Let's Eat 3

Let's Eat 3 (Korean: 식샤를 합시다 3; RR: Siksyareul hapsida 3) is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Yoon Doo-joon and Baek Jin-hee. This is the third season of 2013 Let's Eat series, with Yoon Doo-joon reprising his role as Goo Dae-young in both the first and second season. It aired on tvN from July 16^[1][2][3] to August 28, 2018.

Let's Eat 3
Promotional poster
Also known as	Let's Eat: Begins
Hangul	식사를 합시다 3
RR	Siksareul hapsida 3
MR	Siksarŭl hapsida 3
Genre	Slice-of-life Romance
Created by	Lee Myung-han (tvN)
Written by	Im Soo-mi
Directed by	Choi Gyu-sik
Starring	Yoon Doo-joon Baek Jin-hee
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	14
Production
Executive producer	Park Jae-sam
Production company	Celltrion Entertainment
Original release
Network	tvN
Release	July 16 (2018-07-16) – August 28, 2018 (2018-08-28)

Synopsis

Goo Dae-young has fallen into a slump in his thirties. In order to heal his wounds, he embarks on a journey to revisit the food that he loved in his twenties with former college classmate Lee Ji-woo, and the two not only share their meals but also relive their memories of the past.^[4]

Cast

Main

• Yoon Doo-joon as Goo Dae-young^[5][6]
• Baek Jin-hee as Lee Ji-woo
• Lee Joo-woo as Lee Seo-yeon^[7]
• Ahn Woo-yeon as Sunwoo Sun^[8]

Recurring

• Byung Hun as Kim Jin-seok^[9]
• Kim Dong-young as Bae Byung-sam^[10]
• Yang Kyung-won as Jang
• Seo Byeock-joon as Lee Sung-joo^[11]
• Noh Susanna as Heo Yoon-ji^[12]
• Lee Ji-hyun as Kim Mi-sook
• Park Han-sol as Bak Han-sol
• Shin Soo-hang^[13]
• Byun Woo-seok

Special appearances

• Seo Hyun-jin as Baek Su-ji (ep. 2) ^[14]
• Lee Joo-seung as Ahn Chan-soo (ep. 1)

Production

The first script reading was held on May 17, 2018.^[15]

The series was reduced from 16 to 14 episodes due to the sudden draft notice of lead actor Yoon Doo-joon.^[16][17]

Original soundtrack

Let's Eat 3 OST
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	2018
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean English
Label	Stone Music Entertainment, Pop Music

Part 1

Released on July 24, 2018 (2018-07-24)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Your Day" (축제)	Kim Ho-kyung	1601	ONF	03:16
2.	"Your Day" (Inst.)		1601		03:16
Total length:					06:32

Part 2

Released on July 31, 2018 (2018-07-31)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Curious" (궁금해)	EDEN, Lucy	EDEN, BUDDY	EDEN	03:41
2.	"Curious" (Inst.)		EDEN, BUDDY		03:41
Total length:					07:22

Part 3

Released on August 7, 2018 (2018-08-07)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Just This Song" (이 노래만)	Kim Ho-kyung	1601	Yuju (GFriend)	04:11
2.	"Just This Song" (Inst.)		1601		04:11
Total length:					08:22

Part 4

Released on August 14, 2018 (2018-08-14)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"I Still" (그래도 나)	Tei	1601	Yang Yo-seob (Highlight)	04:14
2.	"I Still" (Inst.)		1601		04:14
Total length:					08:28

Part 5

Released on August 21, 2018 (2018-08-21)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Fluttering" (설렘각)	POPKID, IMAGES	POPKID, IMAGES	Taeil (Block B)	03:33
2.	"Fluttering" (Inst.)		POPKID, IMAGES		03:33
Total length:					07:06

Part 6

Released on August 28, 2018 (2018-08-28)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Wonder What You Do" (어디서 뭐해요)	Midnight Dive, Kim Jin-sol	Kiggen, Kim Jin-sol	Hailey	03:30
2.	"Wonder What You Do" (Inst.)		Kiggen, Kim Jin-sol		03:30
Total length:					07:00

Part 7

Released on August 29, 2018 (2018-08-29)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Same Memories" (같은 기억)	Lee Jong-soo, Arie, Kassy	Lee Jong-soo	Kassy	03:21
2.	"Same Memories" (Inst.)		Lee Jong-soo		03:21
Total length:					06:42

Ratings

Let's Eat 3 : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Season		Episode number														Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	1	606	626	553	663	575	574	527	576	551	525	506	511	632	704	581

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.^[18]

Average TV viewership ratings

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share (AGB Nielsen)[19]
		Nationwide	Seoul
1	July 16, 2018	2.375%	2.633%
2	July 17, 2018	2.459%	2.774%
3	July 23, 2018	2.368%	2.786%
4	July 24, 2018	2.700%	3.529%
5	July 30, 2018	2.477%	3.176%
6	July 31, 2018	2.396%	3.167%
7	August 6, 2018	2.384%	2.981%
8	August 7, 2018	2.617%	3.345%
9	August 13, 2018	2.212%	2.406%
10	August 14, 2018	2.405%	3.062%
11	August 20, 2018	2.234%	2.769%
12	August 21, 2018	2.205%	2.741%
13	August 27, 2018	2.722%	2.915%
14	August 28, 2018	3.239%	3.933%
Average		2.485%	3.016%
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).