Chibilicious - Having my own small, cute world is great

I’ve recently purchased a new Jdrama series titled ‘Lunch Queen’. I’ve heard of this series from an officemate a long time ago. I previewed this in youtube and honestly drawn to it because of two things.

1) It is a comedy. I am a sucker for comedy especially of Japanese series. The Japanese have a certain skill of portraying comedy. Even if you don’t totally understand what they’re saying, you will laugh from their antics and facial expressions. ^^ It must be their ‘anime’ culture, where exagerrated antics becomes the usual norm. Even though its part of their lives, something new always comes out. I never tire from their type of comedy. ^_^

2) It focuses on one of my fave things. Food! \0/

Chef hunks with different personalities run Kitchen Macaroni and put their heart and soul into the trade. Natsumi, a girl from the coffee shop absolutely adores lunch time and suddenly finds herself in a position she has to pretend as a fiancee to a man she had never met. Meeting the family of her fiancee, she finds a place she could call home, if she could keep on pretending after her fiancee left and stole the money of the family. XD

But, love interests from the other members of the family seem to complicate things further. And the people of Kitchen Macaroni are learning more of themselves, all because of the quirky insights of the pretending ‘fiancee’.

I haven’t finished the series, but I’m definitely enjoying the plot, not to mention the FOOD!

But as Japanese drama goes, they smoothly inserted drama sequences in the series. Subtle moments of deeper feelings and hardships and life morals shared in a very simple frame of story telling.

I really love the simple but effective ways japanese drama touches lives. Simple lines such as these, can really bring a lot into reflection:

Have you ever known the taste of food with tears?

What keeps me going through life, is that one sweet smell that wafts from the restaurant at the corner. It brings back a lot of memories.

I’m glad that even after 5 years of unable to come to this restaurant, the taste has not changed. I feel good like I did 5 years ago. And I’m glad to know some things never change.

* I didn’t get the exact words, but their meaning is like that.

I got to see food in a very different manner. It’s not just an art, a cuisine, a variety of taste for your palette.

It’s also a way of remembering life.

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