The Restaurant

Moving and uplifting, The Restaurant of Lost Recipes features more heartwarming tales from Kyoto’s Kamogawa Food Detectives as they recreate favourite dishes from their customers’ pasts.'Author Hisashi Kashiwai shows a tremendous amount of empathy for his characters as well as a gentle humor. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll open a delivery app' - Apple BooksThe Restaurant of Lost Recipes, translated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood, is the second book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese sleuthing series for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, and follows on from The Kamogawa Food Detectives. This edition includes an exclusive Author letter.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 reconstr

The Restaurant of Lost Recipes is the second book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Kamogawa Food Detectives series, for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold. We all hold lost recipes in our hearts. A very special restaurant in Kyoto helps recreate them... 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 from her childhood, each customer leaves the diner forever changed--though not always in the ways they expect...A beloved bestseller in Japan, The Restaurant of Lost Recipes is a tender and healing novel that celebrates the power of community and delicious food.

The fourth title in this fun filled activity book series, At the Restaurant is overflowing with puzzles, quizzes and drawing activities, sure to keep kids occupied when out and about.All you need to complete the activities are some colouring pencils and a big appetite!Design your own delicious menu, untangle a maze of messy spaghetti, spot the odd one out of scrumptious desserts and so much more. Ideal for keeping children entertained anywhere from a restaurant to a waiting room, these activities can also be done at home on wet weekends or after school!This book includes loads of activities, including:Colouring and drawing Dot to dot Sudoku Find the hidden object Word searches Guess who? And much much more!The perfect boredom-busting companion for any meal, this book will keep readers busy for hours!

At the Restaurant is a fun-filled book of restaurant-themed activities designed to keep children entertained and amused when out and about.The fourth title in this fun filled activity book series, At the Restaurant is overflowing with puzzles, quizzes and drawing activities, sure to keep kids occupied when out and about.All you need to complete the activities are some colouring pencils and a big appetite!Design your own delicious menu, untangle a maze of messy spaghetti, spot the odd one out of scrumptious desserts and so much more. Ideal for keeping children entertained anywhere from a restaurant to a waiting room, these activities can also be done at home on wet weekends or after school!This book includes loads of activities, including:Colouring and drawing Dot to dot Sudoku Find the hidden object Word searches Guess who? And much much more!The perfect boredom-busting companion for any meal, this book will keep readers busy for hours!