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Fermentation Family’s posters and character stills

The new posters for the jTBC cable drama Fermentation Family aren’t the most exciting bunch around, but they do convey a tastefulness (ha, pun!) in their presentation of the drama’s family- and kimchi-centric premise.

Fermentation Family stars Song Il-kook (A Man Called God) and Park Jin-hee (Giant) as the main couple who falls into a bickering relationship, as you can see in the stills below. He’s the restaurant owner and she’s the part-time employee, and together they argue and nitpick the tiniest details as they develop their “upbeat, cute romance.”

The atmosphere of these images reminds me a bit of Gourmet, with its pretty landscapes in the backdrop and the classy showcase of traditional foods. Despite not finding the basic premise of a family restaurant all that thrilling, if it’s like Gourmet at all, I can see how it would work with the characters interacting, bonding, and conflicting as they work together in one place and have differing ideas of how to stay true to their traditions while remaining successful. A drama like this really depends on execution over premise, so we’ll have to wait and see if it can deliver on that front.

Fermentation Family premieres on December 7 on jTBC.

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for the actors, i'm willing to give it a go. hopefully it won't disappoint!

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And the first trailer is out. ^^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klKX7_6MmVI

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If I were just going off the music in that trailer, I'd think it was a telenovela, not a kdrama.

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Thought the same ^^

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Yay! I love Song il gook! :)

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Park Jin-hee can she love anyone else once she has loved Kim Bum?

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Lol. I loved Woman Who Still Wants to Marry so much! Well, the first half. I'm looking forward to seeing Park Jin-hee again in a new drama.

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Hahahaha your comment cracked me up. Yep, I love that couple, the whole thing down to the last episode ; )

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OMG I loved that drama! Do you guys who liked that drama have any recommendations for another one to watch? (I also really liked dream high)

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I liked TWWSWTM a lot too. It's one of the dramas I watch when I'm having a bad day:D
I'd recommend: What's Up, Fox (alternate title: Foxy Lady) with Chun Jung Myung and Go Hyun Jung

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I will give this a try just because Song il gook is in it. ;P

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funny things, JUMONG just rerun airing here in my country. i like SIG and PJH, i hope their have a cute chemestry..so i am gonna watch this one out.

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alright I can't wait for this to come out.... I love anything food related. I am hoping for some awesome food porn.

From the posters, seems like they're going to go with the traditional subtly which is the way I like it ... unlike all the TVB food dramas I've seen... totally overdone, it's like watching a live action version of an anime.

And besides, I loooove Park Jin hee!

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But live action versions of anime are awesome when done right. XD

And I loooooove Song Il-Kook.

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I liked her in War of Money. Thats her right? Anyways I already like the sound of their relationship. She's got balls to be picking fights with the owner. I like her already.

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she's so gorgeous..

Can't help but wonder if there's gonna be an english title contest fr this drama. Love d first poster

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The background is gorgeous. Any idea on where this is supposed to be?

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The trailer looks good.

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What a name for the show!

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Not sure about watching this one.

I adore Song Il-kook in sageuks and yet can barely tolerate him in contemporary pieces.

I like the premise of this drama - food related, it's all good!
:)

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here, here.... ^ , ^ FOOD!

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I wonder if the official english title is Kimchi family? that sounds cuter

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How about:

Kimchi, Tea or me
I've Fermented for You
Love Ferment

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fermented love.
My like for you has fermented into love.
Kimchi Nights.
You are fermented into my heart.

lol man I need a life

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how about Kimchi for you, Kimchi for me? LOL

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Fermented to Love You
Endless Fermentation

and since I am missing someone: 49 Days to Fermentation

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Desperate Fermentation?

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Love's a Pickle

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I suppose they'll bicker over who gets to eat the kimchi first.

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or my kimchi is better than your mom's
but if that's the case they always answer: I'll eat both

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Seems like actors nowadays are turning into cable drama

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These food centered dramas always make me hungry.

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I'll kimchi Song Il-kook's bap any time.

*Ahem*

Looks like a nice gentle drama with some bickering - look forward to it.

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Love and kimchi? We will see.

I hope it won't become anther Gourmet for me because I just couldn't finish it no matter how hard I tried.

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kimchi? I'm in. :)

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The story is the other way around.

It's "SHE’s the restaurant owner and HE’s the part-time employee".

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Hi javabeans,

I loved your drama food montage in the Gourmet recaps. I even saved your recaps because of the awesome and delicious food photos.

I love any drama involving food. I will watch out for this.

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Javabeans,

I'm sad you are not re-capping the series. So far it's been really good and I've really enjoyed it. After each episode I always come read the recaps and find things I've missed. I totally rely on the recaps for that. I feel so alone watching the drama without your recaps.

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Love, love this!! My current favorite besides Padam Padam.

Beautiful writing, plots, characters and the scenery!!
It makes me home sick to go to Korea and spend at least a month just tasting all the foods they are making.

JB, please recap so people won't miss out on this one..

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Clearly, neither javabeans nor girlfriday are fans of Fermentation/Kimchi Family. The show is not on dramabeans' recap list.

That's fine. Obviously even those two are going to have their likes and dislikes. And how crazy would it be to try and keep track of EVERY K-drama that comes out? (VERY.)

F/KF is no Pasta. And it is no Gourmet. It's very low-key compared to those two, both in its romantic elements and in its food worship.

Sometimes it's blatantly moralistic, though in a sweet, hopeful way.

And the switching back and forth from restaurant family scenes to crime family scenes is just a little disconcerting at times.

Oh, and Dad wandering about like an itinerant martial arts master . . . ???

But for reasons I can't always put my finger on, I love it to death.

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I find this drama very entertaining actually. It's one of the dramas I look forward to every week (along with The Moon that Embraces the Sun). I especially like how they would feature in each episode a kind of kimchi/ Korean dish, and how that specific dish would be involved in the episode's story line. Too bad recaps for this drama are not done in this website, but I hope dramabeans or girlfriday would be able to watch this and give an overall review on this one because I think it's worth reviewing. I really enjoy reading dramabeans/ girlfriday's opinions and views on dramas so it would really be great if this one would be reviewed by them.

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I love reading the recaps here at this site but must say that I am disappointed that there is no recap nor even a mention of Fermented Family. So many other Kdramas are predictable, silly, loaded with over-the-top acting and the same-old same-old themes like the Cinderella story. This show has so much heart, a great deal of suspense, some kick ass fighting, incredible scenery and lots of food porn. I can't get enough of it and am saddened that there is no recap. But then again, I'm not paying to visit this site and it's no knock on the great work that is done on this site. But seriously, anyone else out there agree that this is a great show, or am I (and everyone else I know who watches it) alone? Just sayin'

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This show is so worth the watch!! I started it once Padam Padam completed. I love the story! I cry with every side story whereby people who come to the restaurant relive moments in their past on how the restaurant, the owners or the food have saved their life!! Every story is so heart-wrenching! I cannot begin to pinpoint one in particular. The actor and his wife/girlfriend (not sure) is probably the saddest of them all!! This is so worth watching!!

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I too really loved this drama and I am sorry that in my search of best dramas I haven't seen it on any lists. Generally I like a lot of the same dramas as dramabeans so I feel sad that they missed it. Should be on the drama list. Made me want to watch more of the main actor--he was so good in this. Different. Great scenery and good food. It was a feel good drama.

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