Ep. 39: Ohara faints from stress and heat, prompting Yamaoka to prepare high-quality rice porridge for his recovery.
Aired on August 14, 1989
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Touzai News employees face a hostile takeover bid by an unscrupulous businessman while President Ohara suffers from stress and heat. After Ohara refuses Yamaoka’s advice to eat rice porridge, he collapses and is hospitalized. Yamaoka prepares a meal using rice sourced from Miyagi prefecture, explaining that quality requires sun-drying, careful milling, and proper storage of the previous year's harvest. Ohara finds the dish delicious, regains his strength, and successfully persuades a major shareholder to retain his stock, thereby preventing the corporate takeover.
Episodes
- Ep. 35 · Yamaoka helps businessman Satoi reunite with former tonkatsu owners Nakahashi
- Ep. 36 · Reporter Hoshimura investigates hiyashi chuka with Yamaoka and Kaibara
- Ep. 37 · Nagahara learns garlic cooking to restore energy after poor performance
- Ep. 38 · Yamaoka resolves a conflict between a beer hall owner and a master pourer over edamame
- Ep. 39 · Ohara faints from stress and heat, prompting Yamaoka to prepare high-quality rice porridge for his recovery.
- Ep. 40 · Tomii collapses after eating ten bowls of shaved ice, prompting a bar visit with Yamaoka and the Flower Trio.
- Ep. 41 · Tōyama hosts a tai cooking contest at his 77th birthday dinner
- Ep. 42 · Director Tanimura and the Touzai group attend a rakugo show followed by a tofu dinner dispute.
- Ep. 43 · Yamaoka and the flower trio discover a bamboo grove in Kamakura that hotel owner Bitō plans to destroy.