I Really Really Like You

Synopsis:
“If my heart is pure, I can do anything.”

So sings pop sensation Eugene in I Really, Really Like You — an uplifting Korean TV drama series about the transforming power of the heart.

Simple country girl Bong-sun (Eugene, Save the Last Dance for Me) leaves the mountains in search of her long-lost parents. Helped by an irascible Secret Service officer (Lee Min Gi, Be Strong, Geum-soon, Dal Ja's Spring) and a handsome doctor (Ryu Jin, Summer Scent, Capital Scandal), she finds love and success as a cook in Seoul’s most important kitchen, the South Korean President's Blue House. Along the way, Bong-sun overcomes every obstacle, learns the true meaning of family, and solves a startling riddle: Could the President himself be her father?

I Really, Really Like You is a romantic comedy filled with great music, quirky characters, and delicious food. It’s an irresistible drama of an irrepressible girl!



It seems like lately I have watched a few dramas that have something to do with Korean cuisine. Although this one use the Blue House (Korea's version of the White House) as the back drop, the food definitely plays almost as big of a role.

I know that Eugene (name of a girl) is really popular but I admit I guess I haven't really paid too much attention to TV drama actors as much. Only because there are so many of them and my brain can only fit so many of them...I truthfully only noticed the cute boys. ;)

That said, I've changed my mind. This Eugene girl has got some serious talent. I totally bought all of it. She's very natural although TV dramas tend to be over-the-top melodramatic sometimes. She's not annoyingly thin, or freakishly re-invented by a nonsensical plastic surgeon.
She comes across as very likable and someone I can envision becoming friends with.

Lee, who is also is Be Strong Geum Soon plays sort of a similar character in the beginning but his personal journey takes a very dramatic turn in the end. That, in it of itself, is almost worth watching.

I wasn't sure if I was going to like this one, but at the end of it I think this might be in my favorite Top Ten.

Again, this is kind of a longer one with a total of 34 episodes...but if you've got the time...why not! Actually, you should make the time for this one...you'll enjoy it! I promise!