pickA retired detective and his daughter run a successful food recreation restaurant and the new customers bring forward stories of loss, love, misunderstandings and valuing the gifts you have along with painfully good descriptions of food.
5/5 stars, read for a collection of short stories that will remind you of the power of food to shape one‘s life. I also really enjoy the traditional food ware described, it‘s fun to look each piece up for images.
pickMy return trip to Kyoto and the Kamogawa Diner was a delight! I‘m a vegetarian but all of the dishes are described so mouthwateringly. Cosy in all the right ways! I love how Nagare & Koishi work together as food detectives - they have a beautiful father-daughter dynamic.
pickCozy, gently humorous and quite thoughtful. What a cool way to showcase the important part nostalgia and food play in our lives. While at times hopeful, it never crosses into saccharine.
pickKoishi & Nagare run a small cafe that also operates as a food detective agency, working to recreate formative recipes from their customers‘ past.
A wonderfully cozy follow to the 1st book. More insight into the father/daughter pair that work together, & more thoughtful discussions of how food/grief/memory/family can be entwined, & such delicious descriptions of food, I felt like I needed to find a ramen place as soon as I finished!🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗
The Restaurant of Lost Recipes | 
