My Lovely Sam-Soon
Type: K-drama
No. of Episodes: 16
English Subtitles: Licensed and released with English subs by YesAsia
Life is rough for Kim Sam-Soon. She's 30, unemployed, slightly overweight, and she catches her boyfriend cheating on her on Christmas Eve. Furthermore, she is saddled with an embarrassingly rustic name like "Sam-Soon". Sam-soon is assertive, outspoken, stubborn, and has a bad habit of mistaking the men's restroom for the women's restroom. (^_^;) Yet she is an ordinary woman with a soft spot inside who just wants to be in love and have someone love her.
One man witnesses Sam-Soon breaking up with her boyfriend on Christmas Eve. His name is Hyun Jin-Heon, and he is very unsympathetic with her plight, making fun of her and giving her some unwelcome advice. He has a change of heart when they meet by chance a short time later. Jin-Heon is the son of a wealthy hotel owner, but instead of running his family's business, he has opened a French Restaurant. The pastry chef at his restaurant has suddenly quit, and he is desperate for a replacement. He runs into Sam-Soon in the kitchen of his family's hotel where she is applying for a job. 
Sam-Soon happens to be a Le Cordon Bleu-trained pastry chef who is looking for work. After some hair cutting, cake-flinging, and grovelling, Sam-Soon becomes the new Pastry Chef at Jin-Heon's restaurant. Sam-Soon doesn't trust Jin-Heon very much, giving him the nickname "Sam-Shik", the male equivalent to the name "Sam-Soon". He's younger than her, and she thinks he is a total player. All the female employees at his restaurant are in love with him! Sam-soon's life suddenly gets complicated when Jin-Heon asks her to pretend to be his girlfriend!
Jin-Heon is secretive about his past, but apparently there was a tragic accident in which his older brother and sister-in-law were killed. His mother is pressuring Jin-Heon into getting married and taking over the hotel business, but he refuses. Using Sam-Soon works well to throw his mother off balance, but things take a turn when Jin-Heon's long lost love suddenly returns, with a secret of her own!My Lovely Sam-Soon is a hilarious, touching, and romantic comedy between an outspoken everyday "Cinderella" and a tarnished Prince. This is one of my faaaaavorite Korean dramas!
2 Comments:
hi.. my lovely sam soon is actually resemble my own story.
My husband and I experienced almost the same story as sam soon and sham shik.
I'm not pretty and fat just like sam soon and my husband is such a nice guy , cute and have lots os admirers and yes.. he is 3 years younger than me.
some of the dialogue used in my lovely sam soon were used by us too during our courtship.
everytime i watched the video, i think about my story with my husband. We are happily married now and have two adorable kids.
P'nut.. Malaysia
Hi Emi,
I am nadahati from Singapore and enjoy watching the drama, on dvd ... for the second time. Have a good time laughing. I just wonder what the words "sam soon" and "sam shik" really mean that she wants to change it so badly. If it was because of the story of the girl that was described by sam soon, I believe the story also said the girl was made fun of because of the name.. so is there a significance? You can post the comment here, or (I would be grateful if you can) reply by email to nadahati@yahoo.com
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