Muraki Shingo of Itamae, a top Ginza restaurant, becomes a substitute
teacher at Aikawa High School in his hometown of Mie Prefecture at the
request of his childhood friend, Kishino Hiroshi, a town hall employee.
Kishino intends to open a “High School Restaurant” to revitalise the
town, and has asked Shingo to teach cooking. There are about 30 people
in the culinary club. Among them are Sakamoto Yosuke, a third-year
student who is respected by the club’s members and whose family runs a
restaurant that sells set menus, and Yonemoto Mai, second-year student
who adores him. When Shingo visits the kitchen, the members are making
hamburgers and crepes as they please. However, the floor is dirty and
ingredients are being used wastefully, as if it were a school festival.
Seeing that, Shingo barely offers a greeting as he first points out that
Yosuke’s tempura is no good. He also scolds the members harshly.
“First, we’ll clean up. Those who find it a turnoff can leave, but in
that case, you don’t have to come from tomorrow.” Students start to walk
out in the face of Shingo’s attitude, and only 18 remain, including
Yosuke and Mai. After the cleaning, Yosuke asks Shingo for the reason
why his tempura is not good. Shingo’s answer is a surprise. “You’re
left-handed. Get accustomed to using both the kitchen knife and cooking
chopsticks with your right hand.” “I don’t know, but that teacher is
genuine.” Yosuke reflects and decides to follow Shingo. They are to hold
a rehearsal for the opening on one Saturday. The menu that Shingo has
set is a grated yam rice bowl using Ise yam, a local specialty. Yosuke
is ordered to prepare the stock according to Shingo’s instructions.
Then, the day of the rehearsal comes. An incident occurs which causes a
definite rift between Shingo and the members!
Directed by: ??
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
Year: 2011
Episodes: 9