To become true friends, you need to dine together again and again...
And take a long time to understand the others' temper.
In France, there's a proverb to express that.
"You must eat together..."
"One plain tripe, roughly 39 liters of salt..."
"To understand well that person."
Thanks for waiting!
Today, we have Himalaya meat half-size for 2~4 people from Himalaya Bar, Tsukiji store!
Amazing!
Can we finish all of this?
No problem at all.
I'm digging in!
Ah... I'm digging in!
Oh~!
Official Residence Chef
Ichiki Kurumi
Uh, this is so good!
Chef
Tamura Tomokazu
At a restaurant in Nishi-Azabu...
Uh!
You can order Risotto which was served at Grande Maison of Prime Minister's residence...
Everyday, there's a long waiting line.
It's a hot topic that at the dining at Official Residence's Grande Maison...
They serve foods that have Prime Minister Ato's messages attached to them.
It's really delicious.
The Official Residence's foods are really delicious.
You guys are amazing.
Shall I follow in their footsteps? (Lit. said: Shall I get the dirt under their fingernails?)
The Official Residence's Grande Maison is now in the mist of attention throughout Japan.
You would like to come here once, right?
That's it from Nishi-Azubu's on location report.
Thanks for the food.
- Thanks for your patronage! - Thanks for the food.
See you tomorrow.
Okay. Good night.
Good night.
What do you want with me?
Prime Minister
Ato Ichiro
Terrible thing has fallen upon us.
Prime Minister's Private Secretary
Koga Seiji
GuRaMe!
~Prime Minister's Cook~
He's François Roussel, Paris Mayor.
The mayor is in Japan.
He has contacted me asking if Prime Minister can somehow make time for him today at noon.
That's sudden. What is his purpose?
During his visit this time, the mayor is shocked by Japanese children's partial food environment.
He said that he wants to have a talk with Prime Minister on food education.
In that case, should we think of a menu with food education as the theme?
No... That's not it.
Eh?
Mayor Roussel said that...
He wants his good friend Mito Kohei, Resprentative of Mito Restaurant Group to manage the dining.
Official Residence Office Staff
Sakurai Asuka
(Mito Restaurant Group's first international store!)
He wants Mito-san to manage... What does that mean?
He will prepare the ingredients, think of the menu, and bring his chefs here.
Oh? That's President Mito.
President.
President Mito, what brings you here?
Mito Restaurant Group's President
Mito Kohei
Then, what should we do?
Mito bears a grudge against Prime Minister Ato.
14 years ago, when Prime Minister was a key member in the Diet...
He strictly condemned mislabelling foods.
Because of that, Mito Group had suffered great loss back then.
Holding a grudge because of that...
That's completely unjustified resentment!
Therefore, he's vicious.
You will enter the kitchen as his assistants.
Report to me if he does anything funny.
Spy?
You can go.
Mito Restaurant Group has created many restaurants from family restaurants to high class restaurants...
And from Japanese style to Chinese and Western style.
Mito-san is certainly the king of Japan's restaurants.
Ah, if I'm not mistaken, 4 years ago he ran for the election for Tokyo Governor.
(With "foods", energy will overflow in Tokyo)
- Tokyo Governor... - Yeah.
There's rumor that he'll run for the next election.
Perhaps, he's putting on the performance for that?
You're too slow!
Too slow, slow, slow, slow!
Isn't the fire too low?
Yes, sir.
Don't cut it too small.
Yes, sir.
The scum, remove the scum.
Yes, sir.
Your preparations are bad!
Yes, sir!
Oh god...
He's a tyrant just as the rumor has it.
For god's sake...
Ah, hello.
Could it be you're the Official Residence's chef...?
I'm Ichiki Kurumi.
I'm Tamura. Nice to meet you.
We don't need that kind of greeting
It's just a waste of our time, right?
We already know this is our first meeting.
Best regards.
Too slow, too slow!
Don't waste even just 1 second.
"TIME IS LIFE!". Time is life.
Not shiitake mushroom! Do the other mushroom first!
Yes, sir.
We're his assistants and also watchdogs.
Well, he can't ask Kiyosawa-san to do something like this.
Official Residence Grand Dining Hall Head Chef
Kiyosawa Haruki
Mayor Roussel...
Oh, hi, hi! I've been waiting for you!
- Bonjour Mr. Mito. - Bonjour. Bonjour.
This way...
Today, the chefs that I'm proud of have taken the place of the Official Residence's chef.
Mayor of Paris
François Roussel
I would like Mayor Roussel and Prime Minister Ato to taste the foods that take on food education as the theme.
Now! Please this way.
Toyo TV Broadcast's Reporter
Tachibana Yuko
The Official Residence's chef is not in charge of Prime Minister's dining...?!
Grande Maison has been hijacked?
Eh?
Thank you very much for listening to my request today.
My pleasure.
I also regard highly the role of foods.
Therefore, I've opened this Official Residence's Grande Maison.
It's really not here.
What should we do? Should we go and get it?
Can we make it?
That's impossible.
We're doomed...
What's wrong?
We can't find the rabbit, our main ingredient.
What?!
(Main - Rabbit Loin stuffed with mushroom)?
(Rabbit Loin)
Today, I would like Prime Minister Ato to deepen your understanding on food education.
Foods are life!
I want to support the children who will carry Japan's future on their shoulders with foods.
That's my feeling.
I think that is a wonderful thought.
Please excuse me.
Seems like the first dish has been finished promptly.
President...
Really?!
Yes.
Okay.
I'm sorry.
Please excuse me for a moment.
What the hell is this?!
The main ingredient wasn't delivered?!
That's impossible.
I've arranged for it to be delivered here this morning.
What happens?!
I've inquired about it. Seems like last night someone called and cancelled the order.
What? Who did such a thing...?!
We're still investigating about that.
Ah!
Ato...
It must be Prime Minister Ato.
He did that to make me lose face! {
I don't think that's the case.
The Prime Minister doesn't have that kind of free time.
What did you say?!
It's just as Ichiki said.
What would Prime Minister gain for doing that?
Whoever responsible for this...
A disgrace at the Official Residence's Grande Maison is our disgrace.
Then, what should we do?
We can't call off the dining now!
Ichiki.
Yes, sir.
Ichiki-kun?
What's wrong with your hand?
Ah, it's okay...
Hey... Hey, hey!
Ichiki-kun. Don't try too hard.
I said, don't try too hard!
Ah...
Oh...
Can you lend me your strength?
You invited those people who wouldn't understand what a holy place the Official Residence's kitchen is in.
And this is the result of the hijack?
I'm not going to get involved with your farce.
Why don't you wipe your own butts yourself?
It takes rather a long time, isn't it?
I'm terribly sorry for the wait, sir.
I'm used to waiting.
It took 30 years before I became Prime Minister.
Can't you think of something?
Without the main ingredient, there's nothing we can do.
Tamura. Immediately boil the water!
Ah... Yes.
Ichiki. Wash the vegetables.
Yes, sir.
Cut onion, carrot, and celery into 1 cm pieces.
Yes, sir.
- Excuse me... - I'll cook for this dining.
I have no intention to make you lose face.
Please take this as the foods you people have cooked.
The mayor is waiting. Hurry up.
Yes, sir.
Thank you for waiting.
Stop it.
Please.
Tripes-a-la-mode (Beef tripe and boiled vegetables)
This is tripes-a-la-mode.
The food smells good.
I'm digging in.
Bon appétit.
This is delicious.
It's very delicious.
This is from Mito-san...
So you must be very picky about the origin of the ingredients, right?
Yes, of course.
The cabbage is from Tsumagoi, Gunma.
The carrot is from Fukaura, Aomori.
The daikon is from Furano, Hokkaido.
...That's right.
Wonderful.
Moreover, the cabbage's core, the carrot's and daikon's skin and leaves are thoroughly used.
The core and skin of vegetables are often discarded...
But, in fact, they have unexpected high nutritional value.
I can't believe it.
It's easy to throw them away.
However, ingredients also have life.
Teaching people to carefully use them is also food education, right?
I also agree with Mayor Roussel's thoughts on food education.
Foods are life.
Therefore, I think that what's most essential is peace of mind and trust.
Mito-san.
Before, I strictly condemned mislabelling foods...
Was because of that thought. And now it hasn't changed.
Let's deepen our understanding on food education and continue to provide peace of mind.
Mayor Roussel.
How was the dining?
It's a great success. Prime Minister Ato is splendid.
Oh~
President Mito.
What did you serve in the dining?
Tripes-a-la-mode.
Dammit...
You just wait!
You made that, right?
Oh mind...
I'm glad that we've got by somehow.
But Koga-san of a little while ago was amazing.
What's wrong?
It was presumptuous of me to do that.
Pretty much...
Excuse me, sir.
Tripe.
Tripe (Beef Tripe)
It's the smell that left on your fingertips when you removed the skin of raw tripe.
Who on earth are you?
Hashimoto...!
Did you cancel the ingredient?
You did such a stupid thing!!
Like I'll let you to be the only one success!
What did you say?!
What?
This is your revenge for being fired after embezzling the sale?!
This is absurd even for unjustified resentment!!
- You shut up! - You shut up!
Shut up! Shut up!
That's enough!
Don't ever appear in front of me again. Take him away!
Yes, sir.
What are you doing?! Let go of me!
You remember this!
Shut up!
I'll come at you again!
The hell!
You just wait!
Everyone does nothing but to get in my way!
Hot!
Yes!
Excuse me.
This time, investigate the man called Koga Seiji, Prime Minister's Private Secretary for me.
I want to know everything.
Yes sir.
Thank you very much for today.
Is your hand okay?
The pain will likely disappear in 2 ~ 3 days.
I'm sorry for troubling you.
Sir!
Koga-san. There's something I want to ask you.
It's about the dish tripes-a-la-mode.
What is it?
I know that there were clove, black pepper, and rosemary in that sauce...
But no matter how much I think I couldn't identify the last one.
Lemon zest.
Lemon zest...
I see.
That's the secret to the taste.
Well...
Koga-san, could it be you were the chef at Teito Hotel?
I had worked at the same place with Teito Hotel's chef before.
The way you made it was the same.
That's right.
I was right! What a waste of talent!
"A waste of talent"?
No... Because you were very skillful.
It's truth that 14 years ago, I worked at Teito Hotel's restaurant.
Excuse me, sir.
Years Ago
I was the one in charge of cooking.
I'm sorry for asking to see you.
By all means, I want to say my greeting to the one who made this tripes-a-la-mode...
It was very delicious.
Thank you very much, sir.
After I quit Totei Hotel's restaurant, Prime Minister Ato picked me up.
So that's what happened.
That's all.
As expected, that Private Secretary was a cook.
This is the official profile of Koga Seiji.
It didn't mention that he was a cook.
Yes.
Why did he hide it?
They're the guys who would lie.
I see!
This guy's good.
Contact Ato. Right now!
Yes, sir.
Time is life.
Do you want a refill for the coffee, sir?
Ah, thank you.
- Good morning. - G'morning.
You're late. Prime Minister has been waiting for you.
Good morning, sir.
I'm sorry for suddenly dropping in.
What's the matter, sir?
Today, Mito-san will pay a visit here.
Eh?
Him again?
I want to leave the meal to you because you know what happened previously.
But usually, it's Koga-san who contact us...
I've decided to keep Koga-kun out of this.
Eh?
What does this mean?
I didn't hear anything about your dining with Mr. Mito today.
Because I didn't tell you.
He personally contacted me.
It's a private matter so I think that it's okay for not telling you.
Take it easy.
Prime Minister...
How about you go on a trip for about a week?
You hardly take any days off, right?
Excuse me.
Ah... sorry, Koga-kun. I have something to talk with Riko.
Excuse me, sir.
Prime Minister's daughter
Ato Riko
What engagement did you want to talk about?
Huh?
Seems like it's already over, isn't it?
President Mito.
You just had a dining here yesterday.
What will you talk with Prime Minister today?
Well...
After I've enjoyed the foods of Grande Maison...
I'll will take my time and report to you.
Look forward to it!
Yes. I got it.
Mito-san has already arrived.
Nothing comes to mind yet?
Hey, you can't think of anything?
Ah~ I can't get used to this pounding in my chest.
I can't enjoy this pressure anymore!
How much details did Prime Minister tell you about today's dining?
I can't tell you.
Prime Minister told me to not talk to Koga-san about this matter.
As expected, his target is me.
Hi.
Ichiki.
Yes.
Take care of Prime Minister and Grande Maison.
No matter what.
Just now...
Eh?!
After I quit Teito Hotel's restaurant...
Prime Minister Ato picked me up.
As expected, his target is me.
I've decided to keep Koga-kun out of this.
Take care of Prime Minister and Grande Maison.
Let the cooking start!
Today, we'll go with this.
Okay!
Prime Minister.
I've just got here...
But there's one thing that I have to tell you.
What?!
Ah... okay.
Mito-san can only be here for 30 minutes.
I'm terribly sorry.
Some work has suddenly come up.
You're still busy as usual.
So, Prime Minister...
I'll briefly get down to business.
What is it?
What should we do?
We can't make it in 30 minutes!
Anyway, just do it.
Ah... Ah...
It's about Secretary Koga's personal history...
There is fabrication, right?
Tamura-san, how many minutes are left?
28 minutes!
Oh no, oh no~!
Well, I met Koga-kun when he was working as a chef at Teito Hotel's restaurant.
From what I've investigated...
After Koga-san graduated from university, he studied cooking at a technical school.
After that, he worked as chef at Teito Hotel.
However...
On his official profile, that piece of personal history was completely left out.
Why is that?
He thought it's not directly related to the job of a Minister's secretary, didn't he?
That's not it, wasn't it?
Wasn't this Grande Maison created from his proposal?
Right now, this Official Residence's Grande Maison is the restaurant that attracts the most attention in Japan.
From water, ingredients, to kitchen utensils which are being used here...
All suppliers compete for the interest of providing them, right?
Basically...
Right now, this place is the center of the power.
And the one in charge of it is a former chef...
Secretary Koga.
Another 23 minutes...
This is hopeless... Let's give up.
This is also his target!
He purposely make us can't make the food in time so the dining at Grande Maison will be a failure.
We'll absolutely make it in time.
How will we do it?
At this rate, we can't possibly...
I'll go and ask for help.
To whom?
...Why?
How many times are left?
23 minutes.
What's the menu?
You'll lend us a hand?
Do not misunderstand.
It's intolerable that the food which is made in this inadequate condition...
Is considered to be the Official Residence's representative.
Hurry up, hurry up!
Yes, chef.
Thank you very much!
Well, whatever the truth is...
If it comes to light that he had concealed his personal history...
The media and the public will suspect all kinds of things.
Isn't he using Grande Maison to accept bribe from everywhere and fill his own pocket?
And such...
How should I take that?
Is it a threat?
No...
That's not my intention.
Well... to put it simply...
This is... cooperation.
...Cooperation?
Nakata-san.
Why is Kiyosawa-san helping that woman?
You don't know anything, do you?
Kiyosawa-san doesn't allow anyone to make fun of the Official Resident's cooks.
12 minutes left.
Okay.
Actually, I want to run again in the next Tokyo gubernatorial election.
Therefore...
I would like to have your support.
But I remember the last time you ran, you received recommendation from the opposition party.
However, as expected, opposition party is still just opposition party.
In exchange for covering up Koga-kun's personal history...
I will support you?
Yes.
Wouldn't this benefit both of us?
There's 9 minutes left!
I'm sorry but I will have to leave in 5 minutes.
It's too bad that I can't try the food that you're proud of.
Well then, Prime Minister.
Will you give me your answer already?
Please excuse us.
We're sorry to have kept you waiting.
I'm glad that you made it.
We still have 5 minutes.
By all means, please enjoy the food.
Excuse me, sir.
This is pigeon baked in salt and ginger flavor parcel, garnished with watercress salad.
Let's eat.
How is it?
It tastes...
Wonderful.
We stuffed mushrooms and ginkgo nuts inside pigeon's stomach.
Then we wrapped it in a mixture of table salt, white flour, white eggs, and ginger.
And baked it in the oven.
You've baked it perfectly.
But you can't see the state of the inside...
Can you measure the time?
No, we can't.
The weight of the meat, the condition of the oven, and the temperature...
Cooking time will change on various conditions.
Then, how?
The essential is courage and decisiveness.
With bake in parcel technique, you can't open and check the condition while baking.
In other words, it's a one-shot game.
What's needed is the courage and decisiveness to turn of the heat the moment you think...
"This is it".
We have 2 minutes.
I will get right to the point.
I won't give in to your threat.
Koga-kun didn't write any lie in his personal history.
Well then, it's okay for me to expose it, right?
14 years ago...
Teito Hotel where he worked at...
That place was also denounced for fraudulently claiming of food's origin.
That's because he had leaked the information to you.
While Secretary Koga had a hand in the fraudulent claiming of origin...
He betrayed his colleagues and came to you.
And you, with Teito Hotel as a start...
You began to expose a number of our mislabeling foods...
You made a name and landed the seat of Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
After Koga-kun noticed about the fraudulent claiming of origin...
He tried to stop them many times.
But the hotel didn't listen to him.
That's why he accused it to me.
The public won't look at it so favorably, you know.
However the public may think about it...
The truth is the truth.
I respected his courage and decisiveness at that time.
Even so...
If you still want to make a fuss about it...
Be my guest.
However...
The many acts that you have done behind the scenes to gather funds for the election...
And got your hand dirty investigating people around me...
I will make everything public.
Time's up.
You can take your leave.
President, how was the dining?
What did you talk with Prime Minister...?
Shut up!
Shut up! Shut up!
What was that?
I don't know...
But in any case, that's not the caliber of a Tokyo Governor.
Your food has reminded me clearly the feeling of that time...
When I thought I will do it with Koga-kun.
Thank you.
You're welcome, sir.
Then, Koga-san...
I'm glad.
Excuse me.
Prime Minister... I'm terribly sorry that I've caused you trouble.
Please accept this.
(Resignation Letter)
There's no end to people who would suspect my past like Mito to appear any moment again.
One day, my existence will put Ato's Cabinet into danger.
Koga-kun...
Did you make up your mind?
Thank you for taking care of me, sir.
You won't go back being a cook anymore?
"If you want to build a ship..."
"You won't tell people steps of how to build a ship..."
"Rather, you will tell them to adore the big sea which spreads endlessly."
Those are words of French writer, Saint-Exupéry, right?
Thanks for the hard work.
Hi.
Koga-san.
Are you interested in politics?
Eh?
I want to change this society in which honest people feel like idiots.
Will you lend me your strength?
I was asked to show Prime Minister the sea.
Prime Minister.
You can see the sea wherever you are.
Be careful not to become stagnant.
Thank you very much, sir.
What should we do?
We can't make it in 30 minutes!
I will take responsibility for the disturbance this time and resign.
I'm sorry for the confusion.
For one last time...
Please give Ichiki a hand and save Prime Minister.
No matter what, we will keep standing at our spot to carry out our professional duty.
That is the dignity of a chef.
I'm not a chef.
If you leave this place...
I will immediately request Prime Minister to close down the Official Residence's Grande Maison you've created.
That's all.
(Resignation Letter)
After This: Prime Minister's replacement day
I'm digging in.
So good!
Final Episode
Final Episode's Preview
Prime Mimister.
Prime Minister
Will we tell each other whether we will step back or not?
New Prime Minister Candidate
It's a failure to have collapsed at that place.
Prime Minister Change?!
Oficial Residence's Grande Maison Close down?!
When will the Official Residence's Grande Maison be closed down?
What are you doing, Ichiki-kun?!
A shocking ending
awaits!
I'm washing the dishes...
Seems like Ichiki-kun has disappeared.