美味しんぼ（９） (ビッグコミックス)

by Tetsu Kariya, 花咲アキラ (Illustrator)

才能あふれる料理人・宇田が美食倶楽部を辞めたいと言い出した。より大勢の人を喜ばせるために、ハンバーガーショップを始めたいというのだ。最高の牛肉を手に入れ、いよいよ開店の日、海原雄山が宇田の店にやってきた。宇田のハンバーガーを一口食べた雄山は「こんなものは売り物にならん！」と一喝。一般の客たちも見向きもしない。山岡には、その理由が判っていた…。

226 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 30, 1987

About the author

雁屋哲
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 3 out of 5]

My favorite stories were the burger one (because I have long thought that buns are the weakest part of a burger!) and the heartfelt and (to me) informative recounting of the Japanese people left in China/Mongolia after WWII.

I was not a fan of the two stories involving people who were really rude to their friends and family, and instead of actually communicating what they wanted, they just wouldn’t eat what someone else cooked? And both times, it was played off as “oh if we just find out the issue and cook what they want the problem will be solved” instead of “this person needs to tell us directly and if they don’t we’re not catering to them.” Especially in the case of the wife “solving” the issue by changing what she cooked for her husband, I found that resolution quite…distasteful (🥁)