★ Newly published, it has already reached the Top 5 Chinese Fiction at Eslite Bookstore

Sometimes, emotions are like conveyor-belt sushi.
At the moment you see a piece of fatty tuna and want it, you think, “I’ll wait and grab it when it comes around again.”
But when it comes around again… all that’s left is pudding.

A love at first sight that bears fruit is called fate. One that doesn’t… can only be said to be a chance encounter.

Drawn by the pull of destiny, Mr. Wang finds himself stumbling into a matchmaking meeting with no scientific basis—and unexpectedly becomes the captive of love at first sight.
Two mysterious women from Kanazawa, as clear as rain, yet drifting and elusive like snow…

During the peak of crab season, Mr. Wang visits Kanazawa at the invitation of a Japanese friend, only to discover that a sumptuous feast of crab and fine sake comes paired with a matchmaking event. Unfortunately, the heroine, Rain, does not drink, and her words are sharp as a blade—how could there be any hope!
Just after escaping this social minefield, Mr. Wang crosses paths with a woman named Snow. A mere 0.4 seconds of eye contact seizes his heart. Bewildered and spellbound, he finds himself chasing this enigmatic woman, traversing half of the Noto Hantō (Noto Peninsula) in pursuit.

Clever Rain, aloof Snow—how is one to choose? Yet a woman, like fine sake, reveals her true character only to those patient enough to savor every sip...

If there is anyone who excels at blending fine food, exquisite drinks, and delicate emotional storytelling, it is culinary-travel novelist Chiyu Wang.
Under Chiyu Wang’s pen, not a drop of good sake is wasted, not a bite of exquisite food is missed… yet a woman remains the most elusive delicacy of all, winding through countless twists and turns, impossible to fully fathom.

Chiyu Wang
• A visionary, instrumental in introducing Japan’s sake brand Dassai to Taiwan for the first time.
• The first Chinese national to attend the French University of Wine (Université du Vin France) and obtain a sommelier license.
• While working at the Sherwood Metaverse, brought Michelin-starred chefs to Taiwan, pioneering the country’s fine dining scene.
• At age 32, appointed Executive Vice President of the Silks Hotel Group, becoming the youngest EVP in the history of Taiwan’s international five-star hotels.
Currently serving as Chief of Hospitality at the Media Sphere Communications LTD., overseeing the development and operations of over a dozen creative F&B and lodging ventures. He is also General Manager of Shida Guest Hotel Management Company. He is also General Manager of Shida Guest Hotel Management Company.

As Taiwan’s first Michelin dining and wine columnist, Chiyu Wang has over thirty years of experience in hospitality and has contributed extensively to food, wine, and travel writing and publishing, with deep insights into European and Japanese culinary cultures.

He is also the author of the culinary travel novel《北山時雨──我的京都前妻懷孕了》Passing Rain in Kitayama — My Kyoto Ex-Wife Is Pregnant, written in a Murakami-esque style, capturing temptations even Oscar Wilde could not resist.
• Worked at the two-Michelin-star restaurant Domaine de Châteauvieux in Switzerland and the century-old Hotel Le Mirador. Later attended the French University of Wine (Université du Vin France), earning a sommelier certificate, and became the first Chinese invited to serve as a judge at the wine competition (Wine Challenge) during Vinexpo in France.
• Returned to Taiwan to join the Sherwood Metaverse, initiating Taiwan’s wine trend and introducing Michelin three-star chefs to the island. Later joined the Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, traveling extensively through Asia’s luxury hotels. Subsequently, she joined the Silks Hotel Group, launching the group’s first external F&B projects, such as WASABI (in Taipei 101) and the Silks Palace At National Palace Museum. Returning to the Sherwood Metaverse, he led Taiwan’s largest luxury hotel commercial development project.
• In 2008, founded Shida Guest Hotel Management Company, professionally managing high-end luxury hotels in China and establishing the brand CHUN, receiving dozens of hospitality awards across Asia. In 2019, collaborated with the world-renowned sake brand Dassai, opening China’s only Dassai Bar experience restaurant in Shanghai.

• A Matchmaking with No Scientific Basis
• Japan’s Finest Fisherman’s Soup
• Love at First Sight
• Nanao shi
• An Affair
• The Wajima Family
• A Strikingly Pale Foot
• Sushi
• SORRY
• Koji
• Kanazawa Elegance
• The Non-Rotating Conveyor-Belt Sushi
• Rain in Kanazawa
• Night
• Kiss of Fire
• Coffeehouse
• Kanazawa Station

Afterword
• Only Fine Food and Good Sake Never Let Us Down