The sights and sounds of local dishes being cooked on giant roaring woks at dai pai dongs are synonymous with Hong Kong. Just like enjoying breakfasts and brunches at a cha chaan teng or dim sum teahouses, dining in a dai pai dong is a quintessential Hong Kong experience, which rooted in delicious, very reasonably priced Cantonese fare packed with a dose of “wok hei” a smokey flavour that can be only achieved by cooking fresh ingredients over extreme heat.
For those unacquainted with this iconic local culinary tradition, dai pai dong literally means “restaurant with a big license plate” the city s last remaining open-air street food vendors that were once ubiquitous in the early 20th century. Due to growing hygiene concerns, the government had begun to restrict the licensing of dai pai dongs, where only around 20 establishments are left today.
There’s something inherently comedic about soul swap dramas because, well, can you imagine suddenly being in someone else’s body? Or having to share yours? And what if you land in the body of the opposite gender? Or in a different time period even? It’s the perfect ingredient for rom-com shenanigans, and we aren’t going to be shy about our love for this particular trope.
So here we have eight K-dramas that are quite evenly spread out across the last decade that include all kinds of soul-swapping goodness that’ll easily capture your interest and soul!
We couldn’t possibly talk about soul swap dramas without mentioning “Secret Garden,” arguably the most well-known of the genre. Everyone and their mothers are familiar with this whimsical and humorous story between a spunky stunt woman (Ha Ji Won) and a claustrophobic