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Oishinbo A La Carte, Volume 3 - Ramen And Gyoza (2009)

by Tetsu Kariya(Favorite Author)

3.96 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1421521415 (ISBN13: 9781421521411)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

VIZ Media LLC

series

Oishinbo

review 1: Love this comic book series. I can't put them down. Although the characterization is just above a soap opera's, these comics entertain, teach me a ton about Japanese food and culture. The comics immerse the reader in 1980s Japan. I've learned a ton about agriculture, food production, and food science from this series. I've read the English and traditional Chinese translations. The Chinese translation provides a much fuller, more culturally insightful read. The English edition has very helpful footnotes. After a long day, an ideal night would be reading Oishinbo in a hot bath.
review 2: Another excellent book in this series. Ramen and gyoza are both originally Chinese dishes which have become changed over time that they're really Japanese. They're also both dish... morees that you're unlikely to make at home, though I've made dumplings at home with my family. Since restaurants which specialize in ramen or gyoza are rare in the US, the stories might be less relevant to Americans. One story about ordering in a fancy restaurant and asking the waiter for their suggestions is good. The plots were a bit repetitive: Yamaoka inadvertently gets in a competition with his dad, there's some big revelation, and the competition ends in a draw, or the dad claims it's not a real competition. less

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