The Recipe 2010

6.7/10


IMDB Rating : 6.7


FD Smart Rating : 6.7


Synopsis : When producer Choi Yu-Jin catches wind of a death-row inmate who longs to eat doenjang jjigae before he dies, he sets out to find the best recipe.


Regions Available ( 1 ) :
South Korea

Directors:

Lee Anna

Languages:

Korean [Original]

Subtitles:

Korean

Genres:

Drama, Mystery, Romance

Release Date:

2010

Run Time:

1h44m

Maturity Rating:

Suitable for aged 12 or older

The Recipe centers on a TV producer searching for the recipe for an enchanting spicy bean-curd stew--and its elusive creator. Producer/presenter Choi Yu-jin smells a scoop when he learns that the last request of mass murderer and famed fugitive Kim Jong-gu before he was executed in February 2009 was for a bowl of dwinjang jjigae (beancurd soup stew). Choi then discovers Kim was arrested at the tiny Sanjang Restaurant, in a mountain pine forest outside Seoul, while eating a bowl of dwinjang jjigae so delicious it reduced him to a state of pure bliss. Choi discovers that the soup was made not by the restaurant's owner but by a mysterious young woman, Jang Hye-jin, who turned up one day with a suitcase and was taken in by the owner. Choi becomes obsessed with finding Jang, who's since disappeared, and tracing her precise ingredients and preparation method.