Aug. 3rd, 2015 02:18 pm
Hondana Shokudo S2 Ep3: Drama Notes
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earth_colorsEp. 3: "Manly Meals Volume"
Episode Synopsis: It's noontime, and Nishiki is at home waiting for Jiro who is tasked to buy their lunch. Meanwhile Jiro is almost near his home when he sees a lovely woman walk past him. Jiro stares at her in admiration, and did not notice that he has already walked past his house. Then he is stopped by a cop (Tanaka Sougen). The policeman thinks Jiro is acting suspicious. Apparently, there has been a recent report that a pervert has shown up in their area...
Drama Notes:
Martial arts moves mentioned in this episode:
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Episode Synopsis: It's noontime, and Nishiki is at home waiting for Jiro who is tasked to buy their lunch. Meanwhile Jiro is almost near his home when he sees a lovely woman walk past him. Jiro stares at her in admiration, and did not notice that he has already walked past his house. Then he is stopped by a cop (Tanaka Sougen). The policeman thinks Jiro is acting suspicious. Apparently, there has been a recent report that a pervert has shown up in their area...
Drama Notes:
Martial arts moves mentioned in this episode:
Sekein zuki [正拳突き] (Thrusting technique). Fore fist straight punch. (info: japaneseinkarate) (pic: karate-demo)
Sobatto [ｿﾊﾞｯﾄっ]. A combination of roundhouse kick and a flying kick. (pic: sportsclick)
Featured Food Literature (with above book covers from left to right):
Recipes featured in this episode (Translated from recipes posted by NHK, with some modifications; pix from NHK):
Sukiyaki Rice Bowl
Ingredients (serves 2, good for a sukiyaki pot measuring 21 cm): Eggs 2 pcs; Cooked rice,1 bowlful; Sugar 2 TB; Soy sauce 2 TB; Beef sukiyaki cuts 100g; Chinese cabbage 100g; Green onion 40g; Shirataki (konjac strips) 60g; Shiitake mushrooms 2 pcs; Grilled tofu 1/3 block; Sugar 1 TB; Soy sauce 1 TB; Water 200ml; Beef fat as appropriate
Steps:
1) Stir the beef fat over a heated pot. Add the beef cuts, as well as sugar and soy sauce. While it simmers, add the Chinese cabbage, green onion, shirataki, shiitake mushrooms, and grilled tofu.
2) When the vegetables have cooked and the moisture has evaporated, add again sugar, soy sauce, and additional water and let it simmer.
3) Add and mix the rice thoroughly with the sukiyaki ingredients.
4) Once the rice and sukiyaki are mixed and cooked, add the beaten eggs.
Steak Curry
Ingredients (serves 2): Ready-made fond de veau 1 can or 290g; Onion 200g; Salad oil or Olive oil 2 TB; Curry powder 1 TB; Flour 10g; Butter 5g; Salt 1/2 tsp; Steak meat (thigh) 200g, 1 slab; Salt and Black pepper as appropriate; Salad oil or olive oil 1 TB; Rice as appropriate
Steps:
1) Heat the vegetable oil or olive oil and butter in a frying pan. Slice the onions and fry it until it changes into a brownish color.
Pork Offal Stew
Ingredients (good for 1 large pot; the amount changes depending on the size of the pot): Pork offal or tripe 400g; Leeks (green parts) 2 pieces; Ginger, small (10g); Konjac 400g; Scallions, as appropriate; Salt (if possible, use the delicious kind, maybe sea salt or kosher salt), small amount
Steps:
Featured Food Literature (with above book covers from left to right):
"Gokudo Meshi Vol. 5" 『極道めし 5巻』by Tsuchiyama Shigeru (Futabasha Publishers). For a synopsis, go to mangahelper. In this particular scene in the manga, one of the inmates had been describing the "sukiyaki-gyudon bowl" he had come up with. He was about to eat a delicious bowl of gyudon at a shop when his angry wife (girlfriend?) came to fetch him. Apparently, she had prepared sukiyaki for him at home so she dragged him back to their apartment. But they ended making love instead, and slept in their bed. Afterwards, the man wakes up, and remembers the gyudon that he failed to eat a while ago. So instead of eating the sukiyaki as is, he improvised and turned it into gyudon-style instead.
(info/pic: futabasha)
"Yoru wo Machinagara" 『夜を待ちながら』(While Waiting For the Night) by Kitakata Kenzo (Gentosha Inc.). The author is known for his hard boiled stories. The synopsis in the episode says: "Taxi driver Hamada Eiji, 38 years old. A man who lives his life only at night. Things begin to move after reuniting with one woman. A Kitakata world of hard boiled literary work at full throttle." The official synopsis says: "One day, a woman has come inside the cab of taxi driver Hamada Eiji. Gazing at her from the rear-view mirror, a feeling of nostalgia came over him. She uttered, I want to know the real reason why my brother was killed. Four years ago, Hamada's wife and friend were killed. It was the price for doing away with crime... Discarding the recurring feelings in his heart, the man once again squeezed the trigger of his Colt Python..." Based on my understanding of this book, Hamada lived a life of crime in the past along with two colleagues, Tateno and Suzukawa. He and Suzukawa left that life behind and chose to live a straightforward life. Hamada worked as a cab driver at night while Suzukawa set up a business selling prosthetic legs. During his days-off, Hamada would spend it cooking at home or fishing. He lives humbly with his daughter, Natsuko. His wife Ayako was killed four years ago, as well as Tateno. One day, Tateno's sister Kanako came to him, and wanted to know the reason behind her brother's murder. Tateno also seemed to have left some big money behind. Once again, Hamada and Suzukawa break open the door of their past in order to know the truth...
(info/pic: futabasha)
"Yoru wo Machinagara" 『夜を待ちながら』(While Waiting For the Night) by Kitakata Kenzo (Gentosha Inc.). The author is known for his hard boiled stories. The synopsis in the episode says: "Taxi driver Hamada Eiji, 38 years old. A man who lives his life only at night. Things begin to move after reuniting with one woman. A Kitakata world of hard boiled literary work at full throttle." The official synopsis says: "One day, a woman has come inside the cab of taxi driver Hamada Eiji. Gazing at her from the rear-view mirror, a feeling of nostalgia came over him. She uttered, I want to know the real reason why my brother was killed. Four years ago, Hamada's wife and friend were killed. It was the price for doing away with crime... Discarding the recurring feelings in his heart, the man once again squeezed the trigger of his Colt Python..." Based on my understanding of this book, Hamada lived a life of crime in the past along with two colleagues, Tateno and Suzukawa. He and Suzukawa left that life behind and chose to live a straightforward life. Hamada worked as a cab driver at night while Suzukawa set up a business selling prosthetic legs. During his days-off, Hamada would spend it cooking at home or fishing. He lives humbly with his daughter, Natsuko. His wife Ayako was killed four years ago, as well as Tateno. One day, Tateno's sister Kanako came to him, and wanted to know the reason behind her brother's murder. Tateno also seemed to have left some big money behind. Once again, Hamada and Suzukawa break open the door of their past in order to know the truth...
(info/pic: gentosha)
"Jidaiya no Nyobo" 『時代屋の女房』(The Wife of Jidaiya) by Muramatsu Tomomi (Kadokawa Co.). A famous novel published in 1982, and was made into a movie in 1983 (Official EN title: "Time and Tide"). For an overview of the movie's plot: nytimes. Here is my understanding of the plot: Yassan, a 35 year old bachelor and owner of the antique shop "Jidai-ya", falls in love with a woman named, Mayumi. This woman had suddenly arrived at his shop one day, with her pet cat Abe-san. They began living together like husband and wife. From time to time, Mayumi (who seems to have a secret life that Yassan respects and does not pry into) would leave and not come back for a day or even more. While waiting for her, a lonesome Yassan interacts with his friends and fellow shopkeepers. The story also depicts the humaneness and lives of the people and shop owners living in Tokyo-Oimachi. In the book excerpt read in this episode, Yassan is at an izakaya with his friend, who is only known as "Master" (owner of coffee shop, Sunrise), and speaks in an Osaka accent. The old man, whom they call "oyaji" is the owner of the izakaya "Tonkichi", and was the one who prepared the Pork Offal Stew for them. Oyaji made a pun about the name of the shop, "Jidaiya". "Jidai" meaning "era" or "times". Since it is an antique shop, it is left behind in the times (jidai).
"Jidaiya no Nyobo" 『時代屋の女房』(The Wife of Jidaiya) by Muramatsu Tomomi (Kadokawa Co.). A famous novel published in 1982, and was made into a movie in 1983 (Official EN title: "Time and Tide"). For an overview of the movie's plot: nytimes. Here is my understanding of the plot: Yassan, a 35 year old bachelor and owner of the antique shop "Jidai-ya", falls in love with a woman named, Mayumi. This woman had suddenly arrived at his shop one day, with her pet cat Abe-san. They began living together like husband and wife. From time to time, Mayumi (who seems to have a secret life that Yassan respects and does not pry into) would leave and not come back for a day or even more. While waiting for her, a lonesome Yassan interacts with his friends and fellow shopkeepers. The story also depicts the humaneness and lives of the people and shop owners living in Tokyo-Oimachi. In the book excerpt read in this episode, Yassan is at an izakaya with his friend, who is only known as "Master" (owner of coffee shop, Sunrise), and speaks in an Osaka accent. The old man, whom they call "oyaji" is the owner of the izakaya "Tonkichi", and was the one who prepared the Pork Offal Stew for them. Oyaji made a pun about the name of the shop, "Jidaiya". "Jidai" meaning "era" or "times". Since it is an antique shop, it is left behind in the times (jidai).
Recipes featured in this episode (Translated from recipes posted by NHK, with some modifications; pix from NHK):
Sukiyaki Rice Bowl
Ingredients (serves 2, good for a sukiyaki pot measuring 21 cm): Eggs 2 pcs; Cooked rice,1 bowlful; Sugar 2 TB; Soy sauce 2 TB; Beef sukiyaki cuts 100g; Chinese cabbage 100g; Green onion 40g; Shirataki (konjac strips) 60g; Shiitake mushrooms 2 pcs; Grilled tofu 1/3 block; Sugar 1 TB; Soy sauce 1 TB; Water 200ml; Beef fat as appropriate
Steps:
1) Stir the beef fat over a heated pot. Add the beef cuts, as well as sugar and soy sauce. While it simmers, add the Chinese cabbage, green onion, shirataki, shiitake mushrooms, and grilled tofu.
2) When the vegetables have cooked and the moisture has evaporated, add again sugar, soy sauce, and additional water and let it simmer.
3) Add and mix the rice thoroughly with the sukiyaki ingredients.
4) Once the rice and sukiyaki are mixed and cooked, add the beaten eggs.
Steak Curry
Ingredients (serves 2): Ready-made fond de veau 1 can or 290g; Onion 200g; Salad oil or Olive oil 2 TB; Curry powder 1 TB; Flour 10g; Butter 5g; Salt 1/2 tsp; Steak meat (thigh) 200g, 1 slab; Salt and Black pepper as appropriate; Salad oil or olive oil 1 TB; Rice as appropriate
Steps:
1) Heat the vegetable oil or olive oil and butter in a frying pan. Slice the onions and fry it until it changes into a brownish color.
2) Add flour and curry powder, and continue stir-frying as long as it does not burn.
3) Add the fond de veau, and let it simmer until it reduces to half.
4) Season with salt and adjust to your taste.
5) Heat salad oil or olive oil in another frying pan, and fry the steak that's been sprinkled with salt and pepper. On a plate of rice, pour some curry sauce. Slice the steak into bite-sized cuts and arrange on top of the curry sauce.
Pork Offal Stew
Ingredients (good for 1 large pot; the amount changes depending on the size of the pot): Pork offal or tripe 400g; Leeks (green parts) 2 pieces; Ginger, small (10g); Konjac 400g; Scallions, as appropriate; Salt (if possible, use the delicious kind, maybe sea salt or kosher salt), small amount
Steps:
1) First boiling of the pork offal: Heat water in a pot and put in the offal. After boiling, simmer over low heat for 20 minutes.
2) Second boiling: Add green parts of the leeks, sliced ginger and let it boil again. After boiling, lower the heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Drain the offal in a colander and discard the water and leeks.
3) Using a beer bottle cap, scrape and slice the konjac into small pieces.
3) Using a beer bottle cap, scrape and slice the konjac into small pieces.
4) Third boiling: Boil the water in a large pot, and place in the offal and konjac. Simmer for 30 minutes to 1 hour. From the large pot, scoop the contents in a serving bowl. Sprinkle with salt and garnish with shallots that have been chopped diagonally.
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