K-Dramas To Watch If You Loved Bon Appétit, Your Majesty
There's no shortage of time travel tropes to keep you entertained in the K-drama world, so here's what you should watch next
K-dramas thrive on audacity.
I mean, what is it about K-dramas that makes us so willing to suspend disbelief?
No other genre would so casually ask you to accept a modern chef whipping up kimchi pancakes for a king in 16th-century Korea—and make you not just accept it, but beg for more. Bon Appétit, Your Majesty is the latest show to take that leap—and somehow it has landed on its feet. It’s a mash-up of palace intrigue, food-porn close-ups, slow-burn romance, and the kind of time-travel logic that makes absolutely no sense if you think about it for longer than ten seconds.
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It shouldn’t work, but it does—still.
The setup is gloriously ridiculous: a celebrity chef slips through time, lands in the Joseon dynasty, and suddenly her survival depends on impressing a moody king with her knife skills. What follows is less “palace drama” and more "top chef". He glares, she sautés, and then suddenly sparks fly because she’s possibly the only one who stands up to him? It’s campy and somehow deeply romantic.
This is exactly what K-dramas do best—take the tropes we’ve seen a hundred times (time slips, enemies-to-lovers, slapstick comedy) and remix them into something both familiar and unhinged enough to feel brand new.
That’s why the show works—it leans into the excess. It knows we’re here for the melodrama, the food shots framed like luxury commercials, the accidental hand brushes that feel like seismic events. It’s déjà vu, but with a twist.
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And if you’ve already binged every episode and are now sitting around craving more, don’t worry. The K-drama universe is basically a buffet of stories just as unhinged and irresistible.
Here are five that you should watch next.
Mr. Queen (Netflix)
If Bon Appétit gave you cravings for palace kitchens and body-swapping comedy, Mr. Queen is your next binge. A cocky modern-day chef wakes up trapped in the body of a Joseon-era queen—yes, really—and has to juggle royal duties with palace intrigue while somehow staying true to his irreverent personality. It’s irreverent, hilarious, and unexpectedly romantic.
Twinkling Watermelon (Rakuten Viki)
Not every time-slip has to end in a palace. This gem sends a teenage guitarist back to 1995, where he meets his dad as a teenager and accidentally joins his band. It’s less “historical epic” and more “family therapy with a killer soundtrack.” Nostalgic, tender, and quietly funny, it’s proof that K-dramas can make you cry about garage bands.
The King: Eternal Monarch (Netflix)
This is K-drama really turned up to eleven: parallel universes, royal conspiracies, destiny itself hanging in the balance. Lee Min-ho plays a a really beautiful emperor with super sharp cheekbones, while Kim Go-eun grounds the chaos as a detective. It’s glossy, over the top, occasionally confusing—and exactly the kind of epic romance you sign up for when you hit “next episode” at 2 a.m.
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Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo (Rakuten Viki)
This is the K-drama equivalent of an emotional sledgehammer. A modern woman time-slips into Goryeo and finds herself entangled with not one but several princes—each more complicated than the last. Dark, intense, and beautifully shot, it captures the same “romance in impossible circumstances” energy as Bon Appétit, but with higher stakes.
Rooftop Prince
A Joseon crown prince and his entourage land in modern Seoul while investigating his wife’s mysterious death. Cue comedy, culture clashes, and an unexpectedly moving romance with a present-day woman. It’s got all the K-drama essentials—romance, intrigue, comedy, and just enough absurdity to keep you hooked. Think of it as the blueprint for the time-travel rom-coms we now can’t stop watching.