The WORST episodes of Solitary Gourmet

#1 - Salt-Wasabi Pork Rosu Saute of Asahi City, Chiba Prefecture

Season 10 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/2022

#2 - Pork Steamed Rice Rolls and Wonton Noodles of Nakahara Ward, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture

Season 10 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/10/2022

#3 - Cabbage Rolls Set Meal at a Ginza Bar in Hibiya, Chuo Ward, Tokyo

Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/2019

Goro Inokashira (Yutaka Matsushige) was at a bar in Ginza, where he met a negotiation company, Nomoral Theatrical Company, Suzaku Mushakoji (Goro Kishitani). In a suspicious manner, strange expressions and troublesome exchanges continue. Goro, who is hungry with a strange mind, finds a sign for the lunch hall in an alley in Ginza. I decided to go into the store and tried to order the pork soy, but the mother of the store (Mr. Shigeru Muroi) told me a shocking word that there was only a roll cabbage set meal and I was shocked by the choices ...

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Season 11 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/4/2026

#5 - Italian Restaurant Meatloaf of Kojimachi, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo

Season 10 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/24/2022

#6 - Sweet and Sour Pork and Jamja Noodles of Nippori, Arakawa Ward, Tokyo

Season 10 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/3/2022

#7 - Crab Mask Oden and Seafood Bowl of Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture

Season 10 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/2022

#8 - Fu-Chanpuru and Tomato Curry Tsukesoba of Sasazuka, Shibuya Ward, Tokyo

Season 10 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/2022

#9 - Negi-Liver Stir-Fry and Chicken Skin Gyoza of Washinoya, Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture

Season 10 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/5/2022

#10 - Turban Shells and Mushroom Provence-Style and Beef Tongue Stew Omurice of Oizumi Gakuen, Nerima Ward, Tokyo

Season 10 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/29/2022

#11 - Sautéed Sea Bream with Aurora Sauce and Tuna Yukhoe Bowl of Sakuragicho, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture

Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/22/2022

#12 - Stir-fried Beef Stamina and Negitama of Hashimoto, Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture

Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/8/2022

#13 - Roast Pork Salad and Jim Jum of Asakusa, Taito Ward, Tokyo

Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/2019

Goro Inokashira (Matsushige Yutaka) meets with event company President Narumi (Kyoji Aozora) to go to Lightning 5656 Hall in Asakusa. However, the phone call of President Narumi is not stopped and the story does not proceed at all. Goro, who was confused but finished the meeting somehow. When I wander around to eat something in Asakusa, I discover a Yakiniku Yokocho with a deep atmosphere. However, all the stores are hard to abandon. Before Goro, who is hard to decide, he discovers a Thai restaurant full of exotic atmosphere floating from the scenery of Asakusa.

#14 - Meat Soup Udon of Niiza City, Saitama Prefecture, and Castella Pancakes of Hibarigaoka, Nishitokyo

Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/2019

After finishing work, Goro Inokashira (Toyo Matsushige) was left behind in a residential area in Niiza City and was at a loss. Somehow I found a udon shop with an old-fashioned-style store, and when I went inside, my mother and Ikeya nobue stepped on the udon powerfully. Goro who enjoyed udon goes to Hibarigaoka housing complex where the next business partner, Ishii (Hiroki Ando) waits. When he was about to return after finishing the business talk, a sweet smell drifted from behind the door and his hungry gut quickly diminished and went into the store to find the source of the smell.

#15 - One person roaster yakiniku in Fujioka city, Gunma prefecture

Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/2019

Goro Inokashira (Yutaka Matsushige) gets off at Gunma Fujioka Station in a business talk with hotel manager Yumiko Saito (MEGUMI). The hotel we headed for is a building that integrates the bowling alley with the inside and outside. After meeting, Hungry Goro looks for a shop from a taxi, but cannot find it. I found a shop with a Chinese name by obsession. Once inside, a clerk Shimizu (Akira Ohashi) is guided to a barbecue counter alone. As the roasted roasted meat has been growing for a long time, he knows the pork is full and decides to “attack the pig”.

#16 - South Indian Set Meal and Garlic Cheese Dosa of Ochanomizu, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo

Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/2019

Goro Inokashira (Yutaka Matsushige) requests the customer to repair the broken violin by visiting a violin shop in Shimokura (Kondo Park) in Ochanomizu in response to a customer's request to "repair broken violins for interior decoration." However, it looks like food with a horsetail used for strings in the workshop. Goro was hungry because of that, but he is looking for a shop in an alley with no sense of land, but is preparing everything. When you pass through such a middle alley, you will be attracted by the sign of “South Indian cuisine” and the sound of “Set meals and snacks” on the menu…

#17 - Guizhou Home-style Twice-cooked Meat and Natto Hot Pot in Shinkoiwa, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo

Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/21/2021

#18 - Fish Market Kyoto-style Grilled Black Cod of Edogawa-bashi, Bunkyo Ward

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/31/2013

Goro goes to Edogawa-bashi in Bunkyo Ward for the first time. He meets with an owner of a Go board game shop who happens to be quite an active matchmaker. The client insists Goro to take part in an omiai. Of course, the perennial bachelor, feeling uncomfortable, quickly ends his appointment. Nevertheless, it does not mar his day since orders keep pouring in. He strolls along a small shopping district, called Jizo shopping street. He takes time to snack on purposely broken senbei bought from a traditional rice cracker shop, "Kisaku". Then, his feelings of hunger continue to gnaw on him, so he searches for a place and ends up at an eatery run by the fish market, called "Uotani". It serves delightful dishes that would make any seafood-lover extremely happy.

#19 - Leek and Meat Stir Fry of Shin-Maruko, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/10/2012

On a hot day, Inogashira travels to Shin-Maruko. While waiting for his female client (a passionate owner of a dance studio) he decides to kill time in a dessert shop called "Showa-do" and orders a refreshingly sweet creamy concoction. Later on, after his appointment, Inogashira finds himself thinking about a certain busy eatery he had seen earlier in the day. It was a casual diner called "San-chan Shokudo." It was full of lively customers, all eating and drinking alcohol in the middle of the day. It could be a good place to eat and yet he does not drink. He wonders if it's worth a try....

#20 - Ginger Pork Rice Bowl with Fried Egg of Higashi-Nagasaki, Toshima Ward

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/7/2012

For his next appointment, Inogashira-san goes to Toshima Ward. He stops and buys from a cheerful fruit vendor who has a knack for telling puns. Then, he meets up with his client from the movie industry who in turn has a propensity to talk using mimetic words. Afterwards, Inogashira-san takes a stroll through a park and happily gazes at hard-working students from a nearby arts college, practicing their required routines. His growling tummy reminds him that it's time to eat so he goes back to a place where a diner had earlier caught his eye. It was "Dining Sekizawa," an eatery that offers a myriad of home-made, affordable set meals...

#21 - Thai Curry and Soupless Chicken Noodles of Kita Senju, Adachi Ward

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/19/2012

Inogashira heads for a certain destination in Adachi Ward. However, hunger strikes as soon as he arrives in Senju, so he goes in search of a place to eat. He stops in front of a Thai restaurant called "Laikanok." He is reminded of a recent conversation he had with a lady friend of his regarding a potential business deal involving Thai products. "This could be field research," he surmises. "It's like killing two birds with one stone." He decides to have Thai cuisine for lunch. He steps inside but feels hesitant. The restaurant is full of female customers only. No, wait... there is one male customer - another lone wolf like himself...

#22 - One-Person Buffet of Kondo, Setagaya Ward, Tokyo

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/14/2018

Inogashira Goro (Matsushige Yutaka) was in Setagaya waiting at a tennis court for a client (Owada Baku) to finish playing a match with friends. Much to his chagrin, Goro who is not much into ball-based sports, obliged the client's request to practice swinging the racket... After their meeting, Goro managed to follow a somewhat vaguely drawn map towards Kyodo station. He felt hungry after experiencing relief from reaching the endpoint of the map. However, he was at a residential area with no shop within sight. By chance, he saw a sign outside a usual looking detached house. It read "Macina Mecina", a shop that offers buffet meals. Out of his "hunger's curiosity", he entered and got ushered in by the proprietress (Ishino Yoko). Goro began to enjoy the real pleasure of a buffet feast, determined to go over and taste each and every dish...

#23 - Sara Udon and Spring Rolls of Dogenzaka, Shibuya Ward, Tokyo

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/20/2017

Inogashira Goro (Matsushige Yutaka) who visited a club in Shibuya for business negotiations, is bewildered by the unfamiliar atmosphere of blaring loud music, mirror balls and dancing lights. Meeting with the club manager Saejima (Kubozuka Shunsuke), while surrounded by his staff members, Goro found it difficult to negotiate since they were all speaking in modern slang that only young people could understand. Feeling out of touch with today's youth, a frustrated Goro became hungry afterwards, and began searching for a shop. However, he had a hard time finding a place that piqued his interest, that is, until he found a Chinese restaurant called "Nagasaki Hanten" in a small alley in Dogenzaka. The shop's appearance reminded him of the old Shibuya. Plus, looking at the shop's display of gyoza and spring rolls, Goro felt he had found the right shop. He is ushered in by the proprietress (Kawakami Maiko) to a large red round table with a rotating top, which he shared with three other customers. Then, Goro had a distressing decision to make, which one should he order: Sara Udon or Champon? Crispy noodles or soft noodles?...

#24 - Conveyor Belt Sushi of Sangenjaya, Setagaya Ward, Tokyo

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/6/2017

Inogashira Goro (Matsushige Yutaka) was trying to enter a stained glass shop near Sangenjaya Station, when he noticed that store manager Aya (Yamashita Rio) was crying. Surprised at this unexpected scene, he hesitated to enter. After that, Goro heard the cause of Aya's tears. Later, her grandfather, Jiro (Wakabayashi Go) showed up and invited Goro to go fishing but... After leaving the shop, Goro got hungry and began looking for a shop at Suzuran Street. Here, he saw a conveyor belt sushi shop called "Daidokoya". Goro went inside, and immersed himself in the fun, revolving seafood carnival. Sushi of all shapes and toppings came into view in a little merry-go-round as Goro sat back and chose his meal. But a fierce battle is about to unfold... Later, bungling and cheerful fishing enthusiast, Hamazaki Densuke (Hamada Gaku) came in, lugging his fishing gear. He asked Goro what good food to order...

#25 - Chicken and Vegetable Herb Curry Soup of Mita, Meguro Ward, Tokyo

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/22/2017

Inogashira Goro (Matsushige Yutaka) is feeling nervous and excited over a possible big project of renovating interiors of guest rooms at a hotel in Meguro. Despite feeling confident, he was shocked when hotel executive Kudo (Yamazaki Shigenori) did not like his proposal. Kudo asks Goro to do it all over again. After the meeting, Goro walks around a residential area of Meguro in a daze, reflecting on what went wrong. Suddenly struck with hunger, he goes in search of a shop. He finds one with a huge statue of a cat at the entrance. The shop is called "Shania", a restaurant specializing in healthy "medicinal" soup curry and other Hokkaido-inspired dishes. Once inside, the shop clerk (Tanimura Mitsuki) hands him a menu, that explains step by step procedure on how to order soup curry...