Soup Curry Ep. 8: Drama Notes

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Spice 8: "Nishitendori and Garaku"

Episode Synopsis. Urata Hiroshi (actor / house husband) is visited by his daughter Chieko's homeroom teacher. The teacher informs him that Chieko has gone back to attending school regularly. Meanwhile, Chieko asks her hard-working mom if she ever regretted getting married to an actor who stays at home all day...

In the meantime...


Miura Yuji (cram school teacher) gets asked by his fiancee, Minori, if he was cheating on her and if he was having second thoughts about getting married. At a loss for an answer, he suddenly sprints away from Minori, running and crying, and ends up in a batting center...
Wada Shingo (soup curry shop staff trainee) is on the last phase of his training as he finally learns how to make soup curry...
Igarashi Seiji (cooking expert / TV host) teaches viewers on how to present a proper soup curry dish.
Hirame Kiyoshi (KanKonSoSai planner) is caught by surprise as the divorce ceremony he was handling gets interrupted by an unexpected event. His friend Yamashita's son, Shota, had climbed up the balcony, threatening to jump if the divorce of his parents pushes through...
(info and pix: soupcurrydrama)

Drama Notes:

Featured Soup Curry Master's Shops:

NISHITENDORI SOUP CURRY HONPO

Address: 4-5 8 chome, Minami 13-jo Nishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo

Tel no: 011-532-1202

More info and pix: nishitendori, hotpepper

SOUP CURRY AND BAR GARAKU

Address: Sapporo-shi, Chuo-ku Minami 3 Jonishi

2 chome 7 Kushi-Tori-san 2nd flr.

Tel no: 011-233-5568

More info and pix: s-garaku, best-of-sapporo

Sapporo's Soup Curry Boom. Sapporo's love affair with soup curry began in the 1970s when the owner of a cafe called Ajanta (still open up to now) decided to add Indian curry to a Chinese herbal soup recipe and served it to his customers. Later on, upon the request of a customer, he added chicken to the dish, and thus, the earlier form of soup curry was born. They used to call it "nutritional curry" and other names. But it was only in 1993 when the first restaurant specializing on this dish opened its doors to the public. It was called "Magic Spice" and coined the term "soup curry." It was then that the soup curry boom started and by now, there is said to be 200 soup curry shops in Sapporo alone.
(info: foodjapan, japantimes)

Soup Curry Moon. It is a fictional shop made up for the drama. The setting was filmed in a real soup curry shop in Tokyo called Tokyo Rakkyo Bros. The name "moon" is derived from the fictional character owner's last name, Wakatsuki, with "tsuki" meaning "moon."

Allspice. Despite its name, allspice consists of only one spice. The name was coined in the 1600s due to a wrong assumption that it contained three spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves). It's actually the dried unripe fruit of the Pimenta dioica plant, and a common ingredient in Caribbean cuisine.
(info: wiki)

Importance of Food Presentation. In Japanese cuisine, presentation of a dish is important as its taste. It is thought that the more appealing and lovely the food looks, the more it will taste delicious.
(info: japanesefoodculture)