Solitary Gourmet — Season 1, Episode 10: Ginger Pork Rice Bowl with Fried Egg of Higashi-Nagasaki, Toshima Ward

Episode synopsis

For his next appointment, Inogashira-san goes to Toshima Ward. He stops and buys from a cheerful fruit vendor who has a knack for telling puns. Then, he meets up with his client from the movie industry who in turn has a propensity to talk using mimetic words. Afterwards, Inogashira-san takes a stroll through a park and happily gazes at hard-working students from a nearby arts college, practicing their required routines. His growling tummy reminds him that it's time to eat so he goes back to a place where a diner had earlier caught his eye. It was "Dining Sekizawa," an eatery that offers a myriad of home-made, affordable set meals...

About Solitary Gourmet

Centered around typical Japanese food, a solitary salesman travelling through the country for business purposes, eats at its various establishments and experiences the various delicacies of Japanese cuisine.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Yakitori and Yaki Meshi of Monzen-Nakacho, Koto Ward
• E2Boiled Fish Set of Komagome, Toshima Ward
• E3Dan Dan Noodles Without Soup of Ikebukuro, Toshima Ward
• E4Shizuoka Oden of Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture
• E5Oyako-Don and Yaki-Udon of Eifuku, Suginami Ward
• E6Grilled Garlic Porkloin of Saginomiya, Nakano Ward
• E7A Cafe's Neapolitan Pasta in Kichijoji, Musashino City
• E8Hitori Yakiniku (Grilled Meat For One) of Hatcho-nawate, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture
• E9Hiroshima-Style Okonomi-yaki of Shimokitazawa, Setagaya Ward
• E11Extra Spicy Curry Rice at a Nomiya (Tavern) in Nezu, Bunkyo Ward
• E12Okinawa Soki-Soba and Agu Pork Broiled in Natural Salt of Nakameguro, Meguro Ward