美味しんぼ（２） (ビッグコミックス)

by Tetsu Kariya, 花咲アキラ (Illustrator)

ある日曜日、横浜の中華街のマスコミで評判の店を訪れた東西新聞文化部の一行。だが、不遜な接客や、料理そのものに対する不誠実さに山岡は怒りを覚え、店の主人と喧嘩に。偶然居合わせた華僑の大物・周懐徳が審判役となり、どちらが本物の中華を作れるか対決することになる。

210 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 30, 1985

About the author

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Manga writer and essayist extraordinaire Tetsu Kariya graduated from prestigious Tokyo University. Kariya was employed with a major advertising agency before making his debut as a manga writer in 1974, when he teamed up with legendary manga artist Ryoichi Ikegami to create Otoko Gumi (Male Gang). The worlds of food and manga were forever changed in 1983 when Kariya, together with artist Akira Hanasaki, created the immensely popular and critically acclaimed Oishinbo.

Reviews

[Lizzy B · Rating 4 out of 5]

So cute! Really establishes Yamaoka as defender of underdogs and a speaker of truth to power, in contrast with the very first impression of him as a carefree drunkard. Learning a lot about food too. Favorite chapters were the one where the popular restaurants lost their food quality, the one where the soba noodle shop guy had to improve his dipping sauce recipe, and the one where Yamaoka defended the kid who said the rich guy's fish tasted bad.