I'm usually skip Japanese cookbooks as they tend to be more delicate flavors vs other cuisines and my heavy allergies don't let me taste subtleties.

This book has a mix of traditional recipes (basic ramens) along with many modern recipes of what must be middle of the night stoner foods. Things like fried rice omelets and cabbage / fried egg / stir fried noodle pancake pile. I don't usually think gut bomb when I think Japanese so this was more my style of cooking. It also includes recipes with heavy Chinese and British (curry) influence.

Plenty of things to try if you just want a clean broth soup all the way to super bowl level fare. ( )

I wish there were photos for every dish (or at least more photos). I also wish there were recipes/instructions to make noodles but I acknowledge that it’s probably not feasible for most home cooks. Each type of noodles here could probably be a book in itself. The recipes are great, though. Clear and fun to read. I am excited to start trying them. ( )