Original subtitles

Asakusa... I will kill time at the usual place.

Thank you. Hope to see you again.

Finally, he called.

Yes, this is Inogashira.

Yes, I'm already on my way to Asakusa.

*Amusement center in Asakusa It's gonna be held again at 5656 Kaikan* this year, right?

Yes, I went there last year, so I know the place.

Yes, be there soon. Okay, later then.

We have this same exchange every year as well.

Excuse me, sir.

If you'd like... How about it?

Uh, no thank you.

5656 Kaikan, right? That's quite a long walk.

No, I'm fine.

Oh, please don't say such a thing. Please check this out.

Our cushion is so soft and comfy.

Come, please feel it.

It's true.

See? It's nice, right?

Excuse me.

This time, try sitting on it.

No no no...

These guys are incessant!

Regardless of time or society...

MATSUSHIGE YUTAKA INOGASHIRA GORO

When someone indulges in satisfying his hunger...

...he will become selfish and liberated for a moment.

Without being disturbed by anyone...

...to eat freely is an act of aloofness.

It's that time already Oh dear

Be patient Calmly read the menu

This act is the best comfort given...

It's like a new history ...is engraved in my stomach.

...equally to every man.

... SUBS PRESENTS

K O D O K U N O G U R U M E

Ep. 6: "Roast Pork Salad and Jim Jum of Asakusa, Taito Ward, Tokyo"

Asakusa, Taito Ward

SUBTITLES BY .. SUBS

Translation / Editing / Timing: ....

As I thought, this is a bit embarrassing.

Kaminari 5656 Kaikan

Inogashira-san, thanks for taking this on.

Every year, your work has been deemed superb.

Ah, not really.

I'm grateful as well, that you called me again this year.

*Bird Day Fair held annually in November The Tori no Ichi* is an important festival for us.

So please help us out again this year.

It'll be held in the same hall as last year, right?

That's right.

Wait...

Where was it held the year before last?

Well, the year before last, it was held in Engei Hall, then before that...

...it was at the Asakusa Public Hall for two years.

Oh, right right!

It's... it's my phone...

If you'll excuse me... Sorry.

Please, no problem. Go ahead.

Oh hey! Hello!

Yeah, yeah. Yup, it's me. That's right.

What were we talking about?

I'm counting on you regarding the Manzai Association.

You have to be the chairman...

You have no choice, I'm the chairman right now.

Sorry about that!

Really sorry, okay...

What were we discussing about?

It's okay, we haven't been discussing anything yet.

As for the overall color, I was thinking of unifying it with bright colors...

Ah, you have a call.

So sorry... Always calling me...

Hello~.

Manzai will be our main feature, think about it!

It's bad if it's just some "gero ge~ro" act.

Where were we...?

We weren't discussing anything yet...

That idiot kept calling me about some stupid stuff...

I was thinking of bright colors in the shade of blue...

Phone call!

So sorry... I'm going now.

I got a call again...

Oof... Yes, hello!

It's already this hour...

This happens each year but the time I get to leave is getting more and more late.

Since I made an effort to come to Asakusa, I might as well pay a visit to the shrine?

Uwah~, was there such a yakiniku alley in Asakusa before?

Yakiniku Yakiniku Food Yakiniku

I never noticed before.

Pretty deep.

Shoot, I can't stand this.

My stomach... is suddenly...

...feeling empty!

Alright. Let's aim to find the best one among these shops.

How tasteful.

Wait...

I can't disregard this one either.

This one looks good, too.

This is... hard.

It's the Asakusa Yakiniku Matrix.

This is bad... My brain feels like it's undergoing gestaltzerfall...

...while my appetite is gonna spontaneously explode.

Asakusa Monja TECCHAN

Asakusa Monja(yaki)...

Should I abandon my yakiniku dilemma...

...and opt for monja instead?

*One of the oldest restaurants in Tokyo Or maybe escape to Komakata. Dozeu*, perhaps?

No no, your stomach won't wait any longer for that.

What's that over there...

What is that shop...?

Thai Restaurant ISAN

Thai cuisine?

Only this one flamboyantly stands out in the scenery.

But it's making me curious.

Very curious indeed...

Thank you for your patience. Here's Gayang.

They have meat.

Good.

My dear stomach, thank you for being patient. It's going to be fine now.

Soon you will be filled with meat.

There's no difference in appearance. Even the inside looks glaringly like a foreign country.

Welcome. Please sit wherever you prefer.

Where did he come from?

Let's see here... What kind of Thai food do they have?

Fried Spring Rolls with Minced Shrimp.

Gayang is Thai Roast Chicken.

Nam Tok Mu is Roast Pork Salad of Isan Province.

There's a place called Isan?

Now knowing that, I want to try that salad.

What about rice?

Gapao sounds good. Can't disregard Thai Fried Rice either.

*ancient era in Japan What's with that Yayoi*-style pottery?

Here it is, thanks for the wait.

Thanks, I'm digging in.

Excuse me.

Would you like to order?

What hotpot is he having?

It's Jim Jum.

Chimu Chimu?

No, Jim Jum.

Chumu Chumu?

Jim Jum.

Mumumu?

It's an herb hotpot from Isan Province.

Herb hotpot from Isan Province.

Just the words alone is making me tremble.

You see, only one-third of our food is posted on the menu.

We can make mostly anything as long as we have the ingredients...

So tell us what you want to eat.

Even if you say that, I will just get confused (on what to order).

Then...

He's gone?

The customer over there says he's gonna take home Susu Curry.

Then...

I'd like to have the Herb Hotpot of Isan Province.

Jim Jum, right? It takes time, you okay with that?

You see, we don't prepare everything in advanced here.

Oh, yes.

You can choose the ingredients... Would you like meat or seafood?

Go with meat of course.

What kind of meat do you have?

Name it, we have it.

Beef, chicken, pork...? One of each then.

Yep, we can do that.

What kind of pork... We have katarosu (chuck) and tontoro (fatty neck).

Can I have both?

Okay. Then, beef, chicken, pork katarosu and tontoro, right?

Also rice and Oolong tea please.

Rice and Oolong tea, right?

Come to think of it... He did say it'll be quite a wait, right?

Excuse me.

Yes?

By the way, how long will it take?

Um... Around 30 mins?

Geh!

Well then, while waiting...

...can I have a salad from Isan Province?

The Roast Pork one.

Nam Tok Mu, right? You can eat such a thing (since it's spicy)?

Yes please.

Alright.

Since you'll be having Jim Jum, I'll serve half of the salad for you.

I'd appreciate it.

If I don't snack on something, my stomach will snap and collapse.

I have to soothe it...

Hi chief, is this taken?

No, go ahead.

Can you make Khao Man Gai (Hainanese Chicken Rice) today?

Sure.

Then for now, we'll have one beer each, two servings of Khao Man Gai...

...and Tom Yum Goong (hot and sour soup).

Nam Tok Mu, half size.

[Nam Tok Mul (Roast Pork Half)] You'll be surprised if you see Meat dish Refreshing lime Tingling spiciness

Oh, here it is!

I humbly receive.

Oho~! What is this.

A sense of pork hand in hand with a sense of spice coming at me...

...it's crazy delicious.

While calling it a salad, it's downright coriander pork.

This has saved me.

My hunger which dipped into negative points, will return to zero point for now.

Oops, the spiciness has come afterwards.

If so then...

Excuse me.

Yes?

Can I have the rice now?

[Jasmine Rice]

Mm, I knew it would match.

If there is rice, everything is right with the world.

Good good.

Ah~ yum. Isan Pork Rice Bowl. Mm, nice.

Since subsidiary aid for our planning committee has been approved.

Well, it says here, to do our best for the meantime.

Do you guys have any questions?

Thanks to this, I'm able to temporarily calm my stomach down.

Alright, let's finish these all up, in order to make way for Isan Hotpot.

Thank you for your patie~nce...

Let me take this now.

It has arrived.

Here it is, pardon me.

Whaa~...

[Jim Jum (Isan Style Herb Hotpot)] Excited for the ingredients! Heart pounds for hotpot!

At Senso-ji (temple), the palanquin has gathered.

A large gathering of cows, pigs, and chicken.

[Pork Toro] [Beef] [Pork Katarosu] [Chicken]

*Festival held on the 3rd weekend of May at Asakusa Shrine A state of Sanja Matsuri* of Meats.

Mix well the egg and the meats with a fork.

Okay.

I wonder if this is good enough.

I don't know anymore which meat is which.

Huh? What are those?

Heh~... it has lots of herbs.

Then, let's start now...

Next are the meats...

...like this?

Ho~. Noodles. So there is such a thing.

Is it ready?

Is it ready?

It's refreshing.

This hotpot... is refreshingly good.

The soup is nothing but good.

The meats and vegetables have a completely different expression of deliciousness from the ordinary hotpot dishes.

People of Isan... well done.

[Spicy Condiment] Sour spiciness is Adjusted with your spoon

And this...? I wonder if this is how you do it.

Oh, spicy!

But this spiciness, the sour spiciness is fantastic.

This one shot has made me Thai. It's so good!

After I put in the spicy sauce, this soup will gradually be reared and nurtured.

Good, good.

Sweat is slowly coming out of my pores.

Thanks for the wait, here's Tom Yum Goong.

Ooh, thanks.

Man, I didn't expect this to be "lick-your-plate-clean" good.

It can still become more delicious. I can still go for more.

It will smell good if you put in the herbs first.

You can put the vermicelli on this, and dip it in the soup.

Why didn't you say so sooner.

Here, when in Isan, you do what the Isan people do... even if it's late.

Is it like this?

Like playing vendor of a Thai ramen stall. It's kind of fun.

Fun time. Yum time.

I don't know anymore what I'm adding and what I'm eating.

*Dipping your hand in a box to grab a random prize But that's what's great about it. It's a lucky dip* game of flavors.

The exciting Isan Land.

I can still totally go for more.

Water spinach and Khao Man Gai.

Thanks!

Excuse me. Can I have some hotpot of noodles for my finisher?

We have rice noodles and wheat noodles.

Then, I'll have rice noodles.

Rice noodles, got it.

[Rice Noodles Set Finisher]

[Garlic Oil] Let's add it in Without worrying about tomorrow!

For this one, put in half for the time being.

Smelling good! It's making me drool.

Is it ready?

Whoa! Garlic in the rice noodles is hitting me with a "bam"!

This time, put it all in.

Add this one too!

I bet it's gonna be good.

Alright!

Garlic! A whip-like Muay Thai kick.

Showing no mercy. It's the ultimate.

Extremely superb.

It was a great decision to completely give up the yakiniku.

In Asakusa, I encountered an outrageous hotpot dish.

That concludes the first party of the finisher.

As for the after-party...

My remaining rice is for this.

At this free and relaxed after-party, the hotpot takes on its final form.

Inside a clay pot, rice is put in the remaining soup of simmered beef, pork, and chicken, and then eaten.

It's a wonderful festival of Isan wisdom.

Right now, my stomach, and my spirit... are being purified.

Based on the manga "Kodoku no Gurume" Story: QUSUMI MASAYUKI Art: TANIGUCHI JIRO (Published by Shukan SPA!)

Screenplay: KODAMA YORIKO

'Inogashira Goro' MATSUSHIGE YUTAKA

'Chairman Narumi' AOZORA KYUJI

'Rickshaw Puller' OZAWA REN 'Shopowner Dad' MURAMATSU TOSHIFUMI

Delicious.

Opening Narration: NODA KEIICHI

I'm extremely satisfied.

Music: "THE SCREEN TONES" QUSUMI MASAYUKI FUKUMURA SATOSHI KONO FUMIHIKO SHAKE KURIKI KEN

OP Theme Song: "GOO, GOO, GORO!" Ending Theme Songs: "STAY ALONE" "GORO's 12PM" Composer: QUSUMI MASAKYUKI

Opening CG: GASP Sound Effects: KANEKO HIROSHI

Producers: KOMATSU YUKITOSHI KIKUCHI TAKEHIRO YOSHIMI KENSHI

Associate Producer: KAWAMURA SHOKO Chief Producer: ABE SHINJI

Director: IGAWA TAKASHI

In cooperation with: KYODO TV

A 2019 Production of: TV TOKYO

Thank you for this food.

This drama is fiction

After the CM Still More to Come on the Program!

After the CM, it's "Furatto Qusumi".

Author Qusumi Masayuki will visit the shop where the show was filmed...

FURATTO

Asakusa Volume Narrator: UEKUSA TOMOKI (TV Tokyo Announcer)

THAI RESTAURANT ISAN

This time, in Asakusa, Taito Ward...

...it's a shop with an exotic air, Thai restaurant, Isan.

Thai Restaurant ISAN

Immediately inside...

Mama KITEYA PON-san

Here it is, thanks for your patience.

This one is...

Here you go.

"Kodoku no Gurume" Original Writer QUSUMI MASAYUKI

This is Chang (Thai brand), right?

Yes.

Thank you for waiting.

Thai Beer

Changlicious! Changtastic. Oh, good.

At that moment...

Here's a liquor snack...

Master YAMADA NOJI-san

Eh? What is this?

Pork skin...

Pork skin!?

Deep-fried pork skin that's not on the menu... how does it taste?

This is awesome!

Khaep Mu

What is this? I've never eaten this before.

Yes.

Why is there so many items...

...not listed on the menu?

If we put everything on the menu, customers will be waiting for a long time.

So we put around 1/3 of it.

Only 1/3!

That's more than just a hidden menu.

Tom Ju Taufu (S)

Next is tofu hotpot, Tom Ju Taufu.

So good with coriander.

Something that smells good from the kitchen, appeared to be...

Pad Siu

...this Thai-style Yakisoba.

These are noodles?

Wow! What is this?

It's kinda chewy and sticky.

What's that?

Sugar... vinegar...

Sugar!?

Then, using the seasonings on the table, Shopowner Dad's arrangement is...

Slowly but surely... something is happening...

Ah, smells good. It's smelling nice.

Whoa, it became an interesting flavor.

Like when you added the sugar.

(Goro's line) "Tomorrow, I'll be in Asakusa"...

...has been said for 7 years in a row. Finally, I came to Asakusa...

But I never expected it to be Thai food.

I'm glad to be in Asakusa. Today, I am in Asakusa!

Featured Eatery: Thai Restaurant ISAN Tokyo-to, Taito-ku, Asakusa 2-17-3

Please visit after making reservations on the phone.

For details, check our program's website.

Next on Kodoku No Gurume...

"German Smoked Mackerel and Spareribs of Yuigahama, Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture".

Tune in next time.