From: bliss@mouse-potato.com   
      
   On 09/20/2016 07:26 PM, Kenneth M. Lin wrote:   
   >   
   > There's only one item on the menu:  pork broth (ton-jiru) dinner set.   
   > But the owner/chef will gladly make anything provided that he has the   
   > ingredients in stock (sort of like Iron Chef but in much smaller scale).   
   >   
   > The curry is actually called "yesterday's curry."  In Japan or at least   
   > in this book, they believe that curry tastes even better if it sits   
   > overnight and reheated.   
      
   	Back in the day when I could eat wheat it was axiomatic that   
   the lasagna of yesterday was better than the lasagna of the same day.   
   Lots of dishes are like that,  But it is also comfort food that you   
   might well have at home after preparing a batch but having leftovers.   
   Chile with or without beans is another of the better the next day.   
      
   >   
   > I really felt that manga like Oishinbo became too technical and   
   > characters don't enjoy eating at all.  Rather it's more of a   
   > transcription of what the writer interviewed so I really enjoy this   
   > manga as they are not talking about foods or ingredients that most folks   
   > cannot relate to.  The author also does a good job of using food as a   
   > background for human-interest stories.   
   >   
   > The Western Addition Branch of SFPB stocks the first seven volumes if   
   > anyone is interested.   
      
   	I imagine those are not translated to English?   
      
   	bliss   
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