I am addicted to the somewhat ridiculous Japanese “drama” series Lunch Queen, or Lunch no Joou. This blog entry by she bakes and she cooks led me to the 2002 show’s existence. Just watch that video above (first episode, part 1 of 6) and tell me if you don’t get a craving for omurice!
It’s only 12 episodes long and so you’ll only be wasting away approximately 12 hours of your life. Well, maybe wasting away is a bit harsh – I’m 7 episodes in and the plot (which at the beginning is frankly very silly) is starting to get quite interesting. The story is of a girl who ends up at a restaurant run by a family with 4 brothers. That’s all I’ll tell you – you’ve just got to watch it. There is some cod-philosophy kicking about through the entire series that is a bit cringeworthy though.
But the food! You get to see many contemporary Japanese dishes such as omurice, hayashi rice, curry rice, hamburg, and children’s meals and many home cooked meals eaten at the back of the restaurant in the family home. This is food porn at its best! You can find all the videos on YouTube here.
Demiglace!
Thu, 28 Jun, 2007 at 15:53
haha oishi ne! glad you like the show. yes yes, it’s kinda nonsensical if you think about it. but it makes for light hearted entertainment! i was dreaming about omurice, demiglace sauce, hamburg etc for days on end afterwards! hahaaa you should watch this other Japanese food drama> Bambino! this time, it’s Italian food. :p enjoy! (but not all the epi are on Youtube though!)
Fri, 29 Jun, 2007 at 14:31
Hi cheryl!
I’ve been thinking of buying a can of demiglace sauce! And I’d better not start with Bambino or else I’ll be searching for videos for days on end! Thanks!
Fri, 29 Jun, 2007 at 19:17
I’m going to get the DVDs when I’m back in Singapore. I watched a Korean series on Youtube and I’m not doing it again. I love light-hearted nonsensical entertainment anyway, life’s too tough as it is…
I still have the Korean drama about baking to watch too!
Sat, 30 Jun, 2007 at 22:39
Hi Tommy!
Korean drama about baking?! !!! Maybe I should look out for that too…
Two more episodes of Lunch Queen and I’m done!
Sun, 1 Jul, 2007 at 05:09
yes yes! you mean you haven’t heard of ‘My Lovely Samsoon’????? gosh you HAVE to watch it!!! it’s like the most fav korean show of mine. the lead character is this female pastry chef. go go go watch it! haha it’s on youtube too 🙂
Sun, 1 Jul, 2007 at 14:20
Ahhh! Another show! 😀
I live in London – we don’t hear about any shows from Asia! Or even from the rest of Europe, come to think of it. It’s all about shows from the UK or America.
Mon, 2 Jul, 2007 at 16:45
you have created a monster. argh it’s one of those dramas that keep you watching…& watching…
Mon, 2 Jul, 2007 at 22:44
Right, um… , sorry about that, serena. Uh…did ya see that other recommendation for “My Lovely Samsoon”?
😀
Tue, 10 Jul, 2007 at 02:55
man You Tube is amazing.. I rarely watch any of the asian soaps, but this one is short enough to try out.
Tue, 10 Jul, 2007 at 17:35
Yup, can be done in a week! I did it!
Fri, 27 Jul, 2007 at 19:50
[…] took me a while to recognise this twist on omurice, the omelette wrapped fried rice (as seen on Lunch Queen!). Fried noodles with chicken are wrapped in a very thin omelette and then drizzled on top are […]
Fri, 28 Nov, 2008 at 23:45
I stumbled across your blog in search of omu-raisu after watching Lunch Queen and getting a craving for omurice! I’m still looking for the perfect recipe, but I thought I’d tell you about crunchyroll.com. I watched the entire series there and they have so many more!
Happy cooking and happy watching,
Amber
Mon, 1 Dec, 2008 at 18:21
Amber: Oh brilliant! Thanks for the link – there’s so much there and it’ll take a while for me to wade through it. I hope I find some time during Christmas to watch some!
Sun, 17 Jan, 2010 at 08:22
Super-Duper website! I am in love!! Will come back again – already subcribed to you feeds also, thank you for giving such a good time for me to read 😉