I'm going to put out an interlibrary loan request NOW.

If you make the kitsune udon before I do, please report back: it's one of the recipes I've had my eye on. Also the cashew and cardamom fudge, the okara donuts, the fermented tofu and grilled lemongrass goat, for some reason the chilled tofu with crunchy sardines (it looks texturally interesting), and the savory kelp relish. I would like sometime to try the mock eel for myself; rushthatspeaks made it over and the winter and it was surprisingly eel-like, but I don't know how it goes together beyond reading that page in the book.

Oh, what the hell, I'd cook most things Nguyen suggested, if only to see how they work out.