I liked this drama, it was funny and original (kind of) and kept me hooked through out. Yes, there was the predictable happy ending for everyone involved, but I spent literally the whole series smiling at my computer screen like a lunatic, so it obviously didn't bother me so much.
Eun Chan is a girl who has taken responsibility of her family after the death of her father, and as such, has sacrificed her femininity to be able to do any sort of work she can. Han Kyul is a man who has always had it easy being a rich son of a well known food production company. When they meet, Han Kyul thinks Eun Chan is a boy, and hires her to pretend to be his gay lover to ward off the numerous blind dates his family force upon him. In response to this, his family set him in charge of a nearly bankrupt coffee shop in Eun Chan's neighbourhood with the task of making it profitable. Along with master barista Manger Hong, Han Kyul hires a team of handsome waiters or 'princes' to work for him, playboy Ha Rim, stupid but strong Min Yeop, waffle extraordinaire Sun Ki and Eun Chan who just sort of forced her way in. The employees form strong bonds, but it isn't long before Han Kyul starts to think he is turning gay for Eun Chan. There is also a small sub plot focusing on Han Kyul's cousin, Han Sung, and his on/off relationship with Han Kyul's first love, Yoo Ju.
From Google. Han Kyul, Manager Hong, Eun Chan, Ha Rim, Sun Ki, and Min Yeop. The last two definately pull off their uniforms better than the others.
I'll be honest, this show got a little too sickly after everyone found out she was a girl, but the reveal took quite a while to come out, which was good. In other gender swap dramas, like Ikemen/You're Beautiful, Ouran or Hana Kimi, it always comes out to the girl's main love interest pretty quickly, but in Coffee Prince, Han Kyul was the very last person to find out. Even Han Sung and Yoo Ju knew episodes before Han Kyul.
However, I can't say I'm much impressed with the ... 'aesthetics' of this show. Sure, Han Kyul was tall and strong looking, and Han Sung was sooo sweet and smiley and lovely, but meh. Min Yeop was adorable, and Sun Ki had the whole sexy moody thing going on, but the most attractive person in the whole cast was Yoo Ju. She was really pretty and I really liked her hair*. It was just a shame she was such a bitch at the start. I spent the whole series thinking how Eun Chan wasn't very pretty, but I changed my mind at the end, when it was 2 years later and she was all feminine. I can see why on the first episode people were worrying about her being cast as a 'boy'.
Remember how for Secret Garden I had seen a Super Junior parody before the actual thing? Well the same happened here. See how topical Su Ju are .... in Korea?
In conclusion, it was funny and sweet, the characters all had great chemistry, and you should watch it. Unless you are a realist and don't believe in unrealistic scenarios, because this is pushing the limits, but if this is the case, you just shouldn't watch Asian drama full stop.
Now I'm going to watch the behind the scenes special (normally the links for these never work ^^) and then its on to Playful Kiss. I BET YOU ANYTHING ITS SOME SORT OF ROMANCE.
<3 x
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