Antique (2001)

It's the Japanese version, and the "original".

Pretty good as well~ with a similar plot.

This is the original/first version of the show. If you liked Baker Boys or Antique Bakery, then you might like the original Japanese version.

Both stories involve food making and workers with troubled pasts.

Both are about food and a range of unusual characters.

Gangster Patisserie. The adaptation will involve a female Japanese college student who runs away to Taiwan and gets involved with a reformed young hoodlum who just got out of jail after five years. Turns out his old gangster boss lost his wife to an illness and has decided to turn over a new leaf and become a legit businessman by starting a bakery that employs all his former gang members. His beloved deceased wife's daughter from her previous marriage is the Japanese girl and she arrives in Taiwan looking for her mom, and ends up living with her step father, who dreams of being a master baker but sucks big time at baking. The entire gang of misfits all live and work together, and heartwarming hilarity ensues.

Both dramas are about chefs/ bakers/ cooks. Both are very similar..................
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Both are about chefs/bakers.................................................................................................................................. .