"What's the one dish you'd do anything to taste just one more time? Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a very special restaurant. Run by Koishi Kamogawa and her father Nagare, the Kamogawa Diner serves up deliciously extravagant meals. But that's not the main reason customers stop by . . . The father-daughter duo are 'food detectives'. Through ingenious investigations, they are able to recreate dishes from a person's treasured memories - dishes...

2) The restaurant of lost recipes

Author

Kashiwai, Hisashi

Series

Kamogawa food detectives volume 2

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

Read Description

"Chef Nagare and his daughter Koishi serve their customers more than delicious food at their Kamogawa Diner down a quiet street in Kyoto. They can help recreate meals from their customers' most treasured memories. Through ingenious investigations, these "food detectives" untangle flavors and pore through old shopping lists to remake unique dishes from the past. From the swimmer who misses his father's lunchbox to the model who longs for fried rice...

3) The noh mask murder

Author

Takagi, Akimitsu

Pub. Date

2024.

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

Read Description

"Strange things are happening in the Chizurui mansion... At night, a figure clad in a Hannya mask is spotted wandering around the house. The amateur crime fiction writer, Akimitsu Takagi, is sent to investigate, but then tragedy strikes. The head of the Chizurui family is found dead inside his study, locked from the inside, with only a Hannya mask and the scent of jasmine as clues to his mysterious death. As Takagi delves deeper into the case, can...

4) The Full Moon Coffee Shop: a novel

Author

Mochizuki, Mai

Language

English

Appears on these lists

Cozy Reads from Asia
Read Alikes for The Dallergut Dream Department Store
Read Alikes for We'll Prescribe You a Cat
Women in Translation 2024

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

Read Description

"Translated from the Japanese bestseller, this charming and magical novel, inspired by the myth of cats returning favors to those who care for them, reminds us that it's never too late to follow our stars. In Japan, cats are a symbol of good luck. As the myth goes, if you are kind to them, they'll one day return the favor. And if you are kind to the right cat, you might just find yourself invited to a mysterious coffee shop under a glittering Kyoto...