In this book, I found very interesting articles. The book devotes one page per product. A product can be both a vegetable (eg the edamane) or a condiment (sesame) that the branded product (such as Kikkoman soy sauce) or a fruit or a drink (as the, a Generic drink as the genmaicha or a trademark drink).
In short, it's going a little in every sense. Sometimes the author is very precise about the origins / history and sometimes if you do not already know the product and the type of taste, we have no idea what can be ca. It lacks definitions: sometimes the author says right away what it is, sometimes you get a half of the page to understand what it is.
Furthermore, the author does not give the Japanese name (associated with writing and the Japanese pronunciation) of the product presented, unfortunately.
And above all I do not understand the choice of products. For example, the author presents natto (fermented soybeans) and miso, AC is best is a flagship product among Japanese. But next to AC, it does not present tamari (that is soy sauce derived from the fermentation of miso) and shoyu (soy sauce after a fermentation with wheat), he speaks only of Kikkoman ( which is certainly a great brand but hey there are so many different soy sauces, pourqoi settle for Kikkoman brand?).
The author will choose to present sesame, good, pk not. But not talking about gomasio, which is sesame salt, also very present on Japanese tables. Pk this choice?
It makes us think that we will discover many things (and this is true), we will see that the Japanese have their version of Mikado but next to AC, Japanese specialties such as "aperitifs biscuits" nori / wasabi ( kinds of donuts statements shall nori wasabi, yum) are not mentioned.
Short. It is a pleasant book flick but it is superficial, it does not in my opinion have people who know nothing has Japanese cuisine to "travel" as the author says, and for those who already know, according to pages , we are very happy and we remain unsatisfied. I really do not know to whom it is addressed. (I say this out, but I can see it in a waiting room, for example, for people who have time to browse without thinking and it's much more interesting than a magazine).
I remain perplexed.
