We all hold lost recipes in our hearts. A very special restaurant in Kyoto helps find them . . .

Tucked away down a Kyoto backstreet lies the extraordinary Kamogawa Diner, run by Chef Nagare and his daughter, Koishi. The father-daughter duo have reinvented themselves as “food detectives,” offering a service that goes beyond cooking mouth-watering meals. Through their culinary sleuthing, they revive lost recipes and rekindle forgotten memories.

From the Olympic swimmer who misses his estranged father’s bento lunchbox to the one-hit-wonder pop star who remembers the tempura she ate to celebrate her only successful record, each customer leaves the diner forever changed–though not always in the ways they expect . . .

The Kamogawa Diner doesn’t just serve meals–it’s a door to the past through the miracle of delicious food. A beloved bestseller in Japan,The Restaurant of Lost Recipesis a tender and healing novel for fans ofBefore the Coffee Gets Cold.