Mung Daal

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Full Name	Mung Daal
Alias(es)	???
Origin	Chowder
Occupation	Chef
Powers / Skills	Intelligence (Sometimes) Cooking Skills Fourth-Wall Awareness
Hobby	Cooking Teaching Chowder
Goals	Have Chowder take his place as Chef (Succeeded) Be a better chef than Miss Endive (Possibly Abandoned)
Family	Truffles (wife)
Friends / Allies	Chowder Shnitzel Truffles Gazpacho Panini (possibly)
Enemies	Miss Endive (arch-rival) Panini (sometimes)
Type of Hero	Charismatic Mentor

“	Ladies love me!	„
	~ Mung's obsession with women

Mung Daal is the owner and head chef of Mung Daal's Catering Company, and a deuteragonist in the 2007 Cartoon Network series, Chowder.

He was voiced by Dwight Schultz.

Information

Mung Daal is the owner and head chef of Mung Daal's Catering Company for at least 386 years and has been married to Truffles the mushroom fairy for 450 years. His apprentice is the titular protagonist, Chowder the cat/bear/rabbit hybrid, and his employee is Shnitzel the rock monster. His best friend is Gaspacho the mammoth, and his rival is Miss. Endive.

Appearance

Mung is an elderly blue humanoid who wears glasses. He has a white mustache (which he says is his most prized possession alongside Truffles), a long neck, large ears, and a massive nose. He wears a white coat, alongside an orange Irish skirt, brown shoes, and black socks.

Personality

Mung's personality changes often throughout the series depending on the episode. What he loves the most are cooking and ladies, which he has an obsession of and always walks over and seductively says "Laddies" whenever he sees any. He also has a deep affection to his wife Truffles, and goes into a depression after she ignores him in punishment for forgetting their anniversary. He cares about his apprentice Chowder and his chef Shnitzel. What Mung hates the most is Endive and customers who either waste his time or are picky about the food he makes for them.

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Trivia

• Mung is named after mung beans and moong dal, a popular Indian dish that primarily uses mung beans in it.
• Mung is stated to be 386 years old and has been married to Truffles for 450 years in the series.
• In one episode of the series, it's revealed that Mung lost his hair to an army of evil meaches after he stole their queen to make a minced meach pie.
• Mung got his trademark catchphrase "Ladies" from being adored by several ladies while working as a young apprentice for a Chinese restaurant owner named Lo Mein.