Kitchen Princess is an interesting and extreme Shojo-y Shojo manga. (If you read it, it makes sense) Spanning 10 volumes, it manages to hit many great story points in a manner that seems wholly believable. Is it cliched? To an extent. But then again, it's a Shojo manga, if you're surprised by cliches in this genre, you're proabably not the biggest reader of it.

Two quick things: Whoever you think the "Flan Prince" is, wait until the end of volume 10 to see if you're right.

This manga also gets very ...heavy starting in the end of the fifth volume.

Overall though, it is a very enjoyable manga that has already been released in its entirety in the U.S., so if you can, try and pick it up at your local bookstore (or just read it there, like I did).