Another interesting Japanese drama... it reminds me of bartender (manga), midnight diner series, etc. The genre is a slice of life which everyone has/will experience at some point; this is also the reason why these kind of dramas are very appealing to me.

Food & Beverage believed be able to change people's emotion albeit temporary; some may even give a strength to face the difficulty one experience. Although I feel a bar, diner, or a stall would be a better fit as the setting, a bistro may cut it as well. When I was in Japan, I started to realize how some Japanese's pastry was heavily influenced by French thus don't think it's out of context.

Acting is not the selling point, IMO, of this drama; the plot twist, pace of the story, and how close the storyline is to our life are the selling points; overall, the first episode got me hooked. ML is very observant of his customer, not sure if it's a generic trait type of those in a service industry but it is definitely the similar trait in all of those series mentioned. The rest of the crews traits are started to show in this first episode but not fully revealed. If it's the typical J-drama, then normally each crew would have their own reason/history that brought them together as a group.

If you have a delicate heart, have some tissue ready... It's only the "appetizer" but I am really looking forward to the next course...