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Rolling Love - 翻滾吧！蛋炒飯

Guan Xiao Shu is a singer who is blind that leaves her home so that she wouldn't be a burden on her aunt and friends. She finds herself at a small diner where she falls in love with their fried rice dish. Wanting to meet the chef and to try other dishes, chef Michelin disappointed everyone since he was only able to make one dish well. He can only make fried rice. After meeting and becoming friends with Xiao Shu, Michelin teaches her to be independent and she encourages him to use all his senses in cooking and develop a knack for good flavor. Leng Lie is a good friend of Xiao Shu who has been admiring her from afar. He is a trained gourmet chef that is ready to compete with Leng Lie. Who will the challenge in cooking and love? This drama has a weak plot and the acting was poor. Emotions could not be felt by the audience when there were dramatic times. Rolling Love rolled out. Unfortunately, I rate this drama 1 out of 5.

Release Date: May 2008

Episodes: 12

Main Cast:

Genie Zhou as Xiao Shu

Jiro Wang as Michelin

Tang Yu Zhe as Leng Lie

Music Monday

Star's Lovers - 오! 나의 여신님

Cupid's arrow hit two people that are completely opposite. Lee Ma Ri is a famous actress who leads a chaotic lifestyle with paparazzi and media always interested about her love life. Kim Chul Soo is a reserved person who works part time as a professor and dreams of writing books. In Korea, ghostwriting is frowned upon, but Chul Soo accepts a ghostwriting job because his sister is ill and needs to have surgery. Even though he wanted to be a writer with dignity, he also needed the money. The ghostwriting assignment was for Lee Ma Ri who even though was famous, Chul Soo knew nothing about. From spending time together, they develop feelings which gets very complicated when the media finds out. A scandal begins and his ghostwriting is exposed. He loses his job and opportunity to become a full time professor and author. To spare Lee Ma Ri from damaging her career further, he draws her a line and tells her not to cross it. Something he learned from his mother when she abandoned him and his sister. Her manager brings past lovers into her life to help her forget about Chul Soo. Both with the names Woo Jin, one is a childhood friend and the other is someone she shares fond memories of and were to be married but he disappeared. Which guy will Lee Ma Ri pick? Did Cupid's arrow really go through? This drama tells a story of destiny and the efforts between the main characters to change it. The performance and the chemistry between the characters were very good but I felt the storyline would have been better if there was only one big scandal with consequences instead of the same one that keeps repeating itself. I rate this drama 3 out of 5.

Release Date: December 2008

Episodes: 20

Main Cast:

Choi Ji Woo as Lee Ma Ri

Yoo Ji Tae as Kim Chul Soo

Cha Ye Ryun as Choi Eun Young

Choi Phillip as Kang Woo Jin

In the Kitchen

Happy Friday!! I'm taking a break from posting a drama review today, so if you're taking a break too and hungry for a quick snack, check out my food blog to make a BBQ Chicken Naan Pizza. www.cravingflavors.com

See you back tomorrow for a review on Star's Lovers. Yes!! I am finally done with it.

Prince Princess 2 - 王子看見二公主

Being the middle child in a poor family, Zhao Ke Rou finds herself defending her family when the loan sharks come. She is the least feminine of her other two sisters but also the one who works hard to help support the family. Her eldest sister Zhao Mu Fan is the pretty, pride and joy of the family. She was trained from an early age to play the piano and was treated like a princess because the family's intention was to marry her off to a wealthy family. Ke Rou is a talented clothing designer who makes dresses for her eldest sister so she can attend her elite blind dates in style. Ke Rou gets a job as a personal assistant to a fashion designing Manager. The manager is a young boss who was actually in her designing class before she quit and from working together they begin to develop feelings. The only problem is that her handsome wealthy boss, Ning Huan Yu gets arranged to go on a blind date with her sister Mu Fan. After meeting so many men, Mu Fan tells Ke Rou that this one is the perfect one and she really likes him. Being a good sister, Ke Rou holds back her true feelings, but Huan Yu doesn't. A love triangle always end up with someone or all being hurt. Which sister, if any, will Prince Huan Yu end up with? The storyline and cast to Prince Princess 2 is a bit disappointing. Ke Rou is not a character that you would normally see two guys fighting over, especially two good looking, high ranking, wealthy guys in a drama. It would actually be 3 guys, but Xia Kuan's character got written off earlier in the show, though I could see a decent storyline with him as a supporting role. Ke Ruo also didn't quite display any extraordinary quality that would deem this attention. Then we have Mu Fan who tries to be too sweet and cute when she talks that her whispering voice sounds more like scratching on a chalkboard. Ahhh!! It gives me goosebumps just thinking about it. On top of all this, I can't speak too highly of the acting either. Unfortunately, I rate this drama 1 out of 5 stars.

Release Date: December 2008

Episodes: 16

Main Cast:

Annie Chen as Zhao Ke Ruo

Dylan Kuo as Ning Huan Yu

Hong Zi Han as Zhao Mu Fan

Easy Fortune Happy Life Update

Today is a catch up day for me. I haven't been watching the dramas that aired over the weekend so I just finished watching episode 9 of Easy Fortune and Happy Life. It is FINALLY getting exciting! I love seeing Chen Qiao En, but there hasn't been too much excitement to this drama. If you're watching something right now that you would recommend, send me a message. Come back tomorrow for a review of Prince Princess 2.

Good night, all!

Annyonghi Jumushipsiyo in Korean

Oyasumi in Japananese

Wanan in Mandarin

You are my Destiny - 너는 내 운명

You are my destiny is a very loooong drama with 178 episodes, so I will summarize it briefly. It has some dragging moments, but overall each episode was anticipated to see if Jang Sae Byuk and Kang Ho Se would ever get married. Jang Sae Byuk is a girl who despite some hardships in her life with having a cornea transplant and not knowing her parents remained quite positive. She is a hard worker and dreams of being a kitchen designer. She meets Kang Ho Se who works for a kitchen designing company which his father is CEO of and works there as well. Her adopted mother works as a housekeeper for Ho Se's family and her adopted father was a driver for Ho Se's father. When their relationship is discovered it becomes chaotic because his family, especially his mother did not want her son to date "the help's kid." Ho Se really aggravated me during parts of the drama because of his mama's boy behavior, perhaps because I can relate. Sae Byuk and Ho Se were meant for each other, but he placed his mom first too much for their good. Will their destined relationship work out or will their families ruin it for these two soulmates? With 178 episodes there are far too many stories for me to ramble about. Prepare a tissue box though because Jang Sae Byuk will be torn to make decisions that just breaks your heart. She is considerate of other's and their feelings and ends up always hurting herself. I rate this drama 4 out of 5.

Release Date: May 2008

Episodes: 178

Main Cast:

Im Yoon Ah as Jang Sae Byuk

Gong Hyun Joo as Kim Soo Bin

Park Jae Jung as Kang Ho Se

Bad Love - 못된 사랑

Na In Jung a talented cellist finds herself hopelessly in love with a business man by the name of Yi Suhwan. Unfortunately, he is married and works for his father in law. He is torn between succeeding in the business world and losing everything to be with Na In Jung so they continue their affair for quite some time, until Suhwan’s wife finds out and separates them. She injures Na In Jung’s hand which makes Na In Jung leave her dream of playing the cello to move to a small village. Starting a new life, Na In Jung opens up a small fried chicken business where she meets Yonggi. He came there after losing Joanne, his ex girlfriend. As Yonggi and Na In Jung get close they both forget their pasts and move on with their relationship. Things get heated though when it is discovered that Yonggi is actually Yi Suhwan’s half brother (in-law). The love triangle begins. Yi Suhwan is ready to drop his career and family to be with Na In Jung now, but does she desire to live in the past or will she move on this time? Like most dramas, Bad Love portrays love that must endure hardships. However, the characters each have an intriguing way of expressing their love or hatred such as Joanne with her suicide and Kang Julan (Suhwan’s wife) with her extramarital affair. By the way, very nice scenes too. I rate this drama 4 out of 5.

Release Date: December 2007

Episodes: 20

Main Cast:

Kwon Sang Woo as Kang Yonggi
Lee Yo Won as Na In Jung
Kim Sung Soo as Yi Suhwan

Check out my Food Blog

I don't know about you, but after drooling over some of the yummy foods that I've seen in the dramas, I really wanted to have some myself. I've had a bit of a delay in getting my weekly food blog started, but my first post is finally up. If you get a chance, please visit www.cravingflavors.com to check it out. Feel free to send me a message if there is something you crave and would like to see posted. Happy Cooking and Bon Appetit!

Currently watching

I am currently watching a new show called Roseate Love. I was a bit unsure after watching episode one as to whether or not I really want to finish. It was a bit slow, the acting is not the greatest, but something interested me enough to watch a second episode. I'm glad I did because I am really enjoying the music within the show. It seems to be getting better now so I'll do a review on this when the show is done airing.

Not sure if anyone knows about an upcoming drama called Extravagant Challenge with Jerry Yan and Ariel Lin. I'm looking forward to see these two together. I can't wait until it airs!! Send me a comment if you have any info.