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K-drama ● Review: Strong Girl Bong-soon
Mostly enjoyable romantic dramady and very funny at times, but the plotting and pacing plateau in the second half of the series.
Jul 7, 20214 min read


K-drama ● Review: Uncontrollably Fond
Attempts to be melodramatic emotion porn and fails. It’s not quite Uncontrollably Farcical but there are moments it’s so bad...
May 15, 20212 min read


Maangchi’s Real Korean Cooking by Maangchi (with Lauren Chattman)
This is a comprehensive cookbook focused on Korean home cooking.
May 7, 20211 min read


#LoveDumbAsians
Given the current sentiments regarding #StopAsianHate—and there’s a few of us Asians here at Opinyuns—it’s time I add to it.
May 6, 20218 min read


K-drama ● Review: Crash Landing on You
Attempts to be the got-a-bit-of-everything romantic dramady. It somewhat achieves that, but the pacing is unnecessarily slow...
Apr 13, 20213 min read


Koreatown by Deuki Hong & Matt Rodbard
This is a cookbook by Korean-American chef Deuki Hong, first published in 2016, that introduces the basics of Korean cuisine and provides...
Mar 25, 20212 min read


K-drama ● Review: Gap Dong
Mostly nonsensical, try-hard crime-thriller drama that drags on for way too long.
Mar 14, 20213 min read


Film ● Mini-Review: The Villainess
In some ways the Korean version of La Femme Nikita. Nicely shot revenge flick but perhaps predictable.
Jun 7, 20171 min read
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