第52話: 山岡と貝原が富裕な京極の魚と羊の脳みそで競争する

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The wealthy Mr Kyogoku visits Tokyo and invites Yamaoka and Kurita to a special restaurant for fugu, however Kaibara arrives and immediately insults Yamaoka. The restaurant is unable to serve fugu shirako, disappointing the customers, especially a young couple are about to leave for work in the Middle East. Yamaoka and then Kaibara offer to provide an alternative the following evening at the Gourmet Club. Yamaoka flies to Toyama to buy a fresh Pacific cod (鱈, tara) for the meal and when he arrives, the staff warmly welcome him. Yamaoka presents his tara shirako, both raw and cooked and is highly praised for his effort and the flavor of the food. Kaibara laughs at his attempt and instead presents a torafugu from Simonoseki and the guests praise the taste as being better than the tara shirako. Incensed, Yamaoka proposes another challenge the following day using alternative ingredients. The guests declare that although it looks different, the food tastes as good as the fugu shirako and Yamaoka reveals that it is lamb's brains. Kaibara's offering is calf's brains which provides a similar taste, but Kyogoku declares Yamaoka the winner because lamb is more common in the Middle East. (Source: Wikipedia)