Oishinbo - Vol. 24 Ch. 218 - The Curry Showdown (Part 1)

[MangaDex]

 

[Mugiwara325]

And so it begins. Oishinbo's first full-volume story.

In the interest of 'I don't wanna be stuck at the same story for a whole month', I will be uploading a new chapter every day until this story is finished, after which I will resume my regular upload schedule (The next Sunday will have 2 chapters uploaded).

I'm actually quite excited. I had to do quite a lot of research for this volume, up to and including learning to read the Hindi writing system. (This doesn't mean I understand Hindi, only that I now know how to pronounce it.)

 

[jwfiredragon]

Nine chapter curry arc is crazy. Thank you for all your hard work on translating and researching this.

 

[feignedremoteness]

….obviously the answer is the ingredient called “curry leaves”, right?
and you’re supposed to temper spices in oil. but if you can’t get good ghee then what’s the point, dahling

I love a good Japanese boxed curry base, but Niji is so annoying in this chapter. why even hang out with the gourmet weirdos if you can’t handle a single jab at your pedestrian cooking habits…
it’s cute when Shiro is cartoonishly optimistic about getting everyone to get along again with food. he’s so funny and genuine sometimes

I wonder if we’re supposed to see this incident as partially Shiro’s “fault”? like when he helps people with cuisine issues, he solves the problem that’s right in front of them, but he doesn’t necessarily dig deeper and get to a core of understanding for the cuisine as a whole? kind of a “give a man a fish” thing? the people he helps get good enough to earn the attention of gourmets, but they don’t necessarily have the breadth of knowledge to stand up in that world?

 

[TakesatoKeita]

….obviously the answer is the ingredient called “curry leaves”, right?
and you’re supposed to temper spices in oil. but if you can’t get good ghee then what’s the point, dahling

I love a good Japanese boxed curry base, but Niji is so annoying in this chapter. why even hang out with the gourmet weirdos if you can’t handle a single jab at your pedestrian cooking habits…
it’s cute when Shiro is cartoonishly optimistic about getting everyone to get along again with food. he’s so funny and genuine sometimes

I wonder if we’re supposed to see this incident as partially Shiro’s “fault”? like when he helps people with cuisine issues, he solves the problem that’s right in front of them, but he doesn’t necessarily dig deeper and get to a core of understanding for the cuisine as a whole? kind of a “give a man a fish” thing? the people he helps get good enough to earn the attention of gourmets, but they don’t necessarily have the breadth of knowledge to stand up in that world?

Tbh, I think about this one being partly Shiro's "fault" can be explained by, for most cases, you don't really need to go that deep when it comes to the history/details of the cuisine you're going to serve/eat (considering that many people that Shiro helped aren't even restaurant owners/cooks per se in the first place).

So general-level knowledge with some depth is enough in many situations. After that, it falls to your own responsibility to become more knowledgeable on the subject you're claiming yourself as an "expert/specialist", and also, probably your rotten luck that Yuzan somehow shows up in your establishment one day.

 

[77BLc9JwJGpLVARkamJx]

Curry war

 

[Mugiwara325]

….obviously the answer is the ingredient called “curry leaves”, right?
and you’re supposed to temper spices in oil. but if you can’t get good ghee then what’s the point, dahling

I love a good Japanese boxed curry base, but Niji is so annoying in this chapter. why even hang out with the gourmet weirdos if you can’t handle a single jab at your pedestrian cooking habits…
it’s cute when Shiro is cartoonishly optimistic about getting everyone to get along again with food. he’s so funny and genuine sometimes

I wonder if we’re supposed to see this incident as partially Shiro’s “fault”? like when he helps people with cuisine issues, he solves the problem that’s right in front of them, but he doesn’t necessarily dig deeper and get to a core of understanding for the cuisine as a whole? kind of a “give a man a fish” thing? the people he helps get good enough to earn the attention of gourmets, but they don’t necessarily have the breadth of knowledge to stand up in that world?

For me at least, I didn't feel any indication that this was Yamaoka's fault. It's just coincidence that Tochikawa was visited by Kaibara. He would've been fine otherwise.

 

[thirtykei]

Curry is NOT that serious twin

 

[cawfinch]

Curry is NOT that serious twin

bro it IS that serious !! 9 chapters' worth!😤😤😤