Smiling Pasta is a Taiwanese remake of Full House. In Full House the media is playing a much smaller role than in Smiling Pasta.
It's great, so try it out!
It's great, so try it out!
Even though these two dramas didn’t have a similar plot other then a poor girl whose family owns a shop with a richer guy. I got the same type of vibe watching both of these. The female lead’s family in both dramas were both tight knit. Smiling Pasta definitely was my favorite out of the two.
I kept feeling like I was watching Smiling Pasta while watch this drama. They sort of have a similar plot.
A girl pretending to be the fiance of a rich when she come from a poor family and she is in love with someone else.
A girl pretending to be the fiance of a rich when she come from a poor family and she is in love with someone else.
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.
Ikeda Yoshimi, a 28-year-old editor of a literary magazine who loves otome games and loves good-looking guys, will be in charge of a gourmet magazine even though she is not good at eating with ultra-small meals. However, she notices that when she eats with good-looking men, her appetite increases, and she pursues "good-looking rice" to improve her small meals
Hase Taiga who has been working part-time at the small restaurant "Tanomi" for three years, was once a promising young man as the ace of the university's relay team, but his past was ruined by poor performance. Although he doesn't have any particular dreams at the moment, he is beginning to feel a sense of fulfilment in his work, such as being entrusted by the owner with coming up with new menu items. Meanwhile, Park Rin, from South Korea, a graduate student studying animation is busy working on her assignments. Just when she feels relieved after somehow managing to submit her assignment just before the deadline, she receives a notice to move out of her student dormitory... However, for a foreigner, finding housing in Japan is not an easy task, and she is exhausted both physically and mentally... Then the two have a chance encounter at Tanomi. Rin is moved by the onigiri Taiga serves her, and her hunger and tiredness are gradually satisfied. Taiga is captivated by Rin's smile as she eats them deliciously. And the moment their eyes meet, an irresistible thrill flows between them.
If you enjoyed the dating a Celebrity set up, where they have to be careful of paparazzi and over-stepping fans, each of these does it well. Also if you enjoyed the families of lead you will love the females very supportive family and the male lead struggling with theirs, further finding the warmth of family with the FL
