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The Menu of Happiness
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The Menu of Happiness, translated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood, is the third book in the bestselling, delightful Japanese sleuthing series for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold. Welcome to the Kamogawa Diner, where every meal is a mystery ready to be solved. This unique...
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Nostalgic and heartwarming, The Menu of Happiness features more uplifting tales from Kyoto’s Kamogawa Food Detectives as they recreate favourite dishes from their customers’ pasts, for a series that is now a global bestseller.
Nostalgic and heartwarming, The Menu of Happiness features more uplifting tales from Kyoto's Kamogawa Food Detectives as they recreate favourite dishes from their customers' pasts, for a series that is now a global bestseller.
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The Menu of Happiness, translated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood, is the third book in the bestselling, delightful Japanese sleuthing series for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold.
Welcome to the Kamogawa Diner, where every meal is a mystery ready to be solved. This unique establishment is run by a father-daughter duo who offer more than just mouth-watering meals. They act as 'food detectives', delving into the past to produce nostalgia-infused dishes for their hungry clientele.
Among the patrons is a once-renowned pianist whose promising career was marred by a self-inflicted injury. She longs to taste the yakisoba shared with the only man she ever truly loved. The diner also welcomes a man haunted by shadows of regret. His mind races back to the gyoza served by the parents of a lover he once jilted, as he seeks understanding and, perhaps, forgiveness.
The Kamogawa Diner doesn't just serve food - it revives the essence of forgotten recipes and rejuvenates cherished memories. Each dish is a portal to the past, serving not just sustenance but solace and reconnection through the miracle of delicious food. The Menu of Happiness follows on from The Kamogawa Food Detectives and The Restaurant of Lost Recipes.
Feel-good and foodie themes collide in this follow-up to The Kamogawa Food Detectives - The Times
The Menu of Happiness was a Japanese bestseller when it published w/c 04/01/2016.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781035060733
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 09 October 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Pan Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 240
About the Author
Hisashi Kashiwai was born in 1952 and was raised in Kyoto. He graduated from Osaka Dental University. After graduating, he returned to Kyoto and worked as a dentist. He has written extensively about his native city and has collaborated on TV programmes and magazines. Jesse Kirkwood is a literary translator working from Japanese into English. The recipient of the 2020 Harvill Secker Young Translators' Prize, his translations include The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai, Tokyo Express by Seicho Matsumoto and A Perfect Day to Be Alone by Nanae Aoyama.
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