Liked it--it was pretty much exactly what I was looking for, and steers clear of 5 stars only because it's not a literary masterpiece that moved me to tears, or likely to become an all-time favourite. Would have liked a little more detail about some of the slightly higher-end cooking establishments--it was very much weighted toward bars, ramen, yakitori, etc. I certainly have a better understanding of some of the practices involved with acquiring food in Tokyo, the conventions, etc.--loved his photo of three out of four line-ups for one very popular Ramen place!

(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s). I feel a lot of readers automatically render any book they enjoy 5, but I grade on a curve! ( )