Dinner Mate[3] (Korean: 저녁 같이 드실래요?; Hanja: Jeonyeok Kati Deusilraeyo; lit. Would You Like To Have Dinner Together?) is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Song Seung-heon, Seo Ji-hye, Lee Ji-hoon and Son Na-eun. Based on the 2013 webtoonWould You Like To Have Dinner Together? by Park Si-in. The story of series is about an unexpected dinner of two unknown person in the restaurant. Woo Do-hwe (played by Seo Ji-hye) and Kim Hae-gyeong (played by Song Seung-heon). The two happen to have dinner together at a random place and decide to become dinner partners.[4] The drama was aired by MBC TV on Mondays and Tuesdays from May 25 to July 14, 2020.[5][6] It was also available on iQIYI with multi-languages subtitles globally.
Synopsis
Woo Do-hee (Seo Ji-hye), a producer at a digital content company, and Kim Hae-kyung (Song Seung-heon), a psychiatrist, meet by coincidence and end up eating dinner together. Later, they meet again by coincidence and decided to become "dinner mates" — without knowledge of each other's personal details (name, occupation, etc), they only meet up to eat dinner and talk.
Cast
Main
Song Seung-heon as Kim Hae-kyung, a psychiatrist and food psychotherapist.
Seo Ji-hye as Woo Do-hee, a producer-director at 2N BOX.
Lee Ji-hoon as Jeong Jae-hyeok, a medical journalist freelancer, Do-hee's first love in college.
Son Na-eun as Jin No-eul, a fitness instructor, Hae-kyung's first love.
^ abIn order to circumvent Korean laws that prevent commercial breaks in the middle of an episode, what would previously have been aired as single 70 minute episodes are now being repackaged as two 35 minute episodes, with two episodes being shown each night with a commercial break between the two.[2]
^Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.
^"'저녁 같이 드실래요' 송승헌-서지혜, '시간 순삭' 드라마 탄생… 첫방송 최고 7.4%" ['Let's have dinner together' Song Seung-heon-Seo Ji-hye,'Short Time' drama was born... First broadcast highest 7.4%]. iMBC (in Korean). May 26, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2020.