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Oishinbo A La Carte, Volume 7 - Izakaya: Pub Food (2010)

by Tetsu Kariya(Favorite Author)

3.91 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1421521458 (ISBN13: 9781421521459)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

VIZ Media LLC

series

Oishinbo

review 1: These four stars are actually 3.5: I love food and I want to know more about Japanese culture, but somehow this book didn't leave me fully satisfied. Maybe because I started from the ending, or because I saw the notes when I was about to finish it, but I need more. Like in, the rest of the series.Or maybe it was that all the dishes depicted here are meat and fish based and didn't appeal me much. Either way, I want to read the whole series and I want to keep learning about Japanese culture. Fish cuts included.
review 2: I watch it every night. I curl up in bed and wait for it. I love my Iron Chef. It’s called food porn for a reason. There are way too many unnecessary close-ups and it’s highly addictive. And everything just looks SO much better than when you ... moredo it yourself.Oishinbo: Izakaya: Pub Food puts all the excitement of spectator cooking into manga so it’s no wonder that it’s hugely popular in Japan and around the world. It follows Shiro Yamaoka, a lazy reporter who’s been put to the task of collecting all the best Japanese dishes to be placed on an “Ultimate Menu”. I imagine this would the kind of journalism that would face cuts after the recession but hey, this is a comic book and the Japanese take their cuisine a little more seriously.For those of you who are familiar with comic books, this one features no heros, no blood, no fights. Oishinbo is a domestic adventure just as Virginia Wolfe wrote domestic epics. I was pretty amused by all the unique Japanese cuisine the book showed though. However, visuals are important to food and I wished it was all in colour but I guess that’s the norm with manga. Oh and the book reads right to left which may throw you off in the beginning.Also, the recipes were far too simplified for me to actually try. (I’m a terrible cook) If you enjoy food porn or the simple over dramatization of the wild wild world of cooking, add Oishinbo to your menu. less

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