On top of what minsam said, the early scanlations were absolutely atrocious and killed a lot of the early interest I had in the manhwa, too. I just decided to tough through them on a re-read, and, well, here we are lol
Personally don't think it's necessarily bland, it's just a cozy, home-cooked meal that wouldn't fit into a popular or high-class restaurant. The ingredients just happen to be high-class, like you said, which does cause a bit of a gap in expectations lol
Lmao changing Dior into Deol is lowkey pretty funny