Pasta

Pasta (2010) is one of my favorite Korean dramas because it concentrates so well on profound character growth during its delectable and often amusing twenty episodes. Most American television shows today have cookie cutter, cartoonish characters: the way they are as people in the first episode is how they will still be by the last episode.

In the best Korean dramas, like this classic one Pasta, you see incredible, tremendous character growth in the main characters, especially in that of lead actor Lee Sun Kyun's Chef. He softens over time as he falls in love with endearing Gong Hyo Jin's kitchen assistant character in the luxury restaurant they both work at. I have re-watched this charmer four times since the year it premiered. I also loved the supporting cast and the excellent soundtrack. I actually cried the day I learned of Lee Sun Kyun's suicide in 2023. When I miss him I will often rewatch favorite scenes from his work in Pasta, My Mister, and Coffee Prince K-dramas. May his soul rest in peace. Saranghae!

This was fun to watch, learning more about how a kitchen operates and all. I watched it a bit sped up cause it tended to be slow.

My only issue was the sound mixing, I don't know if it was because I watched it on my phone and this was clearly made for TV back in the day. But the music was unbearable at times, super loud and annoying. A couple songs were fine, but after 20 episodes of listening to the same music all the time, and at such a loud volume compared to the dialogue, I had to keep muting it at some points.

Other than that so I fill up this review, the lead actors are two of the most famous Korean actors and we can see why, they're really good.

Very bad and confusing plot and characters writing. English translation was quite bad, making it difficult to get the humour or some conversations.

I couldn't make it past the pilot...

This drama taught you to sacrifice your goals in life to stay in a relationship with an arogant man. Especially poisonous by showing that women should do that and it's ok to be a weak woman.. Very unrealistic... Kdrama with those handsome and pretty characters with pretty clothes and dresses everyday and every moment in their story are more realistic than this one.

This is hans down the best Korean Drama ever made its starts out slow and builds through out the 20 episode, the only KD that didn't get stale or repative.Learn the characters and let it breath