Am I the oldest fan girl?

Before going to Korea, I was given a lot of Korean cooking books and I knew the dishes. But the food on site is better...

My daughter (who is not a very good cook :) regularly makes Kimchi Fried rice, delicious!

I'm on the chinese type for the moment too. I watched "Love me kill me", a beautiful but sad series, and now I rewatch "Qing Luo" (bcz the ML).

Welcome! It is so nice to see people of all age ranges watching kdramas and other Asian dramas. I used to watch many with my mother before she passed. We started shortly after COVID lockdown and never looked back.

 maidenholmes:

81-year-old Canadian, same age as the original poster, DrRTN. I had already been watching European non-English mystery series in translation for some time. One website had various other recommendations, with the one that caught my eye being "Are You Human Too"? (Korean, about an android duplicate of the son a scientist had lost to her wealthy father-in-law.)  Very good performance by the ML, probably not the best script but I really enjoyed it. Second Asian drama was "Goblin"... no turning back after that. 

It's been about five years, not a direction I would have predicted. However, at some point I realized that I didn't have to just watch current US dramas - I could watch the best TV fare in the world spanning decades. (Realistically, since English translation is required, most is from the last 20 years.)

I had a similar journey to kdramas. I was already watching non-English languages dramas and movies and had actually seen a couple of Korean dramas and plenty of Chinese movies (mostly starring Jackie Chan) before I really got hooked into them for being clean compared to US series. Its just easier to watch with family.

 DrRTN:

Just turned 81. K-drama has changed my life. I'm slowly working on a research project to see how these dramas impact widows in the 8th stage of life. Just had major surgery. I can continue to make tapestries and include Hangul letters. They are beautiful. If you look at my watch list you'll see that I don't normally look at thrillers or total science fiction. I've learnt a bit about the history of South Korea so I was able to really laugh at Parasite and Squid Game. That said one of my all-time favourites is LOST.

Hi there,

A quick note from a fellow K-drama watcher in their "vintage" years; I will turn 65 next year. I will say that I am a more partial towards the thriller genre, but the great thing about the dramas from East Asia, in general, is their wide range of genres and topics. That being said, two of my favourites are Stranger and Stranger 2. 

I hope you and your family have a wonderful, relaxing holiday period.

Kevin