Original subtitles

What the hell am I being made to do?

I see it!

I'm done!

It's a checkmate.

What?

It's a shame you had to think so long.

You have to attack, not just defend.

But for a beginner, I think you did your best.

Ah~ Senpai! You already arrived.

Sorry to keep you waiting. There was something I forgot to buy.

Ayame~... You're forcing a visitor to compete with you again.

No, I'm not. Fact is, I'm the one who's keeping him company.

I'm really sorry...

It's okay.

Hey, Ayame! Go wash your hands. The curry will be ready soon.

Oka~y.

Chess is a war on the board.

You get hungry when you use your head, right?

You're too good!

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!

It's good! Oh...

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

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. 10: "Salt Boiled Mutton and Lamb Zhajiangmian of Sugamo, Toshima Ward, Tokyo"

Sugamo, Toshima Ward

SUBTITLES BY WABI-SABI SUBS

Translation / Editing / Timing: EARTHCOLORS

Wow! This is it! I've always wanted this!

It's great you were able to get it!

Well, I do have my contacts.

It's true... Globe-trotting importers sure are on a different level.

Praising me won't give you a discount.

Was I obvious?

But you sure have a lot more merchandise now.

Because the last time you were here, the shop had only just opened.

So... how's business going?

It's tough in these times, I guess.

We have a cafe here as well.

I guess so. It's been tough everywhere...

But it seems the board games themselves are selling well.

Oh, I see. Is it because it can be played at home?

Yes.

This is in case for people who find this board game interesting enough...

...to come and visit our shop one day.

Yeah. Attack rather than defend, right?

Right!

For her sake, now is the time to step up.

Your daughter is quite a strong player.

She comes here after school to play games most of the time.

Wait for a while, okay?

When I'm done eating, let's have a match again.

Eh...?

Um, Ayame-chan, sorry but I have to go, and attend to some business after this...

I'm sorry. Maybe next time.

So, Nogawa. If there's anything else you want, just call me.

I will. Thanks. I appreciate it.

Running away is the only way to win!

But still...

I'm... hungry!

Alright, let's find a place to eat.

You're not open today, are you?

No.

Where's the restaurant in Sugamo that can welcome me?

There doesn't seem to be as many places to eat in Sugamo as you go farther away from the station...

Huh? Huh?

Huh~?

Should I head back to the station?

That place...

Horse... Knight...

Shilingol Sandwich Sharbin Boortsog Lamb with Tomato Sauce Chanasan Makh Lamb Zhajiangmian Moo Shou Pork

Lamb dishes....

I love lamb, but...

Attack instead of defend!

Okay! Let's go and take the plunge!

Welcome. Please sit anywhere you like.

You can choose to sit on the mat or at a table.

Okay.

Please call me when you're ready to order.

Yes.

Let's see here...

Oh! Meat...

Harontoga is lamb shabu-shabu...

Chanasan Makh Bone-In Lamb Boiled in Water with Rock Salt

Chanasan Makh is bone-in lamb, boiled in water with rock salt.

"The most typical dish in Mongolia..."

Hmm, I see... It's Mongolian food.

*dumpling made from buckwheat flour with fillings For the steamed lamb buns... there's boiled gyoza, oyaki*...

Oh, there's more over here...

Bang Bang Noodles Bang Bang Mutton

*Shichuan dish: shredded chicken, julienned cucumber, and a spicy sauce Rather than Bang Bang Chicken*, it's Bang Bang Mutton.

Oi, oi... Don't tell me they only have mutton?

Can't be, right?

Shilingol Sandwich 4 Pcs. VEGETABLES

Shilingol Sandwich.

"In the style of Peking duck, it's lamb, wrapped with vegetables..."

Still mutton, after all.

This one's about chilled dishes...

Tǔdòu Sī Chilled Dish of Potatoes and Bell Pepper Pāi Huángguā Chilled Dish of Cucumber & Garlic Xiǎocōng Dòufu Chilled Dish of Tofu & Onion Chives

Inner Mongolia standard appetizers...

Wood ear mushrooms, pea sprouts, sugared tomatoes?

Kikurage Wood Ear Mushroom Pea Sprouts with Olive Oil Dressing Sugared Tomato Slices

Noodles, Rice

Zhajiangmian with mutton.

Mutton Zhajiangmian

This sounds delicious...

Udon, tsukemen...

Porridge and pasta.

Even the finisher dishes are mutton, too.

This flock of sheep...

How should I herd them today?

I guess here it should be...

Excuse me.

Shall I take your order?

Bone-in Lamb, boiled in rock salt water.

And Shilingol Sandwich.

Also~ Chilled Potato and Bell Pepper Dish, please.

Chanasan Makh, Shilingol Sandwich, and Chilled Potatoes and Bell Peppers?

Yes.

The Shilingol Sandwich is a bit much for one person. Would you like me to make it half?

Yes please.

Would you like something to drink?

Milk tea with Salt?

In Mongolia, people drink milk tea instead of tea.

Then I'll have that milk tea.

Yes sir.

Let's see how it goes with this for now.

I wonder if Mongolian houses are like this.

Please put in a little salt, so if it's not enough, you can add more.

These are rock salt and appetizer, Boortsog.

Bu- Boortsog?

It's like Mongolian doughnut that's not so sweet.

Boortsog Suutei

Doughnuts, and milk tea...

I humbly receive.

The usual milk tea.

I don't find it particularly salty.

It's rather heavy... tightly packed...

But it certainly isn't a sweet doughnut.

I like this combination.

Then, how about if I do this.

Not bad!

Here's Steamed Buns with Lamb Meat.

Welcome.

Table for two?

Please.

It's rather sweet...

Oh, this salt.

It's sweet and delicious.

Please call me when you're ready to order.

Yes. Thank you.

Okay.

Here's the Chilled Dish of Potatoes and Bell Peppers.

[Chilled Dish of Potato & Bell Pepper] An invitation to Mongolia

It's exactly what it sounds like...

It's quite refreshing.

The garlic works well here.

I wonder if this is what Mongolian flavors are like.

Simple... Hmm... I like it.

This is Shilingol Sandwich.

Put some sweet miso on the skin. Then, wrap the ingredients as you like and enjoy.

[Shilingol Sandwich] The wrap is the sumo ring The fillings are the wrestlers Come, let's get it on!

It certainly is Peking duck style.

I'm liking it.

Sweet miso is good.

The white onion is giving it a good flavor.

The eggs are nice, too.

Meat and veggies. It's like a baseball team engaged in pitching and batting.

This is good.

This is Chanasan Makh.

[Chanasan Makh] Scrape off the meat with a knife Hey Japan, this is Mongolia

Oh, it's here.

Let's begin!

Is it... like this?

Yes, yes, yesiree.

Like this?

Let's see...

Yum!

Yummy fat!

Lamb tastes good.

The chewiness... is quite strong...

This sauce is nice...

This meat...

The more you bite into it, the more you chew...

Ah~ it's heavenly.

This is Mongolian...

The fruit of the rich wisdom of the nomads...

The sprawling steppe lands...

If you eat this at this timing, the meaning of the word jagaimo (potato) changes.

Once again, lamb is delicious.

Right! How about if I do this?

I'll add this too.

And this one too...

This is good!

The sauce plus sweet miso, the strongest combination.

It's the birth of a Killer Technique!

Goro's Mongolian Chop!

I think I could do a bit more.

Excuse me.

Yes.

Additional order of Zhajiangmian...

Steamed Mutton Buns, and Oolong tea please.

Zhajiangmian, Buuz, and Oolong tea, right?

It's delicious if you put the cold mutton in milk tea and make it into soup.

Oh, is that so.

Is-is it okay to do such a thing?

Won't Mongolian Grandmas be angry with me?

But I'm not sure if I like the idea of meat in my tea...

Here is Chanasan Makh.

Thank you.

Thanks. It's here.

Wow.

Thank you for waiting.

Thank you.

Here are Buuz, and Oolong tea.

[Lamb Buuz (Steamed)] Suck up the wild juices

This is where black vinegar comes in.

All right!

It's hot!

But it's terrific!

Really good!

Should I use my hands?

What's with the juices?

Niagara Falls...

The skin is soft.

I like this uniqueness of mutton...

It smells and tastes powerful.

It's meat and wheat locked together in a grapple hold.

[Lamb Zhajiangmian] The more you mix, the more you feel the Mongolian wind The more you slurp, the more sheep you herd

Is this what it looks like?

This miso flavored meat...

Oh~, it's the sweet miso from the sandwich...

But it's great... And the noodles are good.

Is it handmade?

I don't know, but it's good.

It could use this one as well.

Alright...

It fits... with the thick meat-miso...

I can't get enough of this.

Speaking of Mongolia... Genghis Khan, the champion of the steppe.

Even now, his grandiose dream...

...is galloping over the tables in Sugamo.

Ah, that was good...

Mongol Solo Battle.

And with this, it's a checkmate.

Thank you for this meal.

I also ordered dessert.

Sesame Dango.

It feels like a bittersweet farewell...

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

Screenplay: KODAMA YORIKO

'Inogashira Goro' MATSUSHIGE YUTAKA

'Nogawa' YAMANAKA TAKASHI

'Ayame' KAWAKAMI RINKO 'Restaurant Staff' KOHNO MASAYUKI

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: SASAKI GO

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

Sugamo Volume Narrator: UEKUSA TOMOKI (TV Tokyo Announcer)

This time we will be visiting this shop in a residential area of Sugamo...

...Shilingol.

"Kodoku no Gurume" Original Writer QUSUMI MASAYUKI Owner TAJIRI KEITA-san

Pea sprouts with olive oil.

Pea sprouts, right? Okay. Yes, yes.

And...

This... shorl...

Sholrog. Yes.

Sholrog?

What kind of food will be coming?

First is this one.

This looks great.

Pea Sprouts with Olive Oil Dressing

I love, love this kind of thing.

I love pea sprouts.

This is good!

It has olive oil...

But it tastes a bit like sesame oil

It's a simple pea sprout dish but really good.

Here is Sholrog.

Chew well, and enjoy.

Sholrog (Grilled Lamb Meat Skewers)

Spiced Lamb Thigh Meat on Skewers.

This is definitely a good one.

Yu~m!

It's got cumin or something spicy on it.

I like the spiciness.

You won't get enough of this.

Shul Tehol (Lamb Noodle Soup)

This is the next dish.

This is a lamb stew kind of soup with udon noodles

It's delicious.

The soup is super tasty!

Rather than udon soup...

Because the soup is quite oily...

Your impression is it's "heavy ramen".

There's cucumber...

...in the hot soup...

Maybe to give it a good refreshing feeling.

I bet this would be a good finisher after drinks...

I think that's the BEST way to enjoy this.

I really want to try this. After drinks.

Featured Eatery: SHILINGOL Tōkyō-to, Bunkyō-ku, Sengoku 4-11-9

Place where you can enjoy delicious Inner Mongolian lamb dishes, Shilingol.

When visiting, please check our program's website.

Next on "Kodoku no Gurume"...

Ep. 12 Finale: "Cheese Hamburger Steak and Beef Tenderloin Shogayaki of Isezaki-Chojamachi, Kanagawa Prefecture"

Tune in next time.