Based on the comic by Tatsu Kariya. Featuring journalist Shiro Yamaoka who works for Touzai Shimbun. He is a cynical food critic who is tasked by the newspaper's owner, along with the young Yuko Kurita, to provide recipes for the "ultimate menu".
Shiro Yamaoka
Yuko Kurita
Satomi
Culture Department deputy director Tomii
Yuzan Kaibara
Mikawa
Noriko Hanamura
Mantaro Kyogoku
Nakagawa
Hanamura restaurant proprietress
Tome
Masako Ido
Tattsan
Daizo Ohara
Writer
Director