We all hold lost recipes in our hearts…

Tucked away down a Kyoto backstreet lies the extraordinary Kamogawa Diner, run by Chef Nagare and his daughter, Koishi. The father-daughter duo have reinvented themselves as “food detectives,” offering a service that goes beyond cooking mouth-watering meals. Through their culinary sleuthing, they revive lost recipes and rekindle forgotten memories. 

 From the Olympic swimmer who misses his estranged father’s bento lunch-box to the one-hit-wonder pop star who remembers the tempura she ate to celebrate her only successful record, each customer leaves the diner forever changed - though not always in the ways the expect…

The Kamogawa Diner doesn’t just serve meals — its a door to the past through the miracle of delicious food. A beloved best seller in Japan, The Restaurant of Lost Recipes is a tender and healing novel for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold. 

by Hisashi Kashiwai, and translated by Jesse Kirkwood