Who knew that the secret to winning a 100 million won cooking prize was to add a green tea bag and bean sprouts to instant noodles? And that winning and instant noodle cooking contest could win you an all-expenses paid cooking school experience in Venice?!
Eunjae's mom is the toughest mother i've seen in all dramas by far. She represents the average Korean woman outside of the big cities--truck operating, hitting, tough talking, sidewalk spitting, soju drinking...
How realistic is it than an aspiring chef can't even tie her own shoes? That's not "cute" that's a learning disability on a kinesthetic level.
Whenever they show scenes of a young Chaebol guy working in his Chaebol office, don’t you notice that he’s always looking at physical pieces of paper rather than a computer? In fact, he usually doesn’t even have a computer on his desk! Korea has the #1 broadband network in all of Asia, yet these guys aren’t given desktop computers for their work?
Why is it that father-less children are named similarly? Jingoo (Only You), and Jinju (Creating Destiny). Coincidence?
I want to eat Honeyjoon’s mom’s chili paste with cream pasta. It looks so good. It brings grown men near to tears.
Koreans can be so invasive with physical space, yet there is still somehow a buffer to keeping personal information. Like, it's amazing that Eunjae’s parents don’t even know who Jingoo’s father is!?! Not even a hint!
What keeps our attention in these dramas? The heightened tension when the most OBVIOUS questions are not asked nor answered. When Honeyjoon confronts Eunjae about the father of her baby, he asks only two questions: 1. Is it Hyunsung's 2. Is it from another boyfriend? Um, hello, why not ask, “Is it MINE?!?”
Going back to personal space, women don’t share information of the father’s of their children, but they sure have no problem not only checking who’s calling on other people’s cell phones, but they also like to ANSWER it as well! This is a writer’s trick to quickly show to others that two people are in fact, hanging out together.
When they show people driving, do you ever take a look at the outside scenery? Don't you notice they're actually going r-e-a-l-l-y slow and the drivers look away from the road a lot? Clear and obvious indication that they’re being TOWED with a mounted camera on the back of a truck.
There needs to be a support group or classes for Korean 2nd Bananas. Maybe some of the groups could be called, "I Have No Pride When it Comes to You." "Where is My Will?" "How Did I Get So Whipped When All I've Done Was Hold Her Hand...Once?" Or the probable most popular class, "Um, Hello, There are at Least 10 Million Other Women in Seoul?!"
Why is it that father-less children are named similarly? Jingoo (Only You), and Jinju (Creating Destiny). Coincidence?
I want to eat Honeyjoon’s mom’s chili paste with cream pasta. It looks so good. It brings grown men near to tears.
Koreans can be so invasive with physical space, yet there is still somehow a buffer to keeping personal information. Like, it's amazing that Eunjae’s parents don’t even know who Jingoo’s father is!?! Not even a hint!
What keeps our attention in these dramas? The heightened tension when the most OBVIOUS questions are not asked nor answered. When Honeyjoon confronts Eunjae about the father of her baby, he asks only two questions: 1. Is it Hyunsung's 2. Is it from another boyfriend? Um, hello, why not ask, “Is it MINE?!?”
Going back to personal space, women don’t share information of the father’s of their children, but they sure have no problem not only checking who’s calling on other people’s cell phones, but they also like to ANSWER it as well! This is a writer’s trick to quickly show to others that two people are in fact, hanging out together.
When they show people driving, do you ever take a look at the outside scenery? Don't you notice they're actually going r-e-a-l-l-y slow and the drivers look away from the road a lot? Clear and obvious indication that they’re being TOWED with a mounted camera on the back of a truck.
There needs to be a support group or classes for Korean 2nd Bananas. Maybe some of the groups could be called, "I Have No Pride When it Comes to You." "Where is My Will?" "How Did I Get So Whipped When All I've Done Was Hold Her Hand...Once?" Or the probable most popular class, "Um, Hello, There are at Least 10 Million Other Women in Seoul?!"
Whenever they show families sitting to eat in the living room, do you ever notice that everyone crowds around ONE side of the table? There's no live audience, so no need to leave one side of the table open....
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry when i saw the way she cooked pasta that was stuffed inside the chicken, especially when she was using the fork to take it out. Ewwww on so many levels.
I noticed a hand santitizer spray that was at the bottom of the restaurant greeting podium at the front door of the Italian N1 restaurant. Interesting. “Hi, welcome to Italian N1, will you please clean your hands before you eat our food?”
And that's all for now. Stay tuned for the next volume!
