第9話: 過去との向き合いながら、リュウはバーで元師匠のキタカタと再会する

Miwa asks Ryu to accompany her to a "hidden" bar, but they stumble into dingy bar called "North Wind" instead at street level run by Ryu's former senpai Kitakata, whom he has not seen for eight years. When a hostess come in with a male client, Kitakata makes Bloody Caesars with a high alcohol vodka and tomato juice containing clam broth which makes a powerful tasting-drink that disguises the taste of alcohol. The man becomes quickly inebriated and they leave causing Ryu to berate Kitakata for making such a strong drink. However, Kitakata explains that she is a regular who was sold into service at a young age and now survives by scamming her clients. Later, Kitakata and the woman visit Edenhall and because she usually drinks shochu, Ryu makes two Caipirinha's, but slightly differently to suit their tastes and Kitakata is impressed. He takes Ryu to see their mentor, Goro Kase, who is now in hospital and when Kase sees Ryu, he asks if he is still searching for "The Glass of God". Miwa visits Kitakata’s bar and says she cannot understand why Ryu will not work for the Cardinal Hotel. Kitakata confides that after Ryu won a cocktail competition in Europe and one of his clients died, Ryu blamed himself and returned to Japan seeking obscurity. (Source: Wikipedia)
話数
- 第5話 · リュウは友人とヤマザキ蒸溜所を訪れ、ケルヴィンは過去の後悔を振り返る
- 第6話 · 結納の発表とエデンホールでの謎の女性
- 第7話 · ミワとユカリはリュウに助言を求め、ケルヴィンはシンガポールスリングで父を喜ばせようとする
- 第8話 · 理事長の来島は、リュウに日本カクテルアワード決勝の審査を命じる。
- 第9話 · 過去との向き合いながら、リュウはバーで元師匠のキタカタと再会する
- 第10話 · 美和は龍の悲しみを気遣い、早瀬はルミの帰還による躊躇を抱えつつアメリカへの昇進に直面する。
- 第11話 · 風家バー:嘉瀬五郎を偲び、家族の秘密を解き明かす心温まるレシピ
- 第12話 · ホテル・カーディナルで黒沢順一郎が執筆し、龍が太三郎に条件を提示する