Pasta Ep 1&2

I decided to watch Pasta since I already watched Coffee Prince when it first came out. I wasn't really expecting much from this drama but I have to say I'm hooked (I'm already caught up with korea..ep 13 -_-) I noticed right from the start that Lee Sun Gyun was in this drama as well (He plays a character from Coffee Prince). That was a plus since I think he's a great actor...dont forget that sexy voice of his ^_^. For the first 10 minutes of watching episode one, I thought it was just going to be a remake of the japanese drama BAMBINO but I quickly understood that the two dramas are quite different.

Pasta is about a girl named Yoo Kyung who works at a italian restraunt called La Sfera. She's been doing the underling jobs for 3 years now and she finally gets to hold a pan when a new chef comes in and threatens her dream. The new chef, Hyun wook, seems kind at first but he soon reveals to everyone his true personality and fires all the female pasta cooks, including Yoo Kyung.

When Hyun Wook fired all the female employees, I realized that there was a back story : he got burned real bad by a past girlfriend. Korean dramas usually play this card. The ex turns out to be played by Honey Lee, former Miss Korea and 3rd runner up for Miss Universe. Another actor cast into the role as the owner of La Sfera is Alex, singer and now actor. I noticed he plays a role that somewhat resembles himself, a kind gentlemen. The extended cast also includes some big names. I noticed another cultural aspect in this drama when Yoo Kyungs dad seemed to favor his doctor son over his cook daughter. Sons are seen as favored in korean culture over daughters.

Another funny thing I noticed was the fashion. Apart from the uniforms that the cooks wear, Yoo Kyung (played by Gong Hyo Jin) seems to have very good fashion sense when she's off the clock. In the story, she doesnt seem to be getting payed a great sum of money but yet she's seen wearing high end brand clothing like a knit from sonia rykiel that costs more than 1,000 dollars and a marc jacobs and chloe bag costing about 4,000 and up.

I guess my favorite part of this weeks episodes was the part when the two main characters meet . I felt the whole goldfish storyline was unique and original compared to the other korean dramas.