Customer Reviews
5 stars for beauty, but only really good for reading - By: Gordon Fong, 15 Sep 2006 
I have to admit that I love this book purely for the beauty of the content. I know that I will rarely be able to make the recipes to the standard that the book sets. However, I don't care on this one, as I love to pick it up from the shelf, sit back with a glass of wine & dream.
Maybe one day I will be able to save up enough & then get a reservation, which can be very difficult at the London one on an evening.
'ingredients problems' you say? - By: miss g, 24 Aug 2006 
you should be able to find most ingredients if you try the japan centrein piccadilly or walk around china townin soho.
Fabulous coffee table book - By: Aine Meehan, 05 May 2005 
Like the other reviewer, I purchsed this book over a year ago, & still havent tried any of the recipies. I remember going throught the book, & thinking "Why did I buy it,I will never be able to find the ingredients" I think thats the problem with some restaurant cookbooks, they assume that the average Joe Soap will be able to find all the exotic ingredients that they source. However, it is a lovely book, well laid out with classy pictures. The different marinade & sauce recipes are lovely, even if all you can find to put with them is monkfish. If anything, this book will give you ideas.
Great shots ... daring recipes ... little to try - By: , 04 Nov 2003 In the past year I did manage to buy quite a few cooking books. This one was one of the very first. The book making is fantastic: beatiful pictures of the plates & ingredients. Great details about the cook (in line with this new trend of life used to explain the why's of the recipes). Gorgeous recipes ... but ... ingredients are very difficult to find where I live. More so for the most interesting recipes. As ingredients are fundamental to this book, this resultsin frustation. I have so far not tried a single recipein almost 6 months. I bought the book as a memory of Nobuin London where I had one of the most memorable dinners. The recipes seems faithful, so they should be also memorable.
Before buying, check if you can find the ingredients. If so, but it immediatly ... otherwise, look elsewhere.
An extremely user friendly and entertaining cook book - By: , 16 Jan 2002 Nobo is a fantastic cook book. Its content marks attention to detail throughout. Recipes are beautifully illustrated & easy to follow. Also, loved the anecdotes! Truly, a culinary connoisseurs delight & absolute must-have
