Tokyo Cult Recipes
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Good book for standard dishes with more kicks
Pleasantly surprised by the amount of information put in by the author. It has a nice, balanced combination of recipes and Japanese food culture/location recommendation. Several things that made this book really stood out from my collection of Japanese cooking books: 1. A very detailed miso soup section, starting from types of miso to the possible combination of vegetables fitting to each miso type, color photo of each combo provided; (good-bye, seaweed & tofu soup from your local Japanese restaurants) 2. Several traditional bento recipes(names you actually see in a Japanese local food store/Laws*n), providing sub recipes for each dish featured in the bento; 3. A good selection of preserved vegetable recipes; 4. Extensive gyoza (Chinese dumplings) recipe section, listing a few different methods and stuffing combinations. As an experienced gyoza maker I can see the knowledge & efforts spent on putting them up; In summary I am very satisfied with my purchase and recommend this to someone who is generally familiar with Japanese food but wanted to have that one step further of flavoring up their normal menu.
Pictures Pictures Pictures!
I collect cookbooks & this is my first Japanese food cookbook so it was mandatory that I get a book with pictures. If you are a visual foodie like I am then you will like this book. Seeing pictures of the food through out this book really helps because sometimes the ingredients don’t sound that good but then you see what the finished product looks like and it makes you want to it try it. Very well put together, easy to understand and alot to read and look at! I’m happy to add this book to my collection.
Nothing cult about it, just beloved basics
These days, it seems the only way to shop for cookbooks is to look in one's public library. I checked out six, perused them all and liked this one the best. For one thing, it's a beautifully designed and compiled book. If you're a graphic designer and like Japanese, you'll love this book. Everything is explained in easy to understand detail with associated delicious looking photos. Yes, you will need to find ingredients like Japanese chili powder, kombu, bonito flakes and miso in a Japanese grocery, but dry ingredients last a long time. Mirin, soy sauce, dried ramen and sake in most supermarkets these days.
Not only is this book beautiful, but all the recipes are very doable if ...
Growing up with a Japanese mother, this book is a very accurate representation of everything she ever made for me. I actually can't thing of a single thing that was not in here. Not only is this book beautiful, but all the recipes are very doable if you have typical Japanese staples stocked in your home. It's seriously worth getting.
easy to follow and fun recipes
I got this book for my daughter who has gotten into creating new and fun different dinners darning the quarantine. She has been using this books to whip up Isolation Dinners and said they are both easy to understand and follow and quite tasty as well. One thing her 5 year likes are the photos are quite nice.
Great Japanese Cookbook!
This is exactly what I was looking for in a Japanese cookbook. The recipes are fairly simply and taste authentic and great! I feel like I'm in Japan any time I give one of these recipes a go. It has a good variety of main meals and side dishes which was much appreciated. If you're new to Japanese cooking, this makes for a fantastic first cookbook!
Both beautiful and practical
Beautiful book with a wide range of interesting recipes from simple and familiar to complex and unusual. So far all the recipes have been doable and relatively easy with all ingredients available locally or through Amazon. I bought this as I really like Japanese cooking and food but didn't expect to have some many relatively simple, go-to mid week dinner type recipes.
Lots of beautiful pictures
This is the most beautiful cookbook I’ve ever seen. All traditional Japanese recipes interspersed with artistic pictures of Japan.
One of my favorite cookbooks. It's beautifully printed
One of my favorite cookbooks. It's beautifully printed, and every single recipe has a photo next to it. The recipes are also simple and easy to follow, which is great for a beginner like me.
Great Japanese home cookbook
Broad range of dishes to be made by the home cook. Good illustrations of how to prepare rice balls, gyoza, stuffed cabbage. Also good explanation of specialty ingredients
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