Ep. 41: Tōyama mengadakan kontes memasak tai pada pesta ulang tahunnya yang ke-77

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The elderly Tōjin Tōyama visits the Touzai offices with his young wife Ryoko, and presents Yamaoka with a large Bizen serving plate. He invites Yamaoka to his 77th birthday will be held at Ryotei Konparu with the food served on plates he has made, but Kaibara will also be attending. At the dinner, one of the guests suggests a chef's competition using tai and to be presented on Tōyama's plates. Yamaoka creates a controversy when he suggests that he, as an amateur, could also enter the competition, but then struggles to think of a better way to prepare the fish than usual. He goes to Akashi where the tai are of high quality and gets inspiration after swimming there and almost drowning. On the evening of the contest, each of the restaurateurs present innovative and delicious tai dishes prepared by their chefs, but Yamaoka surprises everyone by preparing tai himono (鮟肝), prepared only with sea salt from Akashi. His dish impresses everyone except Kaibara who storms out. (Source: Wikipedia)