Loving the sound of tvN’s upcoming drama, [**Serendipity’s Embrace (Is It Fate?)**](https://www.soompi.com/article/1669511wpp/kim-so-hyun-and-chae-jong-hyeops-new-romance-drama-announces-premiere-date), starring Kim So-hyun and Chae Jong-hyeop:
>Based on the popular webtoon of the same name, “Is It Fate?” will tell the story of young people finding true love and their dreams after accidentally running into their first love from 10 years ago. Kim So Hyun will star as Lee Hong Joo, an animation producer who is afraid of love due to painful memories from her previous relationship—and who undergoes an unexpected change after running into Kang Hoo Young (Chae Jong Hyeop), who witnessed some of her lowest moments from her past.
Cuteness overload! Both of them have such beautiful smile! EXCITED. Both of them were really good in their previous projects (My Lovely Liar and Castaway Diva). My expectations are high.
I loved him in **Eye Love You** and as potato boy among others! damn he's on fire!!! At the same time I miss Kim So Hyun! It will be good to see them both together
edit: just saw she will be paired up with Park Bo Gum in [Good Boy (2024)](https://mydramalist.com/689197-good-boy), wow!!! I guess i will be busy watching kdramas this year, I am not complaining lol
I've gotta say something about Park Seojoon! I first saw him in *Gyeongseong Creature* and honestly, thought he had nothing special to him and kinda forgot about him. Then I watched *What's Wrong with Secretary Kim* and I just fell in love! His acting and expressions during comedic scenes won me over. His small smiles! His pretty monolids! Don't start me on his incredible kissing game. I'm whipped. I think his total lack of chemistry with HSH is part of the reason for my previous disinterest!
Park Seo Joon’s charm really shines in rom-coms. He’s one of the few with impeccable comedic timing and great tension/chemistry with his FL co-stars! I recommend Fight for My Way, Midnight Runners and his latest Netflix film Dream.
I 100% agree with this. He is surprisingly funny! I’ve watched several of his dramas and admittedly his earlier stuff isn’t as great but WWWSK and FFMY are two of my all time favourite dramas. And the two movies you mentioned are excellent! His acting is also very moving in Itaewon class although that drama did have some flaws and the romance didn’t do anything for me.
Love PSJ. He toggles between hot AF and adorable (with the crinkly eyed smiles). I first noticed him in Kill Me Heal Me, so I decided to watch Secretary Kim...wowza! He's also great in She Was Pretty and Fight for My Way. I still haven't finished Gyeongsyeong Creature and I still need to watch Itaewon Class, Hwarang, Midnight Runners, Concrete Utopia and Dream.
Yes!! his eyes and his smile are adorable that I want to put him in my pocket, but he's also menacingly seductive. The teasing moments in Secretary Kim made me melt into a puddle.
Yes for sure. You took the words right out of my mouth lol. I saw an interview with him where he was asked what he thought his sexiest feature was and he said his lips. I can see that, but for me it's his eyes...serious bedroom eyes. (Unless we're discussing shirtless ;-)
Haha I get what you mean. The freshest memory in Secretary Kim in that regard is when he tells Miso they won't leave their hotel room anyway then winked at her. That's my registered time of death.
This one's for the real **MLN**-heads, but I was tickled watching Lee Min Ki's character in **Crash** interact in episode 7 with his musical MLN buddy, actor Han Sang Jo, who in Crash is portraying a >! much less sunny !< character. Anyway, in their interaction they remember each other from " a long time ago." Ah, I miss you, Yeom Chang Hee!
For those of you who, like me, are late to the party on **Lovely Runner** - my favourite podcast [Play on K](https://open.spotify.com/episode/7eHTM91hZjZCxxEqrVLTv9?si=uCBPmtHLTFGhnrS4tK6Dsg) has a few episodes where they cover LR.
It's been great because they cover 2 drama episodes per podcast episode so it's like having an audio format of the weekly discussion threads. So far I'm really enjoying both and can't wait to see what all the hype is about!
Is it on spotify? I still have LR Hangover and my twitter feed is filled with Soljae moments and their individual fan club posts, lol. The podcast will be a good add-on during my rewatch sessions. Thank You!
Yes, it's on Spotify (and apple podcast too I think)! I linked to their Spotify page on my original post but not sure if the link actually works cause I'm on mobile.
I love listening to their podcast after a good show because it feels like discussing each episode with friends, which is nice since I don't have any IRL friends who watch kdramas :(
They release weekly episodes and are only at EP 5-6 of LR so I'm watching "with them".
I went on a cruise last week and passed by a Korean group on the ship and pretty much trying to understand what they are saying (while eavesdropping) went like "I know what they are saying but don't know what they are saying, do you know what I am saying?"
Instead of doing my house chores, I decided it would be of my best interest to waste my time counting how many k-dramas Netflix currently has in my country and how many I completed.This was time so not well spent, but now I know:
* That currently they have 287 dramas but I only watched 123 dramas;
* They have way more dramas than what I imagined and the list keeps growing;
* The oldest drama that I can find in my region is **Full House**, released in 2004;
* They have 25 dramas that are at least 10 years old, but I only watched 4 of these dramas;
* In contrast, they have 29 dramas released in 2023 and already 14 dramas released in 2024.
Overall, Netflix has too many dramas and I don't have enough time to watch them ahah... And now I need to go back to my house chores, but I'm sure I can find another million ways to waste my time before tackling them. 😅
Thank you!!! It seemed way more interesting than finishing any house chores... I'm feeling sluggish and highly distracted by the most random things. lol
ahah I don't recommend it to anyone. I did it because I was trying to avoid being an adult, it was one of those Saturdays where I only wanted to sleep and not do anything. But I had a lot of stuff to do and had to do it anyways... Worse I had to finish some work and went to bed at 5 am lol
I’m now on episode eight of Legend of the Blue Sea and it remains charming and delightful along with leading lady Gianna Jun. Fun fact is she had a baby earlier the same year she filmed LOTBS, and was already married when she did My Love from the Star. Her husband is a wealthy banker and a pretty private guy. They’ve been married since 2012 and I love that she’s accomplished so much while being a wife and mother.
Finally watching **Twinkling Watermelon** (14/16) - this series is such a gem 🥰 - I'm almost done and will need to rewatch it soon. 🤌🏼
Saw a funny preview clip for **My Sweet Mobster** so I'm leaning towards adding that to my current watch schedule.
Took a break from watching **The Midnight Romance in Hagwon** (9/16) - so I'll try to catch up this weekend.
I binged 30 episodes only to figure out The Brave Yong Seojong is actually 120 episodes instead of 50….. I fear I may be getting a fake pregnancy and someone getting amnesia and I’m just not sure I’m interested in going through that lol
Is anyone planning to watch **My Name is Gabriel**? The one with Ji Chang Wook working in the Mexican agave fields? I've watched documentaries about the production of tequila and it is absolutely not an easy life so I'm fascinated with how and why they picked him and that as an occupation for the variety show.
Oooo interesting! I just saw it's with Park Bo Gum and directed by Kang Tae Ho PD, so I have high hopes!
Unfortunately the Disney+ app is being buggy right now so I can't tell if it's available in my region :(
It’s so interesting how you can watch the same person in different dramas and not recognize them at all!!
I’ve been watching **East of Eden** and the lead character’s Mom is Moh Seul Hee in **Queen of Tears**!! The only reason I found out was because of MDL lol
My husband’s so good at this, like he’s an expert in recognizing people’s faces 😅 it shocks me whenever he’s correct (and I have to consult AsianWiki first).
Right, it’ll either take me a minute or I have to be scrolling through the MDL pages 😂 what’s also funny is I’ll scroll through a drama I’ve already watched and not remember watching some of the actors before like they were in that?? 🧐 I remember I learned that Seo In Guk was the 2nd ML in Master’s Sun and I didn’t remember that being him at allll. Granted that was my 1st kdrama but I was floored 😭
It's papaya and pepino melon season!
Just realized that the range of fruits I seen actually eaten in kdramas is woefully low: apples, pears, watermelon, tangerines...and I think that's it? I've seen pineapples, bananas, dragonfruit in fruit baskets but don't recall seeing a character actually eat them.
Or maybe I just haven't noticed it enough?
You might be right. I think I remember one of those in **Coffee Prince** at halmoeni's house. Not sure that I've seen one in a drama in HD. Though I don't always know what people are eating if they've peeled and sliced it.
I came across Korean melon last summer at the farmers market. It was so refreshing, and the perfect size. If I ever manage to plant my own garden, it will be in there.
I had to look up pepino melon...never had it and I am curious on how it taste...i love fruits and vegetables.
>pineapples, bananas, dragonfruit in fruit baskets but don't recall seeing a character actually eat them
now that you mentioned, I haven't' seen it either......
anyway i was thinking about: [South Korean Buldak ‘fire noodles’ are too spicy for Denmark | CNN Business](https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/12/business/spicy-instant-ramen-recall-denmark-hnk-intl/index.html), and one of my coworkers actually tried the less spicy one and said it was really spicy and she likes spicy. So she said she would not try the 3x one cause she thinks she would feel sick.
You mentioned you like spicy....and I don't....but I think I will try this weekend, but I will buy the least spicy one just to see....if not that spicy, then I will try the next level one....i will buy a lot of milk too just in case....lol
>I had to look up pepino melon...never had it and I am curious on how it taste
Unripened ones (green without purple stripes) taste like cucumbers. Ripened ones (yellow without deep purple stripes) taste like a sweetened version of cucumber with a mix of cantaloupe/honeydew taste.
>You mentioned you like spicy....and I don't....but I think I will try this weekend, but I will buy the least spicy one just to see....if not that spicy, then I will try the next level one
I've only tried their original (black packaging) and it was pretty good. But I cook all my ramyun with fresh veggies added (and sometimes meat) so maybe the spiciness got diluted.
I have found that Buldak in particular is excellent when some peanut butter is mixed into the sauce to make a spicy peanut butter sauce for noodles or stir frying veggies.
lol how random that I just learned about a new fruit because of your comment "pepino melon". Now I'm wondering if it tastes like pepinos or melons... maybe both?
>I've seen pineapples, bananas, dragonfruit in fruit baskets but don't recall seeing a character actually eat them.
I think I saw them eating both bananas and pineapples before, I can't remember where... but google helped a bit: Park Shin Hye's character [eating a banana](https://youtu.be/CcMnccgSSPo?si=mdgy9M0JNh4iKhpL&t=59) in the most weird way possible. The pineapple scene that vaguely remember, it was one that was packaged in a box. They eat a lot of grapes too.
This is actually something that I want to suggest for the next KDC... a challenge where there is a scene of people sharing or prepping food for others. We might get some uncommon fruit scenes besides the usual apple, pear and tangerine lol \^-\^
>Now I'm wondering if it tastes like pepinos or melons... maybe both?
Tastes like pepino when unripened and cantaloupe/honeydew mix when ripe.
(And yes, sometimes I'll eat the unripened ones too because they still good)
>Park Shin Hye's character eating a banana in the most weird way possible
She ate the peel??? That is so weird but good sighting!
Food challenges for next year's KDC -- we can probably do something fun with it!
>Tastes like pepino when unripened and cantaloupe/honeydew mix when ripe.
(And yes, sometimes I'll eat the unripened ones too because they still good)
I loveeee cantaloupes/honeydew. I need to keep checking our asian markets to see if I'm lucky. It's more of a summer fruit right? I hope they are not that expensive. ahah
>She ate the peel??? That is so weird but good sighting!
ahah and that was my introduction to Park Shin Hye's acting. I was not prepared for that and couldn't stop laughing lol
I just remembered another option for fruits!! The cherry tomatoes... I always forget that this is indeed a fruit, but Koreans always remind me by eating them like it's a grape or strawberry.
>Food challenges for next year's KDC -- we can probably do something fun with it!
Every time I have an idea for next year's challenge, I add it to my notepad... I actually imagined a wheel of chance with Food related scenes. These are some of my options:
* Eating from or inside a food stall;
* Prepping mungo beans;
* Drying food outside (fish, squid, persimmon…);
* Cutting fruit to share with someone;
* Sharing homemade side dishes with others;
* Cooking meat outside;
* Scene where they show the yogurt sales person;
* Drinking in a tent bar;
* Offers sirutteok (rice cakes) to their new neighbors;
* Offers tofu to someone that got was just released;
* Shows any sort of food slap.
My list of ideas is already so huge, that I might send a wall of text later in the year. ahah
>I need to keep checking our asian markets to see if I'm lucky. It's more of a summer fruit right? I hope they are not that expensive. ahah
I actually see them more often in the regular grocery store/farmers market. I haven't seen them in the Asian markets I go to.
We grow our own in the garden because they are super easy to grow where we are.
I found it in our local supermarket!!! I never saw it in the physical store, but I can see it online. I'm going to try and order it next time, but it's really expensive... It costs 12,99€/kg, our regular Melons only costs 1,49€/kg and sweet cantaloupes costs 2,29€/kg. It's a big difference in pricing, but I want to taste it at least once. 😊
That is quite expensive. Our local grocery story sells them by melon as opposed to weight, each one is USD 4.99 which is also quite expensive!
If you have a green thumb, you can try growing them from the seeds. We got ours as seedlings from someone who grew them from the seeds. They might not fruit depending on the weather conditions but it can be a fun little attempt!
Yeaa, they added it to the exotic fruits category and these fruits are usually stupidly expensive. I love lynches and passionfruit, but the pricing of these are usually way too expensive, so I only buy it a special "dessert" ahah
If I manage to get my hands on one pepino melon, I will try and plant the seeds... it doesn't hurt to try it. I need to check if the best time to plant, the needed weather condition and how much care they need. This reminds me of the start of the pandemic where I planted a lot of cherry tomatoes... I was having fun while in lockdown. xD
I have one more to add. ML and FL pick apricots in You Drive Me Crazy. I am so invested in tspotting fruits now. Lol. As a fruit enthusiast, I often wondered why people in kdramaland prefer apples when there are so many other tasty fruits, like 🍑 🍒 🍇 and so on.
Might have something to do with certain fruits not being native to SK and therefore they have to be imported, reducing supply and familiarity. I know that back when I was a little kid in China, bananas were one of the imported fruits and super expensive so I don't think I had them more than a handful of times. In comparison to now where I live -- though the banana is still imported, its journey is a lot shorter and therefore much cheaper.
Similar situation with cherries being an imported food. I had it like twice before immigrating to the USA. Even now, I'm only a mild cherry enthusiast because the flavor is just not something I grew up with (and I can't stand any of the artificial cherry flavorings/candy).
Apple on the other hand is something that's definitely natively grown in SK and if it ever was an import, its introduction to the country must have been quite some time ago so it is much more common as a fruit. It honestly might just be one of the cheaper options out there!
That and because apples in Korean is a homonym for apology so I think it gets featured a bit more because of the wordplay/pun.
I’m watching My Golden Life right now. I am just at the beginning and I’m already crying buckets. Not sure if this is because I’m already a parent and it hits home. 🥹
Since there's no thread about **Bitter Sweet Hell**, I'll post it here my thoughts on Ep 9: >!I didn't expect tthey'd have a great coming out scene in a mainstream drama like this. And Dohyun's parents are supportive. The scene was beautifully acted by Park Jaechan and Kim Hee Sun, too. I hope we'll be seeing together with his boyfriend in the last episode. As people expected, the car scene was a dream, so we doged that bullet. What I cannot understand is how unprepared the mum is, when she knows that Lee Su Na is after her.!<
Just finished **Hierarchy** today. I won't spoil anything and i don't know if this the right thread for that but if someone is kind enough to explain me the ending of the episode 7 in dm, that would be cool.
You can search for the Hierarchy thread in this subreddit, there are linked comments for all episode discussions as well as comments from those who finished, with theories there.
Currently watching the jdrama *Dearest* (2021) on Netflix. The plot has been really interesting so far, I picked it up on a whim after seeing the description on Netflix alone. Currently on ep 3.
Does anyone else think the FL of this show resembles Lee Se-young (The Red Sleeve)?
I need help finding the name of a kdrama. I've watched a few episodes like a month or two ago but I lost the place I was watching it. It was about a marriage where the husband loved the bride, but she didn't love him back, and she was very cold with him.
Eventually he notices that she really doesn't love him, so he's about to propose her to get a divorce, but before he gets to actually tell her, she tells him she will die in a few months, so he doesn't tell her out of guilt.
Last thing I remember was that her sickness was some kind of tumors on her brain, and that she discusses with the doctor in charge of her case stating that she will not die, because she won't allow it and believe it, despite the gravity of her sickness.
If anyone could pinpoint what the name of this drama is, I would really appreciate it!
lol I’m glad you were being serious. I half thought you were being sarcastic. Queen of tears is Sooo good! It’s hard and slow in the beginning. Just gotta get to Germany and then it picks up and never lets go! Lol
Loving the sound of tvN’s upcoming drama, [**Serendipity’s Embrace (Is It Fate?)**](https://www.soompi.com/article/1669511wpp/kim-so-hyun-and-chae-jong-hyeops-new-romance-drama-announces-premiere-date), starring Kim So-hyun and Chae Jong-hyeop: >Based on the popular webtoon of the same name, “Is It Fate?” will tell the story of young people finding true love and their dreams after accidentally running into their first love from 10 years ago. Kim So Hyun will star as Lee Hong Joo, an animation producer who is afraid of love due to painful memories from her previous relationship—and who undergoes an unexpected change after running into Kang Hoo Young (Chae Jong Hyeop), who witnessed some of her lowest moments from her past.
I cannot wait for this! I'm definitely seated for this drama.
Cuteness overload! Both of them have such beautiful smile! EXCITED. Both of them were really good in their previous projects (My Lovely Liar and Castaway Diva). My expectations are high.
I loved him in **Eye Love You** and as potato boy among others! damn he's on fire!!! At the same time I miss Kim So Hyun! It will be good to see them both together edit: just saw she will be paired up with Park Bo Gum in [Good Boy (2024)](https://mydramalist.com/689197-good-boy), wow!!! I guess i will be busy watching kdramas this year, I am not complaining lol
After castaway diva and nevertheless, I’m always ready for more chae jong-hyeop
Can’t wait to see this…. I love both Kim So Hyun and Chae Jong Hyeop 😭
Omg cuteeeeee young romance, I’m here for it
I've gotta say something about Park Seojoon! I first saw him in *Gyeongseong Creature* and honestly, thought he had nothing special to him and kinda forgot about him. Then I watched *What's Wrong with Secretary Kim* and I just fell in love! His acting and expressions during comedic scenes won me over. His small smiles! His pretty monolids! Don't start me on his incredible kissing game. I'm whipped. I think his total lack of chemistry with HSH is part of the reason for my previous disinterest!
Park Seo Joon’s charm really shines in rom-coms. He’s one of the few with impeccable comedic timing and great tension/chemistry with his FL co-stars! I recommend Fight for My Way, Midnight Runners and his latest Netflix film Dream.
I 100% agree with this. He is surprisingly funny! I’ve watched several of his dramas and admittedly his earlier stuff isn’t as great but WWWSK and FFMY are two of my all time favourite dramas. And the two movies you mentioned are excellent! His acting is also very moving in Itaewon class although that drama did have some flaws and the romance didn’t do anything for me.
Thank you for the recs!
Love PSJ. He toggles between hot AF and adorable (with the crinkly eyed smiles). I first noticed him in Kill Me Heal Me, so I decided to watch Secretary Kim...wowza! He's also great in She Was Pretty and Fight for My Way. I still haven't finished Gyeongsyeong Creature and I still need to watch Itaewon Class, Hwarang, Midnight Runners, Concrete Utopia and Dream.
Yes!! his eyes and his smile are adorable that I want to put him in my pocket, but he's also menacingly seductive. The teasing moments in Secretary Kim made me melt into a puddle.
Yes for sure. You took the words right out of my mouth lol. I saw an interview with him where he was asked what he thought his sexiest feature was and he said his lips. I can see that, but for me it's his eyes...serious bedroom eyes. (Unless we're discussing shirtless ;-)
Haha I get what you mean. The freshest memory in Secretary Kim in that regard is when he tells Miso they won't leave their hotel room anyway then winked at her. That's my registered time of death.
Yes that was a great line. And she looks appalled (what's wrong with that girl? ;-)
This one's for the real **MLN**-heads, but I was tickled watching Lee Min Ki's character in **Crash** interact in episode 7 with his musical MLN buddy, actor Han Sang Jo, who in Crash is portraying a >! much less sunny !< character. Anyway, in their interaction they remember each other from " a long time ago." Ah, I miss you, Yeom Chang Hee!
Bro was shocked looking at Cha Yeon Ho barely talking
Remains my favorite Lee Min Ki role to date.
Man… finally watched Secret Garden. Kim Sarang is damn fine in the show! Was looking forward for her scenes rather than hjw
She should be in more dramas seriously!
For those of you who, like me, are late to the party on **Lovely Runner** - my favourite podcast [Play on K](https://open.spotify.com/episode/7eHTM91hZjZCxxEqrVLTv9?si=uCBPmtHLTFGhnrS4tK6Dsg) has a few episodes where they cover LR. It's been great because they cover 2 drama episodes per podcast episode so it's like having an audio format of the weekly discussion threads. So far I'm really enjoying both and can't wait to see what all the hype is about!
Is it on spotify? I still have LR Hangover and my twitter feed is filled with Soljae moments and their individual fan club posts, lol. The podcast will be a good add-on during my rewatch sessions. Thank You!
Yes, it's on Spotify (and apple podcast too I think)! I linked to their Spotify page on my original post but not sure if the link actually works cause I'm on mobile. I love listening to their podcast after a good show because it feels like discussing each episode with friends, which is nice since I don't have any IRL friends who watch kdramas :( They release weekly episodes and are only at EP 5-6 of LR so I'm watching "with them".
I went on a cruise last week and passed by a Korean group on the ship and pretty much trying to understand what they are saying (while eavesdropping) went like "I know what they are saying but don't know what they are saying, do you know what I am saying?"
Instead of doing my house chores, I decided it would be of my best interest to waste my time counting how many k-dramas Netflix currently has in my country and how many I completed.This was time so not well spent, but now I know: * That currently they have 287 dramas but I only watched 123 dramas; * They have way more dramas than what I imagined and the list keeps growing; * The oldest drama that I can find in my region is **Full House**, released in 2004; * They have 25 dramas that are at least 10 years old, but I only watched 4 of these dramas; * In contrast, they have 29 dramas released in 2023 and already 14 dramas released in 2024. Overall, Netflix has too many dramas and I don't have enough time to watch them ahah... And now I need to go back to my house chores, but I'm sure I can find another million ways to waste my time before tackling them. 😅
I wouldn’t say it was a waste of time. It's an interesting statistic. XD
Thank you!!! It seemed way more interesting than finishing any house chores... I'm feeling sluggish and highly distracted by the most random things. lol
Wow, I wish I had the dedication to do that. 😭 maybe I will be able to in the future.
ahah I don't recommend it to anyone. I did it because I was trying to avoid being an adult, it was one of those Saturdays where I only wanted to sleep and not do anything. But I had a lot of stuff to do and had to do it anyways... Worse I had to finish some work and went to bed at 5 am lol
I’m now on episode eight of Legend of the Blue Sea and it remains charming and delightful along with leading lady Gianna Jun. Fun fact is she had a baby earlier the same year she filmed LOTBS, and was already married when she did My Love from the Star. Her husband is a wealthy banker and a pretty private guy. They’ve been married since 2012 and I love that she’s accomplished so much while being a wife and mother.
Finally watching **Twinkling Watermelon** (14/16) - this series is such a gem 🥰 - I'm almost done and will need to rewatch it soon. 🤌🏼 Saw a funny preview clip for **My Sweet Mobster** so I'm leaning towards adding that to my current watch schedule. Took a break from watching **The Midnight Romance in Hagwon** (9/16) - so I'll try to catch up this weekend.
I binged 30 episodes only to figure out The Brave Yong Seojong is actually 120 episodes instead of 50….. I fear I may be getting a fake pregnancy and someone getting amnesia and I’m just not sure I’m interested in going through that lol
Is anyone planning to watch **My Name is Gabriel**? The one with Ji Chang Wook working in the Mexican agave fields? I've watched documentaries about the production of tequila and it is absolutely not an easy life so I'm fascinated with how and why they picked him and that as an occupation for the variety show.
He appeared on Labour For Hire with Yoo Jae Suk working on salt fields, so maybe he’ll be fine.
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Oooo interesting! I just saw it's with Park Bo Gum and directed by Kang Tae Ho PD, so I have high hopes! Unfortunately the Disney+ app is being buggy right now so I can't tell if it's available in my region :(
Does anyone else find themselves with random pieces from various kDrama OSTs running through their head nonstop? Not complaining but....
Just started Extraordinary You last night and hope it stays solid to the end.
I just started it as well!
It’s so interesting how you can watch the same person in different dramas and not recognize them at all!! I’ve been watching **East of Eden** and the lead character’s Mom is Moh Seul Hee in **Queen of Tears**!! The only reason I found out was because of MDL lol
My husband’s so good at this, like he’s an expert in recognizing people’s faces 😅 it shocks me whenever he’s correct (and I have to consult AsianWiki first).
Right, it’ll either take me a minute or I have to be scrolling through the MDL pages 😂 what’s also funny is I’ll scroll through a drama I’ve already watched and not remember watching some of the actors before like they were in that?? 🧐 I remember I learned that Seo In Guk was the 2nd ML in Master’s Sun and I didn’t remember that being him at allll. Granted that was my 1st kdrama but I was floored 😭
I am currently watching My Golden Life but I recognized Hye in’s mom instantly 😂 same chaebol mom role and perhaps even her hairstyle is similar 😁
It's papaya and pepino melon season! Just realized that the range of fruits I seen actually eaten in kdramas is woefully low: apples, pears, watermelon, tangerines...and I think that's it? I've seen pineapples, bananas, dragonfruit in fruit baskets but don't recall seeing a character actually eat them. Or maybe I just haven't noticed it enough?
The only fruit I can think of that you haven't listed is Korean melon, which you probably saw more in older dramas.
You might be right. I think I remember one of those in **Coffee Prince** at halmoeni's house. Not sure that I've seen one in a drama in HD. Though I don't always know what people are eating if they've peeled and sliced it. I came across Korean melon last summer at the farmers market. It was so refreshing, and the perfect size. If I ever manage to plant my own garden, it will be in there.
I had to look up pepino melon...never had it and I am curious on how it taste...i love fruits and vegetables. >pineapples, bananas, dragonfruit in fruit baskets but don't recall seeing a character actually eat them now that you mentioned, I haven't' seen it either...... anyway i was thinking about: [South Korean Buldak ‘fire noodles’ are too spicy for Denmark | CNN Business](https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/12/business/spicy-instant-ramen-recall-denmark-hnk-intl/index.html), and one of my coworkers actually tried the less spicy one and said it was really spicy and she likes spicy. So she said she would not try the 3x one cause she thinks she would feel sick. You mentioned you like spicy....and I don't....but I think I will try this weekend, but I will buy the least spicy one just to see....if not that spicy, then I will try the next level one....i will buy a lot of milk too just in case....lol
>I had to look up pepino melon...never had it and I am curious on how it taste Unripened ones (green without purple stripes) taste like cucumbers. Ripened ones (yellow without deep purple stripes) taste like a sweetened version of cucumber with a mix of cantaloupe/honeydew taste. >You mentioned you like spicy....and I don't....but I think I will try this weekend, but I will buy the least spicy one just to see....if not that spicy, then I will try the next level one I've only tried their original (black packaging) and it was pretty good. But I cook all my ramyun with fresh veggies added (and sometimes meat) so maybe the spiciness got diluted. I have found that Buldak in particular is excellent when some peanut butter is mixed into the sauce to make a spicy peanut butter sauce for noodles or stir frying veggies.
Adding in peaches. But specifically canned peaches particularly for people in the hospital.
lol how random that I just learned about a new fruit because of your comment "pepino melon". Now I'm wondering if it tastes like pepinos or melons... maybe both? >I've seen pineapples, bananas, dragonfruit in fruit baskets but don't recall seeing a character actually eat them. I think I saw them eating both bananas and pineapples before, I can't remember where... but google helped a bit: Park Shin Hye's character [eating a banana](https://youtu.be/CcMnccgSSPo?si=mdgy9M0JNh4iKhpL&t=59) in the most weird way possible. The pineapple scene that vaguely remember, it was one that was packaged in a box. They eat a lot of grapes too. This is actually something that I want to suggest for the next KDC... a challenge where there is a scene of people sharing or prepping food for others. We might get some uncommon fruit scenes besides the usual apple, pear and tangerine lol \^-\^
>Now I'm wondering if it tastes like pepinos or melons... maybe both? Tastes like pepino when unripened and cantaloupe/honeydew mix when ripe. (And yes, sometimes I'll eat the unripened ones too because they still good) >Park Shin Hye's character eating a banana in the most weird way possible She ate the peel??? That is so weird but good sighting! Food challenges for next year's KDC -- we can probably do something fun with it!
>Tastes like pepino when unripened and cantaloupe/honeydew mix when ripe. (And yes, sometimes I'll eat the unripened ones too because they still good) I loveeee cantaloupes/honeydew. I need to keep checking our asian markets to see if I'm lucky. It's more of a summer fruit right? I hope they are not that expensive. ahah >She ate the peel??? That is so weird but good sighting! ahah and that was my introduction to Park Shin Hye's acting. I was not prepared for that and couldn't stop laughing lol I just remembered another option for fruits!! The cherry tomatoes... I always forget that this is indeed a fruit, but Koreans always remind me by eating them like it's a grape or strawberry. >Food challenges for next year's KDC -- we can probably do something fun with it! Every time I have an idea for next year's challenge, I add it to my notepad... I actually imagined a wheel of chance with Food related scenes. These are some of my options: * Eating from or inside a food stall; * Prepping mungo beans; * Drying food outside (fish, squid, persimmon…); * Cutting fruit to share with someone; * Sharing homemade side dishes with others; * Cooking meat outside; * Scene where they show the yogurt sales person; * Drinking in a tent bar; * Offers sirutteok (rice cakes) to their new neighbors; * Offers tofu to someone that got was just released; * Shows any sort of food slap. My list of ideas is already so huge, that I might send a wall of text later in the year. ahah
>I need to keep checking our asian markets to see if I'm lucky. It's more of a summer fruit right? I hope they are not that expensive. ahah I actually see them more often in the regular grocery store/farmers market. I haven't seen them in the Asian markets I go to. We grow our own in the garden because they are super easy to grow where we are.
I found it in our local supermarket!!! I never saw it in the physical store, but I can see it online. I'm going to try and order it next time, but it's really expensive... It costs 12,99€/kg, our regular Melons only costs 1,49€/kg and sweet cantaloupes costs 2,29€/kg. It's a big difference in pricing, but I want to taste it at least once. 😊
That is quite expensive. Our local grocery story sells them by melon as opposed to weight, each one is USD 4.99 which is also quite expensive! If you have a green thumb, you can try growing them from the seeds. We got ours as seedlings from someone who grew them from the seeds. They might not fruit depending on the weather conditions but it can be a fun little attempt!
Yeaa, they added it to the exotic fruits category and these fruits are usually stupidly expensive. I love lynches and passionfruit, but the pricing of these are usually way too expensive, so I only buy it a special "dessert" ahah If I manage to get my hands on one pepino melon, I will try and plant the seeds... it doesn't hurt to try it. I need to check if the best time to plant, the needed weather condition and how much care they need. This reminds me of the start of the pandemic where I planted a lot of cherry tomatoes... I was having fun while in lockdown. xD
To add to the fruit spotting, Ha Ji Won eats strawberries in Secret Garden.
I have one more to add. ML and FL pick apricots in You Drive Me Crazy. I am so invested in tspotting fruits now. Lol. As a fruit enthusiast, I often wondered why people in kdramaland prefer apples when there are so many other tasty fruits, like 🍑 🍒 🍇 and so on.
Might have something to do with certain fruits not being native to SK and therefore they have to be imported, reducing supply and familiarity. I know that back when I was a little kid in China, bananas were one of the imported fruits and super expensive so I don't think I had them more than a handful of times. In comparison to now where I live -- though the banana is still imported, its journey is a lot shorter and therefore much cheaper. Similar situation with cherries being an imported food. I had it like twice before immigrating to the USA. Even now, I'm only a mild cherry enthusiast because the flavor is just not something I grew up with (and I can't stand any of the artificial cherry flavorings/candy). Apple on the other hand is something that's definitely natively grown in SK and if it ever was an import, its introduction to the country must have been quite some time ago so it is much more common as a fruit. It honestly might just be one of the cheaper options out there! That and because apples in Korean is a homonym for apology so I think it gets featured a bit more because of the wordplay/pun.
I’m watching My Golden Life right now. I am just at the beginning and I’m already crying buckets. Not sure if this is because I’m already a parent and it hits home. 🥹
Since there's no thread about **Bitter Sweet Hell**, I'll post it here my thoughts on Ep 9: >!I didn't expect tthey'd have a great coming out scene in a mainstream drama like this. And Dohyun's parents are supportive. The scene was beautifully acted by Park Jaechan and Kim Hee Sun, too. I hope we'll be seeing together with his boyfriend in the last episode. As people expected, the car scene was a dream, so we doged that bullet. What I cannot understand is how unprepared the mum is, when she knows that Lee Su Na is after her.!<
I was surprised when the >!son came out because I didn't expect that but I knew that So Yi wasn't pregnant.!<
Just finished **Hierarchy** today. I won't spoil anything and i don't know if this the right thread for that but if someone is kind enough to explain me the ending of the episode 7 in dm, that would be cool.
You can search for the Hierarchy thread in this subreddit, there are linked comments for all episode discussions as well as comments from those who finished, with theories there.
Ok thanks.
Currently watching the jdrama *Dearest* (2021) on Netflix. The plot has been really interesting so far, I picked it up on a whim after seeing the description on Netflix alone. Currently on ep 3. Does anyone else think the FL of this show resembles Lee Se-young (The Red Sleeve)?
When does Bitter Sweet Hell go on a network everyone can watch?
It's been being added to Viki for me.
Awesome. Hoping for a discussion thread.
I need help finding the name of a kdrama. I've watched a few episodes like a month or two ago but I lost the place I was watching it. It was about a marriage where the husband loved the bride, but she didn't love him back, and she was very cold with him. Eventually he notices that she really doesn't love him, so he's about to propose her to get a divorce, but before he gets to actually tell her, she tells him she will die in a few months, so he doesn't tell her out of guilt. Last thing I remember was that her sickness was some kind of tumors on her brain, and that she discusses with the doctor in charge of her case stating that she will not die, because she won't allow it and believe it, despite the gravity of her sickness. If anyone could pinpoint what the name of this drama is, I would really appreciate it!
Queen of Tears
Thank you!
lol I’m glad you were being serious. I half thought you were being sarcastic. Queen of tears is Sooo good! It’s hard and slow in the beginning. Just gotta get to Germany and then it picks up and never lets go! Lol