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“Slacker food expert Shiro Yamaoka tasked with creating "Ultimate Menu" for newspaper's 100th anniversary.”
Oishinbo: À la Carte
美味しんぼ
7.35
4,704 rank · 2,780 readers · 40 favorites
Seinen
Award Winning
Drama
Gourmet
Slice of Life
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Synopsis
Slacker food expert Shiro Yamaoka tasked with creating "Ultimate Menu" for newspaper's 100th anniversary.
Around the offices of Tozai News, Shiro Yamaoka has a reputation for being over-blunt, under-ambitious, and generally an all-around slacker. So why has he been given the important job of coming up with the "Ultimate Menu" to celebrate the newspaper's 100th anniversary? Because he possesses qualities his other colleagues don't: an exquisitely discerning palate, an encyclopedic knowledge of food and drink, and a masterful touch in the kitchen. (Source: VIZ Media)
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Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
7.7
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 0.94
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Strong agreement
σ 0.94 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.67
Running avg · Aug 2008 → Jun 2023
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Well to start off, i first started reading this book in 1995. I came across it at the Oakland public libriary and got into the world of "Oishinbo". I am a Japanese Chef of 10+ years and...”
- 9 “Step into the tantalizing world of Oishinbo, a manga series that serves up a delectable blend of gastronomy, wit, and compelling storytelling. This culinary masterpiece takes readers on a...”
- 7 “[Review is for the 'Oishinbo A La Carte' English release] One facet of Japanese manga culture that's never quite ceased to surprise me is its seemingly inexhaustible appetite (bada-boom) for...”
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Short · 33%
Medium · 33%
Long · 33%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 1039 × 111 ch × vol
- Total read 138h 32m approx
- Published Sep 1983 – May 2014
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M6173 catalog