Lunch Queen Review

Lunch Queen

Japanese Title: ランチの女王

Chinese Title: 午餐女王

Alternative Titles: Lunch no Joou, The Queen of Lunchtime Cuisine

12 episodes

Genre: Comedy, Cooking, Family, Romance

Telecast: 2002

Every day, Mugita Natsumi (Takeuchi Yuko) looks forward to her favourite part of the day – lunchtime. She is very zealous about foods and even keeps a little notebook containing pictures and notes about different restaurants she’d been to. One time, she runs into Nabeshima Kennichiro (Tsutsumi Shinichi). Upon seeing her I’m-in-heaven expression while eating omurice, he decides to make an agreement with her. She will accompany him to his family restaurant and will introduce herself as his fiancé. In exchange, she could eat as much omurice in his family restaurant as she likes, which he claims has the best omurice in town. She agrees.

When the “couple” goes to meet the Nabeshima family, Kennichiro escapes along with the family’s cash. Natsumi is left, but she decides to play along. She promises the family to help preserve their delicious recipe. This starts the family’s journey in keeping the business alive with the help of its newest family member.

Cheerfulnuts Review:

I was immediately attracted to Lunch Queen’s cast and fun atmosphere. You don’t have to be a cook to appreciate this series. I love seeing their mouth-watering foods! Lunch Queen introduced me to a Japanese food I’ve never heard of before – omurice. If you can’t cook or don’t like to cook, you may find yourself wanting to cook again. After watching the series, I searched for the omurice’s recipe and tried to imitate it. I failed to cover the rice with egg. But it was fun to cook.

Besides cooking, Lunch Queen tackles about career choice – whether to go out and look for a job or to stay in your family business. This is perfect for people having this dilemma. Or if you just want to relax and watch a funny show, this is also for you. I couldn’t stop laughing in some of the scenes. I didn’t expect to laugh so hard in watching the series.

Cheerfulnuts’ Verdict:

7 out of 10 stars

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