Thank you NetGalley and Pan Macmillan for my advanced reader copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

No matter how often I say that I’m a bit fatigued by these cosy, slow, nostalgic novels full of short stories, somehow I return to them again and again. The Restaurant of Lost Recipes is the sequel to one such novel, where a father-daughter duo run a food detective service. Stay with me here. This book – and its prequel – isn’t a mystery at all, just a sweet meandering series that features a father-daughter duo that take in clients who are seeking out a specific dish. Many of them have sentimental reasons and stories behind them, of course. The Restaurant of Lost Recipes has some lovely Japanese dishes featured, and more beautiful depictions of those than its predecessor. A sweet read to start my month.