Food manhwa God of Noodles greenlighted as KBS spring drama
by javabeans
There’s nothing inherently funny about a food-related drama about making noodles, except that it’s titled God of Noodles (or Noodle God?) and those are just two words that sound funny when you put them together.
It’s a manhwa adaptation and the series has already secured a time on KBS’s spring schedule: It’ll be a Wednesday-Thursday drama that follows the big Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-gyo doctors-working-abroad drama Descended From the Sun. If nothing else, I’m glad to have confirmation that Descended From the Sun is still on schedule, because it had been announced so early and pushed back a couple times (because it’s going to be 100 percent pre-produced) that I wasn’t entirely sure we could count on it to make the spring lineup. (It’s currently on track for a February premiere.)
God of Noodles comes from manhwa artist/creator Park In-kwon, a prolific artist who’s already made the leap to television successfully in the past with adapted dramas War of Money, Daemul, and Yawang. My initial thought was that God of Noodles sounds a lot lighter than those dramas were, but the description says that the hero is a man who undergoes “harsh training” to hone his “God-given noodle-making talents” for the sake of revenge. It doesn’t tell us what prompts it, but he takes up the revenge in his teacher’s stead, so I’m assuming his teacher suffers some big betrayal.
I know, I know, it sounds silly when you write it out like that, but I can kind of imagine the tone based on those previous dramas, which weren’t at all slapstick or jokesy. Okay, I’m still having a little trouble treating noodle-crafting with heightened drama and importance, but hey, it’s not like I haven’t heard of weirder premises.
God of Noodles will premiere in April on KBS.
Via Joy News
RELATED POSTS
Tags: adaptations
Interview with Kim Yoo-jung
Hello Dramabeans series
![[2022 Year in Review] The Bean Count](https://www.dramabeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/beancount_2022.png)
Required fields are marked *
Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *
1 lolcoolcat123
December 20, 2015 at 9:11 AM
Sounds.......interesting! (Maybe?!)
Required fields are marked *
2 Kween Ramyeon
December 20, 2015 at 9:16 AM
Ahahahahaha
"hero is a man who undergoes “harsh training” to hone his “God-given noddle-making talents” for the sake of revenge."
gosh, I'm having montage visions of Tampopo's noodle making mixed with sumo training, Baker Kim Tak Gu's deep breathing before the flour and a new wire-fu display of killer noodle strangulation....
Required fields are marked *
3 mary
December 20, 2015 at 9:30 AM
Chef Rim can do this. C'mon Drama Gods.....
Required fields are marked *
stuffed
December 20, 2015 at 6:06 PM
Yes! And Kim So Eun as the ladylove!
Required fields are marked *
gadis
December 20, 2015 at 7:21 PM
+1
Seriously, suddenly this drama makes more sense with those two as the leads.
Required fields are marked *
mary
December 20, 2015 at 8:49 PM
Chef Baek can cameo as the Teacher who leaves his revenge plan in Rim's hands.
Required fields are marked *
4 clara
December 20, 2015 at 9:38 AM
sounds...interesting? can't wait for descendants of the sun though!
Required fields are marked *
5 john
December 20, 2015 at 11:49 AM
Flying Spaghetti Monster ?
Required fields are marked *
6 Iris
December 20, 2015 at 11:50 AM
oooooh... II love culinary drama..... And revenge drama...
Will be looking forward to this. I hope they get a good scriptwriter and great cast.... I'll be looking forward to this one for sure.
Required fields are marked *
7 myra
December 20, 2015 at 12:09 PM
But I thought Lightly, Ardently was supposed to follow Descendants...
Required fields are marked *
Moonbean
December 20, 2015 at 6:21 PM
Me, too. I'm more curious to hear whatever happened to it.
Required fields are marked *
smileovermyface
December 21, 2015 at 7:19 AM
pushed to summer. i read july or june.
Required fields are marked *
8 Kween Ramyeon
December 20, 2015 at 1:00 PM
This still cracks me up...
God of Noodle and his nemesis - Prince Pot Noodle!
Required fields are marked *
9 mystique
December 20, 2015 at 1:10 PM
"the hero is a man who undergoes “harsh training” to hone his “God-given noddle-making talents” for the sake of revenge."
This had me laughing way more than I should have... Still laughing ???
I swear I was all good till I got to "for the sake of revenge" ????
JB you are right it DOES sound silly.. ... And that just makes me want to watch the drama already..
I don't know about y'all, but this show has a fully booked spot on my "upcoming dramas to watch" list. No matter who is cast..
Required fields are marked *
10 Kokare
December 20, 2015 at 1:22 PM
Unsure what to make of it. Someone making food with his top off. Just not my cup of noodle.
Required fields are marked *
11 HopesDD
December 20, 2015 at 1:58 PM
Kung-fu .. noodles? Sounds like a mix of fun and hunger -I'm the hungry one-
Required fields are marked *
12 Alex
December 20, 2015 at 3:47 PM
That's what I thought! :-) Clearly a tribute to the FSM and his noodly appendages...
Required fields are marked *
13 Alex
December 20, 2015 at 3:48 PM
Ooops, I meant to reply to John's comment about the Flying Spaghetti Monster. :-)
Required fields are marked *
14 You
December 20, 2015 at 6:43 PM
I hope it's comedy drama. And I'm ready to watch since I'm getting fed up with tears, chaebol, etc...etc... We need something light like Full House, Super Rookie, What
s Up Fox.
Required fields are marked *
15 kiwilove
December 20, 2015 at 8:53 PM
Can Doojoon and Seulgi be the main?! I'm still not over my feels for these two yet after Splish Splash just ended for me!!!!!! TTTT
And because of Let's Eat, I automatically associated any food related dramas with Doojoon!! Deulgi would be an extra spice to boot!!!
Required fields are marked *
pogo
December 21, 2015 at 11:51 AM
Yoon Doo-joon and Kim Seul-gi have just landed on my list of Drama Couples Who Need To Work Together Again, NOW.
Other people currently on the list (in descending order of how badly I want to see them):
1. Ji-soo/Jung Eun-ji (Sassy Go Go)
2. Lee Won-geun/Jung Eun-ji (Sassy Go Go)
3. So Ji-sub/Gong Hyo-jin (Master's Sun)
Required fields are marked *
16 kiwilove
December 20, 2015 at 8:54 PM
*Seulgi damn typo!!! TT
Required fields are marked *
17 alpha
December 21, 2015 at 1:39 AM
It could be like King of Baking Kim Tak Goo. The drama premise was similar that bread will decide their fate. But look how serious and great it turned out.
I am looking forward to this.
PS: So what happens to Lightly, Ardently?
Required fields are marked *
18 Cee
December 21, 2015 at 2:49 AM
The manhwa poster gives me a Yakitate!Japan vibe so maybe it's going to have the same atmosphere?
I this this can work wonderfully with the right cast and witty script. I'll be waiting.
Required fields are marked *
19 blissfulennaira
December 21, 2015 at 3:27 AM
It is Kim Tak Goo of Noodles lol
Required fields are marked *
20 pogo
December 21, 2015 at 3:58 AM
A food drama? I could get behind this.....
Required fields are marked *
21 Alessar
December 21, 2015 at 10:34 AM
Considering the timing, which actor with mad vengeance-baking experience will be just out of the military in time to headline this? Yoon Si Yoon.
Required fields are marked *
Kween Ramyeon
December 21, 2015 at 2:32 PM
lmao @ mad vengeance-baking experience...
Required fields are marked *
Rac
January 10, 2016 at 4:04 PM
Noooo! please! He already was in a noodle theme drama! no more noodles for Yoon Shi Yoon! or bread or food...
Required fields are marked *
22 Simple Joy
February 11, 2016 at 4:29 PM
Excited for Big Bang Top & Gong Seung Yeon to star on this drama...
Required fields are marked *
23 ayuran
April 29, 2016 at 9:51 AM
Watching this and it's actually really good! People are just overreacted with DOTS, so they expect nothing with this drama. The cinematography, the casts, acting, really cool!
Main hero lost his parents thanks to an evil guy called Kim Gil-do who's an expert of stealing identity of others. Gil-do stole our hero's father's name and ability to make noodles. He killed the parents, but our hero managed to survived and grew in an orphanage. He befriended 3 other kids, and met Gil-do again after years, and finally started to get revenge.
I think the meaning of "God of Noodles" is he is trying to show what is "real noodles" created by heart and ability, not because he steals recipes.
This drama is worth to watch, guys!
Required fields are marked *