Chocolate (2019)

In both the main theme is love and death and deep questions about life. They are deeply sad and touching dramas. Both are written by Lee Kyung Hee.

Both are written by Lee Kyung Hee and both have outstanding script! In both female protagonist has her own recipe for living to be good, generous, kind and sacrificial. Both drama present real life.

Both have tear-jerking moments. Mystic pop-up bar and Chocolate also have very very very slow romances among the primary leads but you know it's there. I loved both of them tho although i feel Pop-up Bar had a better ending.

Similar vibes, slow and "sad". Also the same "accident". In "chocolate" characters were not a couple before as in "when my love blooms" but there are also time gaps. Both are melodrama. Both have flashbacks.

Written by the same writer, both feature tragic long-term lost loves and main characters who are complex and sometimes dishonest.

Both are romantic medical dramas dealing with comforting people in pain and during the end stages of their lives. In both dramas, the male and female leads have experienced life-altering tragic events, which they feel guilt-ridden about. Both male leads have a nemesis who is hell-bent on destroying them do to misplaced anger and beliefs.

ML FL works in same workspace
ML is FL boss
Guy who pkayed ML in both dramas are same
Ruhde but kindhearted ML
Slow burn romance

Both have settings in the countryside. Similar vibes and slow-burn romance.
Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha has a more comedic tone than Chocolate which is more melodrama.
- FL and ML met when they were kids

These two dramas have actually alot in common
They are tear jerker, sloe burned romances
One of main lead is chef
Arrogant rude ML
FL works for ML
Tragic past of ML

Both dramas used food as means of healing. In 'Chocolate' food is used to heal and to connect between the two leads. In 'The Witch's Diner', food is used to grant wishes for the client. That is where the similarities end. Watch TWD if you want to watch food related Kdrama.

Similar vibes, slow and "sad". In "chocolate" characters were not a couple before as in "BOL" but there are also time gaps. Both are melodrama. Both have flashbacks.

Both dramas have Main leads that have to deal with trauma/tragic pasts. They both are slow burn dramas that will make you cry so bad if you enjoy it. Lastly this is more of a personal opinion, the FL in you are my spring and the FL in chocolate act very similar!

-Things don't go in the favor of leads but they learn to accept it
-No real "evil" second leads
-Overall similar vibes in terms of emotions on losing what is important to you

- both are healing dramas.
- the chemistry of the leads are on point.
- both dramas take place in a hospital (in iontbo a psychic hospital and in chococlate a hospice).
- the dramas take place by the sea.

I recommend this both drama because , Male lead and Female lead
try to solve problem
In one drama explosion and another student murder/suicide