Late Night Restaurant

Late Night Restaurant
Promotional poster for Late Night Restaurant
Also known as	Midnight Diner
Genre	Mystery Human drama Slice of life Food
Based on	Shinya Shokudō  by Yarō Abe
Written by	Choi Dae-woong Hong Yoon-hee
Directed by	Hwang In-roe
Starring	Kim Seung-woo
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language(s)	Korean
No. of episodes	20
Production
Executive producer(s)	Park Young-soo
Producer(s)	Kim Dong-rae Jo Jeong-ho Baek Chung-hwa
Running time	30 minutes Saturdays at 24:10/24:40 (KST)
Release
Original network	Seoul Broadcasting System
Original release	July 4, 2015 – September 5, 2015
Chronology
Related shows	Shinya Shokudō
External links
Website

Late Night Restaurant (Hangul: 심야식당; RR: Simyasikdang) is a 2015 South Korean drama series based on the manga Shinya Shokudō.^[1] It aired two back-to-back episodes on SBS on Saturdays at 24:10 and 24:40 from July 4 to September 5, 2015.^[2]

Plot

A restaurant opens at midnight until seven in the morning. Its mysterious owner and chef, simply called the "Master," has no fixed items on his menu, but will take orders from any customer and cook up whatever they ask for. As the Master cooks, his customers tell him their life stories.

Cast

• Kim Seung-woo as Master

Regular customers

• Choi Jae-sung as Ryu
• Nam Tae-hyun as Min-woo
• Jung Han-hun as Mr. Kim
• Joo Won-sung as "Quack"
• Park Joon-myun as Yoo-mi, "Fat woman"^[3]
• Ban Min-jung as "Banquet noodles" (Noodle Sisters)
• Jang Hee-jung as "Mixed noodles" (Noodle Sisters)
• Son Hwa-ryung as "Radish noodles" (Noodle Sisters)
• Kang Seo-yeon as Cherry
• Son Sang-kyung as "Big guy"

Guest appearances

• Shim Hye-jin as Eun-soo (ep 2)
• Kang Doo as Jae-hee (ep 3)
• Ji Jin-hee as Young-shik (ep 4-5)
• Dokgo Young-jae as Gentleman Noh
• Oh Ji-ho as Sung-kyun (ep 7)
• Nam Ji-hyun as Hye-ri (ep 7)
• Lee Young-ha as Musician Noh
• Lee Young-beom as Food critic
• Jo Dong-hyuk as Yong-ryong
• Kang Ye-sol as Mi-young
• Han Bo-bae as Ji-hee

Extended cast

• Park Yong as Boss of Hope House
• Jeon Heon-tae as Deputy driver
• Cha Doo-ri as Yoo-jung
• Shin Woo-chul as PD
• Kim Ki-mu as Journalist
• Im Ho-kyung as Junior colleague
• Kang Ji-woo as Saet-byul (ep 4-5)
• Choi Eun-kyung as Saet-byul's mother
• Hwang In-woo as Moderator
• Lee Seo-joon as MC
• Gong Min-gyu as Drunken man
• Kim Ji-hee as Min-jung
• Lee Woo-jin as Min-jung's husband
• Yoon Man-dal as Man with braised pork ribs and kimchi 1
• Park Won-ho as Man with braised pork ribs and kimchi 2
• Kim Chung-gil as Man with braised pork ribs and kimchi 3
• Bang Jeong-sik as Hye-ri's father
• Kim Seon-hwa as Hye-ri's mother
• Jang Hyeok-jin as Deputy driver
• Oh Hee-joon as Male employee 1
• Lee Won-jin as Male employee 2
• Lee Tae-kyung as Female employee
• Ahn Sang-woo as Photographer
• Kwon Nam-hee as Sook-hee
• Kim Tae-young as Manager
• Maeng Bong-hak as Curator

Episodes

All episodes are named after a certain form of food, most of them of Korean origin.

1. Seasoned Seaweed and Rice Cakes
2. Buckwheat Pancake
3. Mixed, Radish and Banquet Noodles
4. Short-Necked Clam Soup (Part 1)
5. Hamburg Steak (Part 2)
6. Steamed Spareribs and Kimchi
7. Ginseng Chicken Soup
8. Butter Rice
9. Grilled Short Rib Patties
10. Barley-Dried Corvina
11. Marinated Chicken Fried Rice
12. Chinese Plums
13. Canned Whelk
14. Candied Sweet Potato and Spicy Rice Cakes
15. Potato Ongshim Seaweed Soup
16. Oyster Sauce Mayo Ramen
17. Tortilla Half-moon Pizza
18. Grilled Flatfish
19. Stone Pot Jangjorim Bibimbap
20. A Fall Gizzard Shad Party

References

1. "Midnight Diner serves up thorny social issues". The Korea Times. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
2. "Kim Seung-woo's Midnight Diner opens for business". Dramabeans. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
3. She played a central role in episode 6, being desperate to lose weight.

External links

• Late Night Restaurant official SBS website (Korean)
• Late Night Restaurant at HanCinema