Both drama Male leads are chef in profession .
Both male leads train female lead for better cooking skils.
Both dramas have cute romantic scenes.
Both dramas have happy ending
Both male leads train female lead for better cooking skils.
Both dramas have cute romantic scenes.
Both dramas have happy ending
Both:
Food themed rom-coms
Same writer
Similar humor
Set in a restaurant (one is Italian and one is Asian)
Good focus on food
New boss trying to take over the old staff
ML is a skilled hot-tempered chef, with an ex
FL is kindhearted
Charming main cast and
Shinning supporting cast
Heartfelt, feel-good dramas
Food themed rom-coms
Same writer
Similar humor
Set in a restaurant (one is Italian and one is Asian)
Good focus on food
New boss trying to take over the old staff
ML is a skilled hot-tempered chef, with an ex
FL is kindhearted
Charming main cast and
Shinning supporting cast
Heartfelt, feel-good dramas
The romances in these two dramas remind me of each other. In Pasta, the shared passion is food - in Nodame, it's music.
Plucky girl has great potential but lacks technical skill. Girl falls for anti-social, rude guy that is tops in his field. Quirky girl wears down rough exterior of guy and brings out the best in his personality thus making him a better (and less anti-social) person.
Plucky girl has great potential but lacks technical skill. Girl falls for anti-social, rude guy that is tops in his field. Quirky girl wears down rough exterior of guy and brings out the best in his personality thus making him a better (and less anti-social) person.
Both shows take place in the kitchen; an Italian restaurant for Pasta, and a run down coffee shop for Coffee Prince. In Pasta, a brand new cook falls for the head chef who has a no kitchen romance policy and has even fired two other employees for this, while in Coffee Prince, a rich reluctant manager of a small coffee shop pretends to be gay to avoid his grandmother's matchmaking sessions, only to fall for one of his employees who he thinks is a man, but is really a girl disguising her gender to make a living working in an all male establishment. Both also have the phenomenal actor Lee Sun Gyun
Gangster Patisserie. The adaptation will involve a female Japanese college student who runs away to Taiwan and gets involved with a reformed young hoodlum who just got out of jail after five years. Turns out his old gangster boss lost his wife to an illness and has decided to turn over a new leaf and become a legit businessman by starting a bakery that employs all his former gang members. His beloved deceased wife's daughter from her previous marriage is the Japanese girl and she arrives in Taiwan looking for her mom, and ends up living with her step father, who dreams of being a master baker but sucks big time at baking. The entire gang of misfits all live and work together, and heartwarming hilarity ensues.
Even though the settings are different, I found many similarities between the two dramas:
- A cold, selfish but brilliant man becomes in charge of a group of people
- A sweet, warm-hearted girl falls in love with him
- A kinder second lead pines after the girl
- The dramas concentrate on the lives of the group of people also rather than just the main couple (more so in Beethoven's Virus, I think).
- Main lead makes decisions for the group that others don't approve of, causes drama
- Main lead slowly earns the trust of the members creating a more united team
The only major difference I saw was that there wasn't as much of an emphasis on romance in Beethoven's Virus as there was in Pasta.
- A cold, selfish but brilliant man becomes in charge of a group of people
- A sweet, warm-hearted girl falls in love with him
- A kinder second lead pines after the girl
- The dramas concentrate on the lives of the group of people also rather than just the main couple (more so in Beethoven's Virus, I think).
- Main lead makes decisions for the group that others don't approve of, causes drama
- Main lead slowly earns the trust of the members creating a more united team
The only major difference I saw was that there wasn't as much of an emphasis on romance in Beethoven's Virus as there was in Pasta.
My princess kept reminding me of pasta while I was watching it. Then I learned that they were done by the same director.
If you want a similar romance drama with the same lovable vibe, and a slowly progressing romance, with good acting cast…
They even have similar music.
Both are very addicting after the first episode.
If you want a similar romance drama with the same lovable vibe, and a slowly progressing romance, with good acting cast…
They even have similar music.
Both are very addicting after the first episode.
The protagonist is young, determined, inspired to join the restaurant/bakery that they've eaten from. Romantic lead is an arrogant, skilled hot tempered chef/baker who doesn't cut the protagonist any slack. 2nd romantic lead is very kind and caring to the protagonist during their rough time at first.
Both dramas have the same director, screen writer and lead actor, so while watching you might get the same feeling.
But that's not it. Both dramas don't focus on the romance directly. In "Pasta" it is about working in a restaurant, while in "Miss Korea" it is about working out to be Miss Korea and managing a cosmetic company.
Beside the lead actor, Lee Sun Gyun, actors Lee Sung Min and Choi Jae Hwan also acted in both dramas as supporting roles.
But that's not it. Both dramas don't focus on the romance directly. In "Pasta" it is about working in a restaurant, while in "Miss Korea" it is about working out to be Miss Korea and managing a cosmetic company.
Beside the lead actor, Lee Sun Gyun, actors Lee Sung Min and Choi Jae Hwan also acted in both dramas as supporting roles.