Sunday, February 28, 2010, 9:57 AM
The Korean Wave has hit me again! Right now, I am going completely gaga over Coffee Prince. Okay, so I might be alittle late especially when I found out that 8tv aired the show two years ago and that it was released around 2007 but who cares! I am watching it now. Currently around episode 9, 10 and 11 (I've watched sniplets since my both siblings are ahead of me)
For those who don't know what the show is about, here's the summary from Wikipedia:
Choi Han Kyul, played by Gong Yoo, is the cocky son of a very rich family who runs a damaged food corporation. He doesn't believe in love and certainly doesn't want to get married despite his family's requests. On the other hand, Go Eun Chan, played by Yoon Eun Hye, is a 24-year old tomboyish female who gets mistaken as a guy quite often. She takes up every job possible — waitress, food deliverer, etc — and has the responsibility of taking care of her mother and younger sister. Eun Chan accidentally meets Han Kyul twice, once on a delivery and once during a robbery. During the robbery, Eun Chan's delivery motorcycle ends up being damaged. Han Kyul, not knowing that Eun Chan is actually a girl, decides to hire Eun Chan as a false "lover" so that he can escape the blind dates arranged by his grandmother. Meanwhile, Han Kyul's cousin, Choi Han Seong, is an established music producer and his ex-girlfriend Han Yoo Joo, who Han Kyul secretly loved for nine years, is a famous artist who studied in New York. The two were lovers for about 8 years but their relationship ended when Yoo Joo broke up with Han Seong. Two years after they separated their paths cross again when Yoo Joo returns to Seoul.
After getting an ultimatum from his grandmother, Han Kyul takes over a run-down severely damaged old coffee shop, later renamed Coffee Prince, to prove his ability, both to his grandmother and Yoo Joo. In order to attract female customers, he only hires good looking male employees. In a struggle with money, Eun Chan, whom Han Kyul has already mistaken as a boy, hides her gender identity to get a job at Coffee Prince. Soon feelings start to spark between Eun Chan and Han Kyul. Because he's unaware that Eun Chan is a girl, Han Kyul starts to question his sexuality.
It helps that the entire cast (with the exception of Mr. Hong who brings disgusting to a whole new level, behaviour wise) are easy on the eyes and I have a girl crush on Yoon Eun Hye who plays Go Eun Chan in the 17 episodes series. B e f o r e
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If you haven't check it out, I highly recommend that you should. It is hilarious with all its random moments that gives the show something extra and I never know what will happen with its twist and turns in its clever plot, a plus point during a time where most drama heads to clicheville to the point of the ridiculous. Oh, and the acting!! You can feel and see their emotions through their eyes and not as an audience but as if you are right there with them. I give it 4.999 out of a 5.
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