Pasta EP 5&6

The pickle dilemma ensues. Yoo Kyung tries to make a substitute pickle that wont use sugar by making it with fruit. In Korea and Japan fruit is very expensive so I can imagine why the manager was so angry with her. We also see Oh Sae Young move into the apartment with Yoo Kyung. She seems so clingy to me, trying to be as close as possible to Chef by moving into the apartment right across from his. Hierarchy in the kitchen is seen as Eunsoo the maknae is beginning to understand what it means to be at the bottom of the foodchain, a spot that Yoo Kyung had been in for 3 years. I also noticed that this episode had more shots of the actual making of the food and what part each cook is responsible for. We finally find out how the Chef and Oh Sae Young are connected. They were lovers while studying abroad and they were also rivals. They're relationship was cut short when she decided to sabotage his wine by boiling it in water when they had a big cooking competition. She did something that a chef should never do. She should have stuck to her instincts and used her own skill to win instead of weakening the competition. She decides to enter the competition with the rest of the cooks of La Sfera. She wants to beat Chef fair and square now. She is trying to prove to herself and others that she is a great chef and she doesnt need to resort to cheating this time around. She wants Chef's respect back and she also wants him back. When Alex and Chef were arguing in the parking lot alex said "The customer is King". I always hear this in Korean dramas. There is more reaction between the two main characters in this weeks episodes. We find Yoo Kyung has taken a liking to Chef, mainly because he's been so good to her. He lets her make pickles, lets her make the Vongole for the special guest, and also saves her good name when he finds out the truth about the money that Chef Totti gave back to the manager. Alex also finds his spot in the restraunt and we realize that he may be the one who has been leaving those cactus photos on Yoo Kyungs locker this whole time.