Thanks to netgalley for the arc of this book.

The kamogawa food detectives follows Nagare and Koishi, a father daughter duo who help people seek out food dishes from their past.

This is such a charming little book, from the way the restaurant is set up to look run down so people who do go in really have to want to go in to the stories full of emotion and closure.

If you loved before the coffee gets cold you'll love this book too. It is a comfort read through and through.

Consumer Warning: Do not read this book on an empty stomach (or at least, keep a plentiful supply of delicious food at hand!)

This is a sweet story about a father and daughter duo who bill themselves "food detectives", because they can recreate dishes that are lost favourites for their customers at their family restaurant, the Kamogawa Diner.

All the people who visit their restaurant come looking for a piece of their past that they no longer have access to. Like the man who wants to taste the noodle dish cooked by his late wife one more time.

This is a warm hug of a book, rather than a compelling read, but there is something very appealing about the concept to anyone who has lost someone and has a food memory connected to them.

Some of the stories are very moving, but which one strikes a chord with the reader will depend on the reader's own experiences and longings...

Such a wholesome read! This was written (and translated) very well, I found myself wrapped up in the book quickly and falling in love with the characters. The plot was good, and the general premise kept me interested until the end.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced ebook copy in exchange for an honest review.

The Kamogawa Diner is an unmarked restaurant in Kyoto with no menu. But the visitors aren't just there for lunch - they want to find a meal from their past.

I loved the mystery/food/Japanese combination. I wish there was an explanation of the dishes served as they are all listed by their Japanese name.

Each character has their own story and meal to find - I enjoyed the range of stories. There were some recurring characters - no background to those, it felt a little like I'd missed a previous book, but I suspect it's just how the book was written. I'd have loved some more depth into the investigations of the meals - the travels/people they met.

I've read translations from Japanese of other books and I enjoy reading stories written for a different audience. There are some quirks in translated books that not everyone likes. This is a fairly short book - try it for something new!

I am really enjoying all of the Japanese translations that are around at the moment. This one was a lovely easy read that very descriptive painting a vivid picture of mainly food! A very enjoyable read.

I enjoyed this translation of a Japanese book very much. I liked the difference between this and the fast-action page-turners of the Western style of novel; this is much more static, and even the ending has no untangling of the plot, since there is very little plot here, more a loosely knotted chain of beads made of individual short stories, hung on the premise of a restaurant that is also a food detective agency. It made me wonder whether the original Japanese had started out as a series of short stories?
I do recommend it, but keep an open mind as you read.

The Kamogawa Food Detectives is a story where father and daughter act as detectives to discover and recreate dishes of people's past, even when the details are very hazy.

It is a sweet, easy read. If you love Japanese food then be prepared to be hungry whilst reading as the descriptions of the food are enough to get the taste buds going. It gave a little insight into Japanese culture which was interesting.

The problem was that this is a very short story, where the characters weren't developed. It became repetitive when a different, bemused person would call - always amazed that they could find the place because there is a one line advert in a magazine with no contact details. The outcome would be the same too - an emotional response to the food provided that was just like the one they wanted (with added detail of the past that the client wasn't aware of).

It has potential to be a good read but it unfortunately fell short.

I really wanted to like this book, as the premise is lovely...a father/daughter pairing, working as food detectives to track down the recipes of foods people remember from their lives and wish to revisit? Sounds amazing, right? Unfortunately, I felt the book left a lot to be desired. I wonder how much of that was to do with the translation, but I'm sure it can't only have been that. It just really wasn't my style, and I found it slow, and quite boring and repetitive in places. There were moments, mostly around the actual food descriptions, that I perked up. But on the whole I felt I couldn't get a grip on any of the characters, everything was presented in a very stark, basic way, and there wasn't the same nuance to the writing as I found, for example, in another recent Japanese book I read 'What you are looking for is in the library.' I can see others have very much enjoyed it, so perhaps it's a bit of a marmite book, but I found it slow and quite a challenge to read.

3.5. This was so cute! Not what I typically read AT ALL but it was like a warm hug on a cold night. I will definitely be reading more by this author.

Utterly delightful, and such a quick read! This book made me hungry :) Thank you to the publisher & NetGalley for the opportunity to read this in advance.

The Kamogawa Food Detectives revolves around a mysterious restaurant & agency that helps its customers relive memories, the father-daughter duo who run it, and their cat Drowsy. I adore this book, this book is peculiar if you looking for a book with lots of action, a twist and plot this is not the book for you. This book is beautiful and sweet, consistent and definitely a confort reading. This book is rare and peculiar but beautiful the whole way they publish this stories is very interesting and I adore this book. Was a warm, Cozy and adorable reading I needed right now. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC and Pam macmillian for the opportunity of read this book

The Kamogawa Food Detectives revolves around a mysterious restaurant & agency that helps its customers relive memories, the father-daughter duo who run it, and their cat Drowsy.
This book is delicious, flavourful, aromatic and lovely.
My love for Japanese food, cats, and acts of service as a love language was well-fed and nourished with this book. It serves nostalgia and simplicity in full ceramic bowls.

The book is not filled with interesting twists and turns and it is not particularly exciting- if that is what you are looking for. Instead, it is homely, structured and consistent. It is a lovely little read for a rainy day in, and is reminiscent of detective novels from the nineteenth century; their happenstance, their puzzle pieces coming together and the admiration from the faithful sidekick. I loved this book, because I felt like it was written for me, and I would recommend it for a new reader just starting out.

This was a very sweet book, for me it was remininiscent of Before the Coffee Gets Cold but without the supernatural aura of time travel. It is a sweet nostalgic book that explores the human condition. SImilar to the other series, I have seen people say they don't like the repetitiveness of these stories but truly I find it charming. I could read these stories forever.

This is a beautiful, heart warming book. I loved it. A great cosy read. I would definitely want to read more from this author.

This novel was very easy to read but it did feel like a food version of Before the Coffee gets Cold. Unfortunately I never really connected to any of the characters, they seemed quite 2d to me

Unfortunately the descriptions of food didn't really do anything for me as a person who lives in a very rural area, I know next to nothing about the food they were talking about.
But I would recommend this to a foodie.