Another week in the books. Let’s chat about manga in the general discussion thread! Feel free to use this thread for questions, comments, recommendations, etc.
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I’m back and I bring gifts! Well… gift.
I finally had some time to read a bit more than just the stuff I usually post and ended up finding Asura’s Dish of the Day - a story about a plump schoolgirl who loves to eat and a delinquent who loves to cook.
It’s still early days (only 7 chapters translated) so I can’t say how good it’ll be but I do like it so far. All the scenes of MC enjoying her food are both comfy and heartwarming, and never fail to make me smile. On the other hand there’s some bullying and a freshly started conspiracy plot which I’m not sure how to feel about just yet.
I’ll be keeping an eye on this one, it seems promising.
Just finished the first volume and I am a fan. They don’t really go too into the cooking, but there are some good tips in there. Though, like most other cooking manga, it can be hard to apply outside Japan due to the availability of ingredients being quite lacking (at least in my area).
There is one tip I can provide related to baking croquettes instead of frying from chapter 1:
My tip for this is that I like to pan-fry the bread crumbs (or panko) separately. Simply heat up a pan, coat it with a little bit of oil, then sautee the loose bread crumbs until they are a nice, deep golden-brown color. Then, when you go to bread your meat, use the already browned bread crumbs instead of using them straight out of the box. Then, you can still get a nice toasty and crunchy exterior even when you bake your croquette (or katsu, etc.) instead of frying it!