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 treats its customers to wonderfully extravagant meals. But that’s not the main reason to stop by . . .

The father-daughter duo have started advertising their services as ‘food detectives’. Through ingenious investigations, they are capable of recreating a dish from their customers’ pasts – dishes that may well hold the keys to unlocking forgotten memories and future happiness.

From the widower looking for a specific noodle dish that his wife used to cook, to a first love’s beef stew, the restaurant of lost recipes provides a link to the past – and a way to a more contented future.

My Thoughts:

What a lovely and surprisingly good read, I was not expecting much but was pleasantly delighted by this uplifting read. Father and daughter duo run a restaurant where they serve delicious sounding food, my tummy was rumbling reading about all the delicious dishes they serve. Everyone knows them and their food but on the side the duo run the food detectives where they recreate a dish from the customers past. It is such a lovely story and I loved seeing the father and daughter relationship, and how lovely it was to see how well they worked together and what they were doing for people. It really warmed my heart reading this story. It is one I will always remember.

I received an ARC copy of this book for an honest review.

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