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Super Sushi Ramen Express: One Family's Journey Through the Belly of Japan by Michael Booth
4.0
Super Sushi Ramen Express: One Family's Journey Through the Belly of Japan is the perfect travel-foodie-memoir, with Bryson-esque self-deprecating humor and fine-tuned attention to what makes Japanese food unique and delicious.
Michael Booth moves his wife and two young boys to Japan to discover the world of Japanese cuisine and along the way uncovers the history and use of familiar foods like tofu, miso, seaweed, soba noodles, and tempura, as well as many other more obscure ingredients.
As a former traveler to Japan myself, I reveled in his stories of hilarious cultural misunderstandings, the bizarre sense of other-worldliness as he wanders the streets of Tokyo, and the warm generosity of the Japanese people. My only complaint (if it could be called one) is that the chapters seem too brief - I could have kept reading much longer than the chapters allowed me to!
Recommended for: foodies, travelers, & anyone wanting to broaden their culinary horizons
Note: I received this book free from Net Galley in exchange for my review. All opinions are my own and completely honest.
Michael Booth moves his wife and two young boys to Japan to discover the world of Japanese cuisine and along the way uncovers the history and use of familiar foods like tofu, miso, seaweed, soba noodles, and tempura, as well as many other more obscure ingredients.
As a former traveler to Japan myself, I reveled in his stories of hilarious cultural misunderstandings, the bizarre sense of other-worldliness as he wanders the streets of Tokyo, and the warm generosity of the Japanese people. My only complaint (if it could be called one) is that the chapters seem too brief - I could have kept reading much longer than the chapters allowed me to!
Recommended for: foodies, travelers, & anyone wanting to broaden their culinary horizons
Note: I received this book free from Net Galley in exchange for my review. All opinions are my own and completely honest.