Solitary Gourmet
tv show

132 total episodes
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11 seasons
First Aired January 04, 2012
Genres:
Overview
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.

Flaming Sake Pot and Barley Rice with Grated Yam of Nishiogu, Arakawa Ward
Season 3 - Episode 10 - 1h 33m
Air Date
September 11, 2013
Overview
Goro sets out for an amusement park in Nishiogu. He meets with a client, the director of a train museum. Goro finds his enthusiasm for trains and intolerance of children who play with his train models quite amusing. Later he spots a takoyaki shop and buys a takoyaki-senbei sandwich. Later he uses the town's streetcar and helps out an old lady carry her defective rolling luggage to a neighborhood he has not seen before. There, he decides to eat at a tonkatsu shop. Despite the hot weather, he orders a flaming sake hot pot, barley rice, and of course a mini-tonkatsu set.