“Master chef Ajizawa, a high-priced restaurant fixer, travels fixing menus for elite clients with hidden deeper motives.”
The Chef
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Master chef Ajizawa, a high-priced restaurant fixer, travels fixing menus for elite clients with hidden deeper motives.
Ajizawa is a renowned master chef, but he doesn't have a restaurant. He is a "fixer," a man who travels from place to place fixing menus and restaurants much like Gordon Ramsey, and he charges a fortune to do it. If your menu must be perfect to impress a foreign client, a head of state, or just a neighbor, Ajizawa is the man to do it. But why does he do it? Is it only the money, or is his mission much deeper...
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A Manga Publication
- Format 328 × 41 ch × vol
- Total read 43h 44m approx
- Published Jan 1985 – Jan 1993
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M20314 catalog