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Kokobunji City, Tokyo

Kokubunji Station...

Before you realize it, it has changed a lot.

20 minutes from the station...

Looks like it's another hot day.

Finally.

Oh~ Hello, thank you for calling.

Have you decided on a date yet?

Well, I'm still undecided...

No yet decided?

Didn't you say you had some things which are Asian-inspired, too?

Uh, well, I did say that but...

I think that a Scandinavian pendant light would be more suitable for your house than an Asian one, Tanaka-san.

It'd be better to choose one of the three that you were considering about...

I'm sure you're right.

...but I just wanted to have a look.

I understand. I will send you an e-mail before the end of the day.

I'll look forward to your response. Okay, good day.

Oh, boy...

Shinmachi, Fuchu City

I wonder if she'll be undecided for days again.

Though Scandinavian style is definitely better...

I'm here.

You said you wanted to look at all sorts of desks, so I made a list of about 100 kinds.

I'll take this one.

Oh, but there's still...

I thought this one's good but...

You think it's a bad choice?

Oh, no, not at all!

I mean...

I think it's splendid. Splendidly decisive.

MATSUSHIGE YUTAKA INOGASHIRA GORO

Regardless of time or society...

Let's see Over there?

Maybe this shop?

When someone indulges in satisfying his hunger...

Wonder if this is a good one?

Alright! Trying my luck with this!

Oh well, here goes nothing!

For someone who's "belly" hungry Huh? Unexpectedly just right...

for someone who's belly hungry

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

Liquor? Nope, I don't "drink" so.

...28cm, right

Without being disturbed by anyone...

Well, let's see Okay!

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

It's good! Oh...

Now this is what I'm talking about, this one

This act is the best comfort given...

Have no problem with this whatsoever Mm Mm Slurp Huff

Excuse me? Can I order for take out? Su~re

Is there something here I could take home?

...equally to every man.

Fully Enjoying A Solo Meal

Ah, I'm enjoying this I'm really enjoying this shop!

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Ep. 4: "Eel Kabayaki Fried Rice and Spicy Oyster-Garlic Chives of Shinmachi, Fuchu City, Tokyo"

I was prepared for a long battle, but he surprised me with a quick decision! Hohoho.

SUBTITLES BY WABI-SABI SUBS

I hadn't planned to buy a study desk in the first place.

Translation / Editing / Timing: EARTHCOLORS

Oh, then why?

When I was watching a foreign drama, I saw a really cool one and impulsively wanted to buy it.

Oh, I see.

It's a drama that takes place in Paris, and it's about a failed mystery writer...

...who commits his own murder while looking for a story for his novel...

It's exactly like this.

It's made in France.

I think I'll go with this one.

Then what about the one just now...

Scratch that one.

This was the original reason... It's okay, right?

Oh, of course.

Well then, I'll get ready to have them deliver it as soon as possible.

Even if you call it a study desk, it's completely different.

Oh~, they're all so profoundly intriguing!

Right. Because it's a craftsman's work, it's natural...

I'll go with this one!

I'm sorry?

This one suddenly sprang out on me! Caught me by surprise.

It's me who's surprised...

I'm a guy who values his intuition, you know.

I think you mean an impatient guy who gets easily distracted.

Normally, I wouldn't hesitate, but since you gave me so much to choose from...

But, uh, you said you wanted to see many kinds, so...

Well, I did say that. But still, a hundred is a lot.

I wasn't planning to buy a study desk in the first place...

Somehow, I'm getting cold feet...

Hang on please. You wanted me to buy one after watching a foreign drama, didn't you?

Yeah.

Then, let's go back to the drawing board. Um, what do you think of this?

Nah, I don't want people to decide for me.

It's not a cheap purchase, after all.

That's true...

Excuse me. Another cup please.

Alri~ght.

This is going to take long...

We're in for a long haul after all...

I'll have a refill too!

Yes!

Inogashira-san. This New York one...

This one's France...

He drank three cups and decided to postpone...

I bet tomorrow he'll say he won't be buying anymore.

And now, it got worse...

I'm... starving!

I can't make it to the station.

Let's find a place to eat around here. Make it a short decisive battle!

I've had enough of indecisiveness.

Let's go to the first shop we find.

Fureai Street SHINMACHI

If it's a shopping district, it's probably there. Let's check it out.

No sign of one.

Uh-oh... which way?

That-a-way!

Oi, oi... There isn't even a single eatery here...

What's with this town...?

We're getting hangry over here.

Chinese Cuisine

Chinese cuisine!

That was close, I almost missed it...

It's not like a Chinese restaurant.

However, the uncharacteristic dark brown color blends well in this residential area.

Let's try it... A snap decision!

If it's Chinese food, my stomach will choose freely.

Welcome! This seat, please!

The inside is also uncharacteristic.

I wonder what taste they were going for...

Please.

Let's see.

Oi oi, this shop might just be it.

Oh, here it comes.

Yes.

Stir-Fry Beef with XO Sauce, and Shumai.

Wow~ Looks delicious.

Eat up. Excuse me.

It smells good!

Ni~ce.

I can smell it over here too.

My hungry stomach's responding back.

Let's decide quickly. Make it snappy.

There's all kinds of appetizers.

Shark's fin, abalone?

What do we have here? This sure is a lot of items...

There's no end in sight...

It's a bottomless Chinese swamp.

There's just too many of them.

But...

I can see that this is worth getting serious about.

Thank you for waiting.

Fried Red Gurnard Fish with Sweet and Sour Sauce, and Spicy Seafood Omelet.

Looks delicious, doesn't it?

Enjoy.

I want to eat this!

Okay, just wait.

That looks scrumptious!

I'm not the only one after all.

All right, let's get down to business.

What are the dishes...

Rice Meals Fried Rice Scorched Rice White Rice Gomoku Ankake Rice Shrimp Ankake Rice Eggplant Ankake Rice Mapo Ankake Rice Charsiu Fried Rice Pickled Plum Lettuce Fried Rice Shrimp Fried Rice Crab Meat Fried Rice Spicy Fried Rice Gomoku Ankake Scorched Rice Crab Ankake Scorched Rice

Go for Ankake (Starchy Sauce-Based) Rice? Or Fried Rice.

Oh, Pickled Plum Lettuce (Fried Rice), sounds good!

There's more over there too.

EEL KABAYAKI FRIED RICE GOMOKU FRIED RICE (Shrimp, Crab, Squid, Chiarsiu, Rosu Ham)

Eel Kabayaki Fried Rice!

What's that?

Please call me when you're ready to order.

Sorry, it seems hard to decide.

It's okay, no need to rush.

You sure have many items.

Yes, there are over 200.

200?

Yes.

You tend to get lost, right?

200 items...

4,000 years of China has converged in Kokubunji.

Come on, focus.

In the noodles category...

➔ "Soba with Clam and Burdock Root Soup."

➔

➔

➔

➔

➔

Tomato Soup Soba with Ground Beef is making me curious...

Chilled Soba

But I also like it chilled...

I'll put it on hold for now... I guess I can't do away with meat.

Meat Dishes

➔ Sweet and Sour Pork with Rice Vinegar and Tomatoes.

➔

➔

➔

➔

Is it beef? No, it's pork.

Duck, chicken, everything.

Sir-fry, steam, or deep-fried.

This is hard...

My head is paralyzed from being swallowed by Chinese hell.

Gomoku (5-Ingredient) Ankake Deep-Fried Soba.

Please eat it with vinegar and mustard.

Okay.

What an impact.

I can't wait to eat.

I know, I know, just wait.

If there were four of me right now...

I'd just ask for everything.

Oh, there it is, it suddenly sprang on me!

That would mean...

This one!

I've got a clue to the long-winded problem.

If the subject is this, and the verb is this...

Then what this sentence is trying to say...

That the noodles is... and rice is... therefore...

That's what it looks like when you assemble it, right?

Excuse me.

Yes. Have you decided?

That'd be all.

Got it. Please wait for your orders.

This is more exhausting than work.

But that's because I have such high expectations.

Thank you for the food.

Tha~nks.

Thank you for coming.

It was delicious.

Thank you!

My neighbors have finished eating while I was reading a long text.

Here you go, Steamed Chicken with Spicy Sauce.

[Steamed Chicken with Spicy Sauce] Yummy chicken, colorful veggies, and spiciness The triple crown of Chinese appetizers

I humbly receive.

Oh my, oh my.

The spiciness is just right.

You could say it's refreshing.

Oh, I see. It's Chinese Steamed Chicken with a Mexican twist.

It's spicy with a touch of tomato.

It'll firm up your body in this hot season.

Here it is. Oyster and Garlic Chives Stir-fry with Spicy Sauce, and Gua Bao.

[Oysters and Garlic Chives with Spicy Sauce] Chinese Oysters you never knew existed Chinese dish eaten with thick starchy sauce

This is the one that sprang out on me from the menu items.

The color of this sauce looks cool.

It's huge!

Thick!

It's extremely rich.

The savoriness of oyster hits afterwards.

I love it! Got myself a good one!

Oyster-Chives is awesome!

What an unlikely pair.

I'm dazzled by the coordination of their skill.

I'm amazed he got these two to work together.

Sir, you are a master of Chinese cuisine.

You can't leave any trace of this starchy sauce.

Next... use this!

[Gua Bao] Gentle sweetness and receptiveness The possibilities are endless

Like this.

And this!

Oh, nice... this way of attack!

It's a complete dish that can stand alone on its own.

Spicy-Oyster-Chive.

It's something you can eat endlessly.

Hello.

Oh, Tsuyoshi-kun! Hello.

Wait here, okay? I'll go and get it.

Here. Two Shrimp Bento.

And Fried Scorpion Fish with Sweet and Sour Sauce Bento.

Here. Okay, thank you. Here's your change.

Thank you for the business!

Thank you very much!

Until next time.

It's ready.

Here you go, Eel Kabayaki Fried Rice.

Please eat after mixing.

If you like, you can use this sansho oil.

I'll bring you some soup.

[Eel Kabayaki Fried Rice] The most powerful collab of Japanese and Chinese food A power rice that will blow away your summer fatigue

Whoever controls the summer in Japan is in the form of U (for Unagi/Eel)

Who'd think that my first eel of the year would be fried rice.

The aroma of kabayaki... is rising up.

Is this mixed enough?

So it's like this!

This is tasty.

It's the moist type.

The generous amount of spring onions has an outstanding effect on it.

[Japanese Soup (Steamed Onion & Minced Meat Soup)] Whimsical soup Daily excitement

The sweetness of the onion is like an old story I want to listen to forever.

Eel with Chinese spoon.

Eel-Fried Rice! Delicious eel is ascending.

How about going with the flow and doing something like this?

A new menu was born.

Spicy Steamed Chicken Sandwich.

Goro is a sharp thinker today.

Hi, welcome.

Hello.

Please sit right here.

I came here today with the intention of having chilled noodles, but I'm not so sure now.

You said the same thing the other day.

So I ended up settling on Mapo Ankake Rice, right?

So different from your first choice, 'cause you can't decide.

Everyone's at a loss.

They come here to get astray.

Japanese Soup Steamed Onion and Minced Meat Soup

This one's 200 yen...

I'm very much grateful.

Sansho oil...

Is this the same as sprinkling sansho pepper on Unaju?

I see. I see.

Right~ This is what happens.

Of course it's good.

But it's different.

It's not the same thing as sansho pepper on Unaju.

Chinese numbness! Here it comes!

A blue flame to whet your appetite.

Good... Goo~d!

Thank you for waiting. Here's Eggplant Liang Mian (Chilled Noodles).

Please mix well before eating.

You can use this one if you like.

If you put it in, it'll be spicy.

Yes.

[Eggplant Liang Mian] Crisp taste and spiciness Definitely refreshing feeling

Spring roll skins..?

I guess you crush this one up...

This is heavy! Found the eggplant.

Okay. This is good enough.

What is this feeling? I've never had it before!

Interesting.

The firmness of the noodles is perfect.

And this cool feeling is great for summer!

I love that it has eggplant!

And now let's try it with this one...

I crave spiciness in the summer.

Now that's a big change!

It's giving me so much fun!

Not only do they have a huge menu...

It's a great shop that puts a lot of thought into every single dish.

I'm refreshed by the sweetness of paprika.

How about this kind of flavor change?

It's got more punching power!

It's here. It's Chinese, stimulating and delicious.

Good, good

Eggplant Liang Mian.

When summer comes, I'm sure I'll remember this!

Having had the Liang Mian, my speed limiter has been removed.

Let's get numb with more sansho.

This is the best menu for this season.

Just knowing this, makes me glad I'm alive today.

From the Steamed Chicken to Oyster-Chives.

And then, from Kabayaki Fried Rice to Liang Mian.

Having extracted this sentence from that lengthy reading comprehension menu...

Have to say I'm proud of myself.

Thank you for this meal.

Here it is. Yakisoba with Crab Sauce.

Enjoy.

I was wondering about that thing up to the end.

Excuse me.

Yes, would you like the bill?

What's the difference between Regular Almond Jelly and Triple Almond Jelly?

Triple Almond Jelly Recommended for Almond Jelly Lovers!! Almond Jelly

Some people like almond jelly, so we triple the quantity.

[Triple Almond Jelly] The last performer for the day has been decided! The leading star of Chinese sweets

You gotta have dessert with this kind of shop.

See~ It's delicious!

It's not just super good almond jelly...

It's rich, yet but with just the right amount of elegant sweetness.

It was an excellent Chinese lunch.

I'll be back.

To discover more Chinese delicacies I didn't know existed.

Thank you for the meal.

Excuse me.

Yes.

Thank you for coming!

Thank god there's such a thing as take-out.

I'm having Yakisoba with Crab Sauce for dinner.

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

Screenplay: TAGUCHI YOSHIHIRO

'Inogashira Goro' MATSUSHIGE YUTAKA

Next, I'm looking forward how the crab will taste.

'Waiting Staff' ISOYAMA SAYAKA

'Kotani Takeo' OMI TOSHINORI

Opening Narration: NODA KEIICHI

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

Subtitles by WABI-SABI SUBS

Translation / Editing / Timing: EARTHCOLORS

Opening Narration Translation: DANBURI

Producers: KOMATSU YUKITOSHI KIKUCHI TAKEHIRO YOSHIMI KENSHI

Chief Producer: ABE SHINJI

Director: KITABATA RYUICHI

In cooperation with: KYODO TV

A 2021 Production of: TV TOKYO

This drama is fiction

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

FURATTO

Kokobunji Volume Narrator: UEKUSA TOMOKI (TV Tokyo Announcer)

This time in a quiet residential area is this restaurant, Chinese Cuisine Sincerity.

Chinese Cuisine

He immediately ordered some Zha Cai (Chinese pickles).

"Kodoku no Gurume" Original Writer QUSUMI MASAYUKI

With this, you can expect this shop to be delicious.

Zha Cai

It's darn good!

Proprietress KAWARADA JUNKO-san

Excuse me.

It's Cabbage Liang Mian.

Nice. I like cabbage, you know.

Cabbage Liang Mian

I like cabbage. Whenever there's cabbage in a dish, I always end up eating it.

It's good.

I haven't eaten much...

..this type of soba noodles...

It's a little different from soba.

I have a feeling this might be a good fit. Give a bit of heat.

It's a good idea to add it in.

Interesting, this one. Super.

It gets more and more delicious.

Thank you for your patience.

I can already smell it.

Here's a Sweet and Sour Pork with Rice Vinegar and Tomatoes.

Sweet and Sour Pork with Rice vinegar and Tomatoes

It's like the classic sweet-and-sour pork.

But it's a little redder...

If you eat it with this, it looks like a school lunch...

It's mouth-watering! Looks good, looks good.

I love it!

The way the pork is fried... and the way...

...the onions are cut into little pieces...

...is really, really good!

Oh, good!

This...

...Jasmine tea. I could drink about five glasses of this.

Taisho KAWARADA SHINJI-san

This is where we do our usual thing this season...

What's left... of my Zha Cai...

Yes.

Yes.

I'd like to bring it home...

Sure, yes.

Can I have it to go?

Sure, no problem.

I have some drinks left at home...

I have to finish them so...

Featured Eatery: Chinese Cuisine, SINCERITY Tokyo-to, Fuchu-shi, Shinmachi 3-25-10

A wide variety of dishes are interesting and delicious...

...Chinese Cuisine, Sincerity.

When you come to the shop, please check our program's website.

Next on "Kodoku no Gurume"...

"Beef Yakishabu and Pork Yakishabu of Usami, Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture"

Tune in next time.