{"product_id":"9781529445404-the-hyehwa-dong-grandmas-lunchbox-kitchen","title":"The Hyehwa-Dong Grandma’s Lunchbox Kitchen","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe elderly owner of a Seoul takeaway restaurant reaches out to customers in need via notes in their lunchboxes - the follow-up to cosy Korean hit\u003ci\u003e Yeonnam-dong's Smiley Laundromat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeet Madam Jeong Geum-nam, affectionately known as \"Hyehwa-dong Grandma\", a self-proclaimed \"cool senior\".\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer dosirak are the best in town (much better than from Heja Lunchbox, thank you!) but there is something else that makes her restaurant special: Grandma's warm notes wrapped in silver foil and hidden under the rice, like fortune cookies. Notes that make people laugh, cry and bounce back. She helps them heal their wounds and slowly become friends and neighbours.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer regulars include Jung, a young mother struggling to take care of her newborn; Son Heung-min, a middle school student whose name, identical to the superstar footballer, causes him much stress; Hae-young, a nurse in her 30s struggling with infertility; and Hae-in, a vendor with a charming voice who has a secret crush.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Geum-nam has her own secret. She fears one day very soon she will need to close the restaurant, and when the time comes she will need the support of her customers in return .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Korean by Shanna Tan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57437646487926,"sku":"9781529445404","price":14.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41671247_28aa59b8-03ad-4bb4-b01f-cfc3fea89580.jpg?v=1781800587","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529445404-the-hyehwa-dong-grandmas-lunchbox-kitchen","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}