Japan's Food Samples
The Complete Guide to 200 Replica Dishes, Makers & Workshop Culture
- AuthorAki Wakamatsu
- PublisherTakikawa TOKOTOKO Kids LLC
- CategoryJapan Guides & Culture
- ISBN1990000146275
- FormatEPUB ebook
About this book
In front of a restaurant in Japan there is a glass case, and inside the case there is a meal that will never be eaten. The omelette never cools. The beer's foam never falls. The parfait has not melted since the year it was placed there.
Japan's Food Samples is the complete guide to that craft in 200 entries: the omelette of 1932 that workshop tradition in Gujo Hachiman calls the first true sample; the wax years and the great change to vinyl; the three geographies of Gujo Hachiman, Kappabashi and Osaka; the replica menu itself, from nigiri sushi and tonkatsu's cabbage mountain to the kissaten parfait and the sculpted head of a draft beer; the workshop floor of silicone moulds, dripped tempura batter and tweezers; and a traveller's training in reading the case — its price cards, stickers and honourable yellowing — plus the towns, experiences, keyrings and collections where the craft now travels.
Every entry closes with an official check, because workshops open and close and programmes change: this book describes the craft, and the craft is best confirmed at its source. Written and produced in Japan by Aki Wakamatsu.
Written and created in Japan by Japanese author Aki Wakamatsu. Published by Takikawa TOKOTOKO Kids LLC, a Japanese publisher in Hokkaido, Japan. Authentic Japanese content, carefully made in Japan — not mass-produced.
