I Love Cooking -- Janggeum’s Dream

I am watching a Korean anime series on TV lately. It is called “Janggeum’s Dream”. This anime series is showing on the Astro AEC (channel 301) on every Monday to Friday at 9:30am until 10am. The repeat is show on 6pm of the day. However, it is showing the Chinese audio-dubbed version and not the original Korean audio version on the TV.

Story is about the girl Jang Geum who wants to be a cook. She gets accepted as a palace servant. Clever and cheerful Jang Geum quickly finds friends. But all to soon she encounters intrigue and corruption. Overall, the animation centers on Jang Geum, who enters the Royal Kitchen as an apprentice court lady.

Title           : Janggeum’s Dream

Genre        : Drama, Historical, Comedy, Adventure
Episodes   : 52 (26 episodes for each season)
Story          :

The story is spun off of the Korean historical drama Dae Jang Geum (The Jewal of the Palace), though it is aimed for a younger audience. The plot is basically the same: a girl named Jang Geum with a dream of becoming a palace chef (의녀). However, the complex line of corruption and sometimes even murder present in Dae Jang Geum does not appear in Jang Geum's Dream. The fate of Jang Geum's parents is never revealed and no one in the story dies. The plot is kept light throughout with quite a bit of comedy. Through the story, Jang Geum enters the palace and amazes people with her skills and willingness to learn.

However, after receiving much approval from the royals and upper sang goong, she abandons her thought of cooking to see people's smiles and turns to winning and impressing. Lady Han, a sang goong that has always watched over her, warns her of the path she is taking but Jang Geum continues to strive to impress. Finally she is found out by the sang goongs after stealing a sacred book and thrown out of the palace with her friends, Yeon Shan and Chang Yi. Jang Geum travels with her friends and slowly realizes the mistakes she made and turns back to the train of thought she once had. She realizes that she had forgotten the importance of natural flavor. At the end of this series, Jang Geum wins a competition by preparing food that is beneficial to each individual eating it and is allowed back into the palace. However, she demotes herself to the lowest palace maid because she wants to start over. The story continues with Jang Geum's Dream.

Characters :

Jang Geum

Min Jeong Ho

Yeon Saeng

Chan So Ro

Han Sang Gong

King

I am enjoying this anime series very much due to all the characters are very lovely and I the art is very beautiful too. The characters that I like are of course, the lead actress, Jang Geum and the lead actor Min Jeong Ho. The best friend of Jang Geam, Yeon Shan is very lovely too. She is a nice girl and another guy Chan So Ro is very hilarious.

Ok, let us take a sneak of the anime series.

Personally I like to watch the romance between Jang Geum and Min. No doubt the he is a handsome guy and very COOL! Haha! But let’s not forget about the food too. They look amazing in the anime series. I also like the songs of the anime series, especially the opening theme song.

Well, if you wish to catch this Korean anime series, you may click to the “Youtube” to join the girl in the royal palace for the amazing food.

Enjoy watching! J