Solitary Gourmet — Season 1, Episode 8: Hitori Yakiniku (Grilled Meat For One) of Hatcho-nawate, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture

Episode synopsis

After seeing off a client/friend at the airport, Inogashira-san passes through the Keihin Industrial Zone. Before embarking on a long drive back home, he stops and idly watches the view of steel infrastructure frameworks of the zone's steel mills and oil refineries from a distance. He is hypnotized and impressed by their immense size, towering smokestacks and complex design. And yet, it also somehow, reminds him of... well, food, most particularly, yakiniku. He goes in search of a yakiniku eatery in Hatcho-nawate, Kawasaki and settles for "Tsuruya" which offers solitary dining for individual customers. It's perfect for a ravenous lone wolf like Inogashira-san!

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
• E9Hiroshima-Style Okonomi-yaki of Shimokitazawa, Setagaya Ward
• E10Ginger Pork Rice Bowl with Fried Egg of Higashi-Nagasaki, Toshima 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