Sunday, September 19, 2010

Summary - Noodle Comfort by Kentaro Kobayashi

Time to wrap up this little book now. A good resource for anyone who likes noodle dishes but does not want to spend to much time in the kitchen. No made-from-scratch stocks or other purist stuff but some days that's just not an option anyway.

Quick data:
Title: Easy Japanese Cooking - Noodle Comfort
Author: Kentaro Kobayashi
Length: 96 pages
Recipe quality: 3 out of 5
Recipe complexity: 2 out of 5 
Organization: 3 out of 5
Index quality: 1 out of 5 (no index, but a TOC naming every recipe)
Food Porn Vale: 2 out of 5

Pros:
  • Easy, quick and very accessible recipes. Anyone can cook these dishes.
  • No special equipment needed.
  • Great photos of all dishes. Some have step-by-step illustrations.
  • All dishes that I've tried (5 so far) have tasted great.
Cons:
  • A certain level of Japanese goofiness.
  • Translations are somewhat odd, sometimes it's hard to understand the instructions.
  • Only about half the recipes are actually Japanese. But many of the non-Japanese ones do have a Japanese cross-overish twist which I find interesting in itself.

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