Spice. — Season 1, Episode 3: Vietnamese coconut curry topped with fried catfish / Yoshikawa City, Saitama Prefecture

Episode synopsis

Natsuki Shokudo receives its first request. The request comes from a nursing home that regularly invites professional chefs to hold dinner parties, and they want them to serve delicious spicy curry. Natsuki (Yoshida Rinne) feels more sentimental about the request than anyone else, as she sees her late mother (Yagi Akiko) as a resident. However, the person in charge asks her to let them try the spices because she is not sure whether the elderly will like them. Akira (Okuno So), angry that the taste of the curry he makes is not trusted, runs out of the kitchen car. Yuki (Honda Kyoya) and Natsuki chase after Akira, but they cannot find him. When Natsuki gives up and returns to the kitchen car, she sees Akira! In fact, Akira has purchased catfish, a local specialty, and is thinking of a recipe that is easy for the elderly to eat. Catfish and curry unexpectedly go together perfectly, and the first request is a great success. Meanwhile, Natsuki has a certain thought in her mind.

About Spice.

A cabaret club in a provincial city. Driver Kitano Yuki works as the personal driver for the top cabaret club hostess Sugimoto Natsuki. One day, he clashes with the manager over Natsuki's absence without permission. Yuki visits Natsuki and finds out that it is the 49th day memorial service for her mother who passed away. Natsuki has sorted out her feelings, and Yuki suggests that they quit the club together and leave the town in the kitchen car that the manager borrowed for the shuttle service.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Cardamom-scented green onion and chicken keema curry/Mobara City, Chiba Prefecture
• E2Chinese-style pork curry with peanuts / Asahi City, Chiba Prefecture
• E4Spicy chicken wing curry with pickled plum / Ogose Town, Saitama Prefecture
• E5Red snapper broth curry / Ito City, Shizuoka Prefecture
• E6Full of Refreshing Flavor! Squid and Lemon Curry / Ito City, Shizuoka Prefecture
• E7Oyama Tofu and Shiitake Mushroom Veggie Curry / Isehara City, Kanagawa Prefecture
• E8Spicy Curry Udon Noodles / Fujiyoshida City, Yamanashi Prefecture
• E9Beef and maitake mushroom pulao / Hinode Village, Tokyo
• E10Komatsuna Saag Chicken Curry / Edogawa-ku, Tokyo