Yuta Takahashi

Bem-vindo ao Restaurante Chibineko. Aqui, enquanto se desfruta de uma refeição especial, uma pessoa falecida pode voltar para um último encontro. É uma manhã ensolarada quando a jovem Kotoko visita a pequena cidade à beira-mar. Seguindo um caminho de conchas brancas ela chega ao Chibineko. Ainda se recuperando da morte repentina do irmão, Kotoko está decidida a acreditar no impossível. Sentando-se no restaurante comandado por Kai e pelo esperto gatinho Chibi, ela hesita, pensando em como foi tola de esperar um milagre. Mas só até começar a comer... Neste livro terno e acolhedor, a vida de Kotoko se entrelaça sutilmente com a de outros personagens, todos lidando com o luto – um garotinho que perdeu seu primeiro amor, um velho fazendeiro que se prepara para se juntar à esposa, um jovem que perdeu a mãe e precisa aprender a seguir sem ela. Recheado de receitas de dar água na boca, O restaurante das memórias inesquecíveis é uma história encantadora sobre últimas chances e novos começos.

Si pudieras hablar una última vez con alguien a quien has perdido para siempre, ¿qué le dirías? Frente a Kotoko, el vapor se eleva desde los cuencos llenos de arroz y sopa de miso que hay sobre la mesa. Ha tomado el tren desde Tokio para llegar al restaurante Chibineko, situado junto al mar en la prefectura de Chiba. Aún impactada por la repentina muerte de su hermano, la joven ha oído que la comida que se sirve allí puede obrar un pequeño milagro: reunirte por última vez con un ser querido que hayas perdido. Sin atreverse a creer que pueda ser cierto, se sienta ante la kagezen, la comida en honor del difunto, y la prueba. En ese instante, el reloj se detiene, las gaviotas dejan de graznar y el aire se vuelve denso... Pero Kotoko no es la única que ha acudido al restaurante: allí se cruza con un pequeño estudiante de primaria, un granjero anciano y el joven chef del restaurante, cada uno de ellos afligido y en busca de respuestas. La comida de los recuerdos es una preciosa colección de historias desgarradoras y tiernas sobre cómo aceptar la pérdida y encontrar lo que más importa en la vida.

Follow the bank of the Koitogawa river until you reach the beach. From there a path of white seashells will lead you to the Chibineko Kitchen. Step inside, they'll be expecting you. Nagi Hayakawa is facing an impossible choice. Should she agree to marry her boyfriend, despite being ill and not knowing how many years she has left to live, or should she protect him from future heartbreak by refusing? Desperate for advice from the one person no longer there to give it - her mother who died years before - she reserves a table at the Chibineko Kitchen. When she takes her first bite of the miso-marinated tofu and rice, prepared for her by the restaurant's young chef, Kai, the gulls outside fall silent and the air grows hazy. Deliciously heart-warming, The Chibineko Kitchen is about savouring every moment.

Follow the bank of the Koitogawa river until you reach the beach. From there a path of white seashells will lead you to the Chibineko Kitchen. Step inside, they'll be expecting you. These are the directions Kotoko has been given. She arrives at the tiny restaurant, perched right by the water, early in the morning. Still reeling from the sudden death of her brother, she's been promised that the food served there will bring him back to her, for one last time. Taking a seat in the small, wood-panelled room, she waits as Kai, the restaurant's young chef, brings out steaming bowls of simmered fish, rice and miso soup. Though she hadn't ordered anything, Kai had somehow known the exact dish her brother always used to cook for her. And as she takes her first delicious bite, the gulls outside fall silent and the air grows hazy . . . Soul-nourishing and comforting, The Chibineko Kitchen will help you remember what matters most in life.

Your table awaits at the Chibineko Kitchen, where a soul-nourishing meal in the company of the resident kitten will transport you back in time to reunite with departed loved ones—for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and The Midnight Library. In a remote seaside town outside of Tokyo, Kotoko makes her way along a seashell path, lured by whispers of an enigmatic restaurant whose kagezen, or traditional meals offered in remembrance of loved ones, promise a reunion with the departed. When a gust of wind lifts off her hat, she sees running after it a young man who looks like her recently deceased brother. But it’s not her brother; it’s Kai, the restaurant’s young chef, who returns her hat and brings her to the tiny establishment, where he introduces her to Chibi, the resident kitten, and serves her steaming bowls of simmered fish, rice, and miso soup—the exact meal her brother used to cook for her. As she takes her first delicious bite, the gulls outside fall silent, the air grows hazy, and Kotoko begins a magical journey of last chances and new beginnings.