Why a Booktrail?
2024: It’s a doorway to the past through the miracle of delicious food.
The Restaurant of Lost Recipes
What you need to know before your trail
Tucked away down a Kyoto backstreet lies the extraordinary Kamogawa Diner. Running this unique establishment are a father-daughter duo who serve more than just mouth-watering feasts.
The pair have reinvented themselves as ‘food detectives’, offering a service that goes beyond traditional dining. Through their culinary sleuthing, they reconstruct beloved dishes from the memories of their customers, creating a connection to cherished moments from the past.
Among those who seek an appointment is a one-hit wonder pop star, finally ready to leave Tokyo and give up on her singing career. She wants to try the tempura that she once ate to celebrate her only successful record. Another diner is a budding Olympic swimmer, who desires the bento lunch box that his estranged father used to make him.
The Kamogawa Diner doesn’t just serve meals – it revives lost recipes and rekindles forgotten memories.
Travel Guide
Kamogawa
Sadly the restaurant in the book is not real, but maybe it is?
That would be the fun of going here and trying to find out. Kyoto with its magical restaurants that could help you and treat your pain is something rather magical.
All the chapters are named after food – whatever you do, order ramen and fried rice at least before you start reading as two of the chapters have their name!
Booktrailer Review
The literary equivalent of comfort food. A sequel to the original and we go back to Kamogawa. Oh I have waited to come back here. Of course I headed straight to the Asian supermarket afterwards to buy authentic noodles and foodstuffs I had just read about.
A warm hug of a novel and that cover is just wonderful!
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Restaurant of Lost Recipes
Destination:Kyoto Author/guide: Hisashi Kashiwai Departure Time: 2024
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