"Yakawa Canteen" is one of the representative works of Japanese Kyoto writer Shiraishu. You can tell by its name that it is a work related to food. As a foodie, you can't miss it.

In a two-story building in an alley in Kyoto, retired police officer Yachuan Liu and his only daughter Xiaoshi run a food detective office-Yachuan Dining Hall. Diners come to Yachuan Dining Hall to find the taste in memory through the advertisement in Cooking Spring and Autumn. In this book, every dish in the duck stream has an unforgettable memory that belongs to diners.

Pot-roasted udon noodles

Wa Shanxiu came to Yachuan canteen to find the taste of pot-roasted udon noodles made by his dead wife. Because Wa Shanxiu, who was about to return to Takasaki with her colleague Nami, was obsessed with his dead wife's pot-roasted udon noodles, but Nami couldn't copy its taste, Wa Shanxiu came to Yachuan canteen to find the taste. After learning about his dead wife's shopping habits and place of residence, Wa Shan ate the taste he remembered.

stewed beef

Xinzi and Miao are a mother and daughter. Xinzi lost her husband many years ago, so her daughter has never been married for many years. This time, they came to the Yachuan canteen to find the stewed beef that Xinzi had with her suitor Zidao in a restaurant deep in the forest many years ago. With the help of Liu, Xinzi finally solved the mystery decades later, but the couple missed it in that year and in this life. The suitor Zidao died a year ago.

mackerel sushi

People, no matter how you explain it, it's the taste of the past. As long as it's not delicious, you won't be satisfied. It's just because it's delicious that you feel it, ah, just like the taste at that time. In this story, when he was young, he lacked care for Yancang Youhai. At the hotel proprietress Chunhirako ate blue-and-white fish sushi, and at that time he felt warm, so he came here to look for the taste of blue-and-white fish sushi that brought him warmth. Perhaps the real life is too cruel, and people will be obsessed with the taste. Perhaps the beauty is not just the taste, but the feeling of eating food at that time.

Fried pork chops

Fried pork chops are not Guang Lai's favorite food, but she came to the food detective to look for fried pork chops made by her ex-husband who had been divorced for 21 years. She found the method of fried pork chops here, but her ex-husband died long ago, and the small fried pork chops contained her ex-husband's implicit and deep love for her, but this lost love could never be recovered.

spaghetti with tomato sauce

Meiyue Asuka lived with her grandfather since childhood, but his grandfather suffered from Alzheimer's disease. Unacceptable Asuka wanted to get back the spaghetti he had when he took himself out on a trip when he was five years old. Ordinary tomato spaghetti was not hard to find, but in those years, his grandfather ordered a separate spaghetti for himself, which symbolized that she was already an independent individual in his eyes. Now that my grandfather is ill, Asuka has to become a real adult.

potato stew

Ida Jiuyan, a business elite, came to the food detective to look for the taste of his mother in his memory. potato stew, his mother and stepmother, were completely different in his heart. Mother's stew was full of love, but her stepmother made it differently from theirs, which planted the seeds of dissatisfaction in Xiao Jiuyan's heart, but he didn't know that this unique way of making was a relay of love from his two mothers. The stepmother's stew was specially made for him according to the way her mother taught her stepmother.

Looking for food for you is a simple slogan, and the agents of the food detective agency will untie the knot for every diners. Every dish in "Yachuan Canteen" is not a special dish, but it is a unique and irreplaceable taste in the world for those who come to look for it. Everyone has their own taste that they want to find most. I hope we can enjoy it when we meet delicious food.