The vignette style was choppy and distractingly done. I like vignette style when it's done in a cohesive way- they do not necessarily have to be connected to each other or the main plot arc but each arc must be dealt with equal weight/attention and brought to full closure by the end. Like they should go round and round throughout the movie; 1,2,3,4-1,2,3,4, 1,2,3,4.
In Tampopo, you get random arcs thrown in from here and there, and even after the movie had run half its course, it was STILL introducing new characters and I gave up. It went like this; 1,2,3,4- 2,5,4- 1,4,3,6

Also there were some scenes that would def not be palatable to average modern audience/would be censored or come with a warning: the gross egg yolk and oyster scene... also they killed an actual live softbelly turtle onscreen.
On top of that, the storytelling was simply too overdramatic at times.

Overall not an experience I enjoyed. If you want to explore Japan's food culture through a golden oldie movie... well, this is not it. I'd suggest finding another one. I'm sure there are plenty.