Thank You For The Meal (Gochisousan / ごちそうさん)

~Music~

"This is a story about food.

This is a story about humans, who without food cannot survive."

Hey, don’t fight over it.

There’s enough for everyone. I want some!

"This is a story about my granddaughter."

Showa 20 (1945) - Osaka

"My granddaughter, who loved food, and loved serving her food to people."

Ma’am! Yeah? Gochisousan! (Thanks for the food!)

"To eat is to live.

This is the story of a single woman

who genuinely loved the bright spark found within each person’s soul."

Come back again!

~Music~

~Theme: "Ame Nochi Hallelujah" by Yuzu~

Week One: A Once in a Lifetime Strawberry Episode 1

Suddenly, unexpectedly, or inevitably?

We don’t notice when it begins.

Things don’t always go as expected.

When that happens, all we can do is grin.

As the raindrops fall one by one, the colors of the town change,

and without an umbrella, I can sing to the rainy sky above.

I love you for who you are.

Please look up and let the light shine on your face.

So that the river of tears can return to the ocean.

Hallelujah! Everyone’s heart will make it through difficult times to the brighter days ahead.

Hallelujah! Things will clear up after the rain.

Meiji 44 (1911) Spring Tokyo - Hongo

“34 years earlier. My granddaughter was only 6 years old.”

Uno Meiko

“This girl loved to eat like it was nobody's business!

~Music~

Breakfast’s ready!

You had a dream about eating again, didn't you?

Wow!

Nuka zuke! (Japanese pickles made by fermenting vegetables in rice bran)

Natto! (fermented soybeans)

Soup!

An omelet!

Looks delicious doesn’t it Meiko?

Your dad is the only one in all of Tokyo

who can make and fry such a big and delicious omelet as this!

Why is it so big?

Umm…I wonder why…

Pon-chan? Huh?

Well, I’d like to eat it before it gets cold. Yes, that’s right mom!

Mom spoils you too much.

Itadakimasu! (Let’s eat!) Itadakimasu!

Mmmmm….!

Just watching the way Meiko eats even makes me feel refreshed.

It’s delicious isn’t it?

Dad’s food is the best in the whole world! Isn’t it? Yeah!

It’s melting in my mouth!

It’s amazing that you could cook such a ridiculously huge omelet!

Right? It’s so big, yet so fluffy!

It really is.

…but how many eggs did it take you to make it?

How many?

It’s fine. After 10 days, the yolks go flat,

so we can’t give them to our customers.

Grandma, if you use fresh eggs…

Don’t talk with food in your mouth!

Fresh eggs…

fresh eggs...

Umm..here we have 3 eggs.

And then we bought 2 new eggs.

Fresh eggs…

Uno-san! Yes!

How many eggs do we have altogether?

We have 3 old eggs and 2 new eggs.

So, if you add them together?

You can’t add old and new eggs together!

Kaimeikan - Western-style Cuisine

Ready for table one. Ok!

Huh, this was supposed to have Apricot preserves, wasn’t it?

) We couldn’t find it anywhere, so we had to use grilled pineapple instead.

Thank you so much for waiting.

Pozharskie croquette with grilled pineapple.