Only You

Waktu tayang : June 4 - July 24, 2005

Waktu menonton : High School

Hal paling berkesan : Han Chae Young? Honestly I have no idea.

I don't think that I have the proper qualifications to review this series, seeing as I only watch the first episode. What I'm attempting here though, is a first impression writing. I'm gonna try to write about my first impression of this series.

Why did I watch this series in the first place? Because of my absolute love for My Sassy Girl Chun Hyang, and seeing as Han Chae Young, the actress that played Chun Hyang, is the lead actress here, I figured I'd give it a try.

But it turns out I am bored and not intrigued with the premise at all that I end up dropping it with just the first episode.

Eun Jae (Han Chae Young) was a stubborn and head-strong girl who had a passion for cooking. She did not have any interest in going to college and with the help of her high school friend, Jung Hyun Sung (Lee Chun Hee) ran away to Italy to enroll in a cooking school. Jung Hyun Sung who loved her dearly went along with her.

Han Yi-Joon (Jo Hyun Jae) came from a wealthy family. He travelled to Italy looking for his mother and there he ran into Eun Jae, who had also been seeking the same person to learn the secrets to making great pasta. She comforted Yi-Joon, who was distraught over his mother's remarrying, and they ended up making love. Yi Joon left Eun Jae the next morning over some misunderstanding. Eun Jae became pregnant and had no choice but to give up her dream and to return to Korea.

6 years later, Eun Jae was working in low paying restaurant jobs, Yi-Joon started to take over the operations of his family's business, and Hyun Sung was working as a chef for one of the restarurants owned by Yi-Joon and managed by Ji Soo Yeon (Hong Soo Hyun). Hyun Sung was good with Eun Jae's son and he was helping out Eun Jae's whole family financially as they had fallen on hard times. Yi-Joon found out that he still had feelings for Eun Jae as they ran into each other when he was looking for a new chef for his restaurant. The dramatic tension unfolds as the four main characters worked out their feelings for each other.

Honestly, the synopsis in the above passage is taken from my research of this drama. I only watch the first episode so I can't really tell you the whole plot. This is not a bad drama I guess, I just don't like the premise. It's absurd and illogical for me somehow. And watching Han Chae Young in this drama, I realize that my absolute love of Chun Hyang is not because of the actress, but because of the writing.

I can't really say much about this drama. From my first impression though, this is a completely ordinary romantic kdrama. Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing is up to you.