The Kamogawa Food Detectives: The Heartwarming Japanese Bestseller

A good read
A beautiful collection of mouth watering dishes and nostalgia.

Interesting, light read.
Right off the bat, I’ll mention, this isn’t a fascinating story. It is a regular one, one that I enjoyed quite a bit. With nearly everyone having the means to travel to Japan, maybe this book and it’s stories may sound more repetitive than they already are.Maybe the essence of the mannerisms were lost in Jesse Kirkwood’s translation from Kashiwai’s Japanese to English!? I’m not sure. Basically the story is of an ex police officer and his daughter’s food proprietorship – this diner that makes exclusive meals and doubles up as an entity that can recreate food from memories, some logic, and enquiry, to help recreate joy or comfort while first eating it.The premise of the book, and the value of this “business” offering is standard and so each of the six stories have a fair deal of monotony in the ritual of receiving clients, disdain for traditional marketing, living on account of fate to pay the bills (surprisingly while Kashiwai seems to have strong feelings about his protagonists advertising their business, he never bothers to speak about how they are getting by with their diner).What this book and Kashiwai’s writing does brilliantly is introduce the reader to the intricacies of Japanese cooking, and culinary treasures. This book is proof that you can travel to new places in stories from books. Not just the six recipes that became stories, but each of the meals served in any of these stories is described in delicious detail. Including what these ingredients, many of which I don’t know about, should taste to the tongue. What is found where in Japan, and why it’s the best produce, and how climate, consumerism, and attachments inform the food we eat, and how food is always more than food.He wrote a book about food being memories, and that memories can always be brought back to front and centre. In this world of thick books, “important” narratives, and heavy stories – I was incredibly relieved and happy to read a light one with a feel-good aftertaste!

quick read!
A father-daughter duo operates a unique eatery that serves exquisite meals. There’s another reason this restaurant is worth a visit.As food detectives, they assist in understanding and recreating dishes based on a person’s prior experiences. Six dishes are linked to six memories in the book.This was a quick read. It was a four-star read though, because the six stories started to seem the same. The book lacked an underlying plot that I had been looking for throughout these six chapters, which could have made it a 5 star read.

A book that’ll make you hungry, in a nice way!
If you are looking for a heartwarming, beautiful and scrumptious book that will make your day better and help you fight this heat, then you have to read Hisashi Kashiwai’s The Kamogawa Food Detectives.I don’t think I’ve ever snacked so much while reading a book. Gosh!

I have just finished this lovely book and what can I say . Wonderful cozy read the stories are great and the characters well rounded . If you like a gentle story you will love this . Plus lots of Japanese food stories which are brilliant

Definitely read this if you’re into Japanese food, there’s a lot of luscious detail on specific dishes, as well as gentle detective work to dig up dishes that evoke childhood nostalgia for the customers.