Ep. 5: Hanakawa seeks a better broth recipe after police intervention
Aired on November 14, 1988
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Kurita treats Yamaoka to a meal at Hanakawa’s unlicensed handmade soba stall. Yamaoka criticizes the broth’s flavor, prompting police to shut down the business. Inspector Nakamatsu offers a license if the taste improves. Hanakawa fails to perfect the recipe until Yamaoka tricks him into visiting a restaurant to learn the secret. He adopts the new broth, securing his license from Nakamatsu, though the inspector still demands further flavor enhancements.
Episodes
- Ep. 1 · Ohara announces the Ultimate Menu project, testing staff with a water and tofu challenge.
- Ep. 2 · Ohara seeks Kyogoku's approval for art section via a culinary challenge with his father.
- Ep. 3 · Yamaoka critiques Itayama's department store vegetables and helps him restore freshness.
- Ep. 4 · Dainichi President Kuroda's Fresh Fish Banquet Challenge at Karuizawa
- Ep. 5 · Hanakawa seeks a better broth recipe after police intervention
- Ep. 6 · Yamaoka seeks a rare phantom mackerel to impress Kaibara at Hatsuyama restaurant.
- Ep. 7 · Inspector Nakamatsu enlists Yamaoka to assist arrested chef Kinzo Ikada-ya
- Ep. 8 · Ohara seeks donations from miserly President Narisawa who demands a free meal
- Ep. 9 · Ohara and staff visit Gingorou's sushi restaurant, leading to a culinary challenge and blind taste test.