Manga like Bambino!

Bartender

Also known as Bartender.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Miwa, a hotel employee tasked with staffing a newly opened bar, is on the hunt for the perfect bartender. There, she meets Ryu Sasakura, a legendary mixologist who once won a world-class bartending competition. Skeptical yet intrigued, Miwa sends him into the interview...and what follows will shake up more than just cocktails!



Tags: Bar , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Episodic , Iyashikei , Male Protagonist , Historical

Shokugeki no Souma

Also known as Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Ecchi

Soma Yukihira's old man runs a small family restaurant in the less savory end of town. Aiming to one day surpass his father's culinary prowess, Soma hones his skills day in and day out until one day, out of the blue, his father decides to enroll Soma in a classy culinary school! Can Soma really cut it in a school that prides itself on a 10 percent graduation rate? And cacn he convince the beautiful, domineering heiress of the school that he belongs there at all?!



Note: Includes nine extra chapters.

Tags: Food , School , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Large Breasts , Nudity , Educational , Time Skip , Tsundere , Incest , Desert

Curry naru Shokutaku

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Addicted to Curry begins with a young schoolgirl named Sonezaki Yui. One day she encounters what looks like a half dead man in the middle of the road. Not knowing what to do she throws some food at him (so he can at least survive) and runs away. She then returns to her home, which is also her father's Ganesha Curry restaurant. The man who Yui encountered was Koenji Makito, who knew Yui's father Souichiro and was actually looking for him. Following Yui's scent Koenji finds her and the restaurant. Yui initially thinks Koenji is going to kill her for throwing food at him, but after they talk she finds out that he knew her father. Koenji then finds out that the restaurant is going out of business and that Yui's father go on journey to improve his curry cooking techniques. To repay Yui's father for helping him out Koenji decides to team up with Yui to save the curry restaurant.



Tags: Food , Seinen , Male Protagonist

Shinya Shokudou

Status: Releasing
Genres: Slice of Life

A manga that revolves around an old-fashioned all-night food stall, the various dishes that the stall owner prepares to suit the tastes of different customers, and the joys, griefs, trials and tribulations of his faithful patrons.

Notes:
Nominated for the 2nd Manga Taisho Award (2009)
Winner of the 39th Japan Cartoonist Awards Grand Prize (2010).

Tags: Food , Seinen , Episodic , Restaurant

Chuuka Ichiban!

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy

The story takes place in 19th century China during the Qing Dynasty, where the Emperor was weakened and the country was close to chaos. It is also during a fictitious era called "The Era of the Cooking Wars". It was an era in which top chefs with different cooking styles tried their best to improve their skills and to become the best chef in China. It is a country where insulting a high-grade chef or fooling around with cooking could land a person in a jail, and impersonating a top-chef is as good as usurpation of authority. Chefs compete with each other in order to gain respect and even power, but also with the risks of losing everything.

After the death of Mao's mother, Pai, who was called the 'Fairy of Cuisine', Mao becomes a Super Chef in order to take the title as Master Chef of his mother's restaurant. However, before he takes his mother's place as Master Chef, he continues to travel China in order to learn more of the many ways of cooking, in the hopes of becoming a legendary chef, just like his mother. During his journey, he meets great friends and fierce rivals who wish to challenge him in the field of cooking.

Tags: Shounen , Foreign , Food , Historical , Ancient China , Male Protagonist

Kotobuki Empire

Also known as Sushi Empire.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life

“I don't know Japan or Tokyo, but I do know good sushi!”

Yugo Matsuda Irving’s dream is to surpass his late mother as a sushi chef. Living in Hawaii has given him plenty of opportunities to make sushi but he’s always dreamed of going to Japan where his mother trained as a chef. One day, he’s finally given the chance when he receives an invitation from his mother’s former partner, the owner of the greatest sushi restaurant in Japan. How far will self-taught Yugo make it in the cut-throat sushi industry?

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Tags: Food

Ato 365-nichi no Bansan

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama

Tags: Work , Restaurant , Food , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Seinen

Mingo Italia-jin ga Minna Moteru to Omou na yo

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

A serialization by the Italian mangaka Peppe, delivering a love comedy featuring a foreign culture! Mingo is an Italian otaku who has finally made it to Japan! However, he unexpectedly gets scouted as a model... though his heart is that of an otaku. So begins Mingo's "amore" cultural exchange.


Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Foreign , Nudity , Otaku Culture , Biographical

Fantasista

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Teppei Sakamoto is a boy at the country-side. He was a soccer lover and all his soccer skills are taught by his sister. Finally his sister wants him to join in Mizumoto High School Soccer team. Teppei's life turn has come!! How will this soccer newbie fare in the new environment?

Tags: Shounen , Football

Curry no Uta.

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

The heartwarming drama Curry no Uta depicts the bonds between people through the theme of curry. A complete manga adaptation of the television drama!

Tags: Iyashikei , Food , Male Protagonist