Episodes of Bon App\u00e9tit, Your Majesty?\">What To Expect On The Next Episodes of Bon App\u00e9tit, Your Majesty?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Happened_So_Far_on_Bon_Appetit_Your_Majesty\"><\/span>What Happened So Far on Bon App\u00e9tit, Your Majesty?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Our modern chef Yeon Ji-young keeps dazzling Joseon with techniques from the future, while King Yi Heon tries to balance national pride with an increasingly obvious crush. Court snakes keep slithering, the Ming envoys keep testing everyone\u2019s patience, and every meal somehow nudges the romance forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-a28c2a66\"><h4 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Episode 7 Review<\/h4><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What went down<\/strong>: Our heroine, Ji-yeong, needs a pressure cooker to prepare the samgyetang for the upcoming Culinary Nation Wars round. However, in Joseon, that invention didn\u2019t exist yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, she embarks on a quasi-quest to find Jang Chun-saeng, nephew of the famous inventor Jang Yeong-sil. He\u2019s eccentric, distant, and carries a grudge: his uncle was used by the royal court and then discarded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ji-yeong\u2019s task is to persuade him. But first, she has to deal with his stubbornness and hurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, King Yi Heon\u2019s jealousy flares when Seong-jae (his royal aide) is assigned to accompany Ji-yeong. He ends up going himself, partly because he can\u2019t stand seeing them together, partly because he knows Ji-yeong\u2019s mission hinges on securing this cooker. Along for the ride are Gong-gil and the royal guard, and soon enough, trouble follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prince Jesan sees the trip as a chance to sabotage Ji-yeong. There\u2019s an assassination plot, Ji-yeong\u2019s hand gets injured, and worst of all, the pressure cooker lid gets damaged just when things seem to be falling into place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-5c2cee8f\"><h3 class=\"uagb-heading-text\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Episode_8_Review\"><\/span>Episode 8 Review<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At last, the first round of the competition begins. The theme: a \u201cnever-seen-before meat dish.\u201d But righteousness doesn\u2019t come easy. Ji-yeong discovers their chili powder (gochugaru) is missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sabotage seems calculated. Without it, her initial dish choice (spicy short ribs) becomes impossible. So she improvises with beef bourguignon using wild grape rice wine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In contrast, Ming\u2019s chef, Ya Feixiu, uses chili stolen from Joseon\u2019s supplies to create a \u201cnew\u201d flavor. Yu Kun and the Ming envoy are impressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ji-yeong calls out the misused ingredients, leading to a heated confrontation. Bailong, the Ming chef leader, shows moral backbone, admitting that Ya Feixiu misused Joseon\u2019s chili. But Prince Jesan tries to defend himself with flimsy excuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second round raises the stakes even higher. Ji-yeong must prepare Peking duck. With her wrist still injured, she entrusts slicing to Maeng, but Mok-ju\u2019s sabotage threatens everything. Thankfully, Maeng\u2019s conscience is stronger than threats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He trains Gil-geum in secret so she can step in. The results of Ji-yeong\u2019s duck rolls blow the judges away. Even Yu Kun and King Heon, mouths full, are visibly moved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The way Ji-yeong doesn\u2019t crumble when her ingredient is stolen. Her creativity under pressure is queen-level. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maeng\u2019s redemption, Gil-geum stepping up, and Bailong\u2019s emotional story (temple, wandering, finding food, nearly dying, learning in Joseon) all hit deep. The tension and eventual triumph with the duck dish are gloriously satisfying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Romance-wise, the tension between Heon and Ji-young is finally reaching a boiling point. The way he looked at her in this episode? The jealousy? The protectiveness? Girl, he is head over heels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And don\u2019t even get me started on that preview hinting Ming might want Ji-young as a \u201ctribute woman.\u201d My jaw hit the floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-8da859e0\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_To_Expect_On_The_Next_Episodes_of_Bon_Appetit_Your_Majesty\"><\/span>What To Expect On The Next Episodes of Bon App\u00e9tit, Your Majesty?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Get ready, because things are about to boil over on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt37600136\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Bon App\u00e9tit, Your Majesty<\/a>. The Ming envoy eyeing Ji-young as a possible \u201ctribute woman\u201d is bound to push Heon into full-on protective (and maybe even possessive) mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re also inching closer to the final round of the Culinary Nation Wars, which means higher stakes, bolder flavors, and, let\u2019s be real, probably even more sabotage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The coup plot bubbling in the background is also coming to light, so we might finally see Heon take action against Prince Jesan. And besties, let\u2019s not forget the romance. The way Heon keeps looking at Ji-young? A confession feels closer than ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">Keep your notifications on because <a href=\"https:\/\/saranghero.com\/\" title=\"\">Saranghero<\/a> will be right here serving you every piping-hot update on\u00a0<em>Bon App\u00e9tit, Your Majesty,<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>and all your fave K-dramas. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Girl, if you thought Bon App\u00e9tit, Your Majesty was going to slow down after episode 6, think again! Episodes 7 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kdrama"],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/saranghero.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-15.png",697,461,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/saranghero.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-15-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/saranghero.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-15-300x198.png",300,198,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/saranghero.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-15.png",697,461,false],"large":["https:\/\/saranghero.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-15.png",697,461,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/saranghero.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-15.png",697,461,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/saranghero.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-15.png",697,461,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Paola","author_link":"https:\/\/saranghero.com\/blog\/author\/paolalimingmail-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":4,"uagb_excerpt":"Girl, if you thought Bon App\u00e9tit, Your Majesty was going to slow down after episode 6, think again! 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