AsianDB: TV Series

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Also Known As:	Daejangkeum, Dae Jang Geum, Jewel in the Palace, Great Jang Geum, Taejanggum
Starring:	Lee Young-Ae, Yang Mi-Kyung, Ji Jin-Hee
Director:	Lee Byung-Hoon(a)
Country of Origin:	South Korea
Genre:	TV, Traditional, Drama
Subtitles:	English, Chinese, Malay
Sound:	Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
Releasing Date:	Aug 01, 2005
Product Made In:	Malaysia
Aspect Ratio:	1.33:1
Case:	Keep Case

Region Code: All, NTSC
Single Side Dual Layer

The famous Korean drama "Jewel in the Palace" has brought a great impact to the world owing to its touching stories, splendid acting from the actors, as well as striking the audiences' interest towards the Korean culture and the imperial cuisine. Jang-geum (Lee Young Ae) and Hang Sang-gong (Yang Mi Kyung) has introduced lots of delicious dishes in this popular drama. The imperial cuisine consists of steamed dishes, soup, kimchi, and many more. It's an absolute mouth-watering programme keeping audiences enthralled while watching it. Stay tuned with Yang Mi Kyung and the Korean's cuisine expert, Mrs. Lee Jong Im in these 4 episodes of "Royal Cuisine - Jewel in the Palace" to reviews the various dishes in "Jewel in the Palace" and also, the NG features. Watch out for the demonstration of cooking methods of the imperial cuisine, feel the experience of being a Sang-gong!

DEHA-CHIM DEHA-CHIM is typical steamed palace cooking which is seasoned with blends of pine nuts. It is very tasty and not so oily. Han Sang-gong was good at cooking this food in "Jewel in the Palace." Prawn contains a lot of protein, calcium and mineral. That's why it gives stamina to our body and makes our bone strong. When you buy prawn, you should buy the ones which have head and skin intact and clear in colour.

MAEK-JEOK Long time ago people who were called Maek really enjoyed this food according to the historical records. That's why it is called Maek-Jeok. This might become the origin of the pork barbeque. In the drama, Jeong Sang-gong cooked this food for the first time when she was appointed as the first court lady. This food is very unique because meat is grilled under the charcoal directly. Charcoal is strong in terms of the radiation of the heat, meat could be cooked fast and prevented from the loss of nutrition,

SAMSEK-JUAK This is the special rie cake which is mixed with schizandra, mogwort and gardenia for the banquet table. It has very natural colour. Especially JUAK were made of sticky rice, dates and honey which are good for health. JUAK is called KOMYEOM, Utki-rice cake because it is put on the top of the Seolki-rice cake as garnish. If you eat it with Korean traditional drink, its taste is much better.