Moonlight Chicken

Series Similar to Moonlight Chicken

If you enjoyed Moonlight Chicken, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. I Told Sunset About You

   2020 · Drama, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, highly rated (8).

   Two high school boys who were learning their deep relationship through complicated and unstable feelings like a storm that blows the boat away from its path. It was contrary to peaceful Phuket where they lived.

2. Last Twilight

   2023 · Drama, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, hidden gem, also on GMM25.

   Burdened with heavy debt, Mhok, a technical college student, unexpectedly finds himself becoming the caretaker of Day, a former badminton player on the brink of losing his sight. Day hires Mhok who, unlike other applicants, seems to take no pity on him. With so much time spent in each others' company, the two develop a deep bond. When Day learns he'll have approximately 90 days until he loses what vision he has remaining, how will the two weather the trials ahead?

3. King of Baking, Kim Tak Goo

   2010 · Food, Family, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Food / Romance profile, highly rated (8).

   Kim Tak Goo is the eldest son of Goo Il Joong, the president of Samhwa Enterprise, a legend in the baking industry. Although he is an extremely talented baker and seemed destined to succeed his father as president, Goo Il Joong's family plotted to rob him of his inheritance because he was born to Il Joong's mistress. Tak Goo's determination to become number one in the baking industry drives him to rebuild his career from scratch despite the many trials he faces.

4. Bon Appétit, Your Majesty

   2025 · Drama, Food, History · ended

   Recommended for similar Food profile, hidden gem.

   What happens when a Michelin-worthy chef from Paris accidentally time-slips to the Joseon dynasty? She meets the King, a fearsome tyrant with an unexpectedly refined palate. In a bid to survive palace intrigue and royal appetites, she whips up dazzling fusion dishes that tempt even the coldest heart. But as sparks fly in the royal kitchen, a slow-burn romance simmers beneath the surface.

5. Chocolate

   2019 · Food, Romance, Medical · ended

   Recommended for similar Food / Romance profile, hidden gem.

   The story of a man who became a neurosurgeon though he dreamed of becoming a cook, and a woman who became a cook because of him.Lee Kang is a neurosurgeon, who once dreamed of becoming a chef. As a child, Moon Cha Young once met Lee Kang at a small restaurant in the seaside town. There, Lee Kang cooked and gave her a meal, which in part inspired her to become a world-famous chef. Many years later, the two meet again at a hospice ward and together they heal their own emotional scars by preparing meals for the patients there.Not counting the commercials, each episode is 60-65 min long.

6. Century of Love

   2024 · Drama, Action, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, highly rated (8.3), hidden gem.

   San accepts pain and suffering in exchange for eternal life, all for the sake of reuniting with his reincarnated former girlfriend. Just as the mysterious power is about to disappear, San meets Vee, a cheerful young man who seems connected to him.

7. Cooking Crush

   2023 · Comedy, Food, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Food / Romance profile, hidden gem, also on GMM25.

   Cooking Crush tells the story of when third-year student Prem loses all confidence in his cooking after failing to impress his professor.  An unexpected twist occurs as medical student Ten, who is on the verge of passing out from hunger, follows the aroma of Prem's food. The meal, originally intended for a dog, ends up satiating the doc instead! The mission to teach a doctor the art of cooking commences! As they share their culinary expertise, their relationship blossoms, infused with a hint of romance. How will their cooking stir their hearts?

8. Lover Merman

   2025 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, highly rated (8.2), hidden gem.

   Phurich moves from Bangkok to Khen Island to look after ocean-themed bar Full & A Half with his close friend Pana. Upon his arrival, he meets Nava, Full & A Half's most talented bartender – who just so happens to be one of the world's last mermen. Before long, Phurich falls for with Nava, not knowing about Nava's true identity, but he clashes with Nava's best friend Prapai, another young merman who's secretly loved Nava for a long time. Prapai believes that human and merman relationships would never work, and warns Nava that dating Phurich would only end in tragedy. But one fateful night, Phurich follows Nava to the beach and witnesses a secret that changes both of their lives forever. 

9. Hua Jai Sila

   2019 · Drama, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   Tor is a love child of a mistress and a wealthy hi-so man. After his mother dies from neglect, Tor is forced to live with his father's family . Abused by his stepmother and stepbrother, he turns to the girl-next-door, Mingta, who also suffers neglect at the hands of her so called mother and sister. One night, while being chased by his stepmother, Tor jumps into a river and is presumed dead, though he survives. He is taken under the wing of another prostitute who knew his mother and takes on a new life under the alias, Sila. Years later, he returns as a notorious, rich pimp, with plans to avenge his mother and to get revenge for the torture and pain brought to him by his stepmother and stepbrother. Sila's main goal is to hurt the people that hurt him as a child, but he never expected to see the only friend he ever had as a child, Mingta. As soon as they see each other, she realizes that he looks familiar to her. She notices a ring he wears around his neck, and immediately comes to the conclusion that he's Tor, her childhood best friend that supposedly died. But he denies it because of his revenge plan.

10. Feed the Beast

    2016 · Drama, Food, Crime · ended

    Recommended for similar Food profile.

    Feed the Beast tells the story of Tommy and Dion who are like brothers. Dion can't stay out of trouble. Tommy can't move past it. For two friends on the brink of losing everything, a dusty pipe dream of opening up an upscale restaurant in their hometown of the Bronx is all they have left to turn their lives around. Together, they take on the insanity of the New York restaurant world, and navigate its underbelly of petty criminals, corrupt officials and violent mobsters.