Oishinbo

Synopsis

Mr. Okaboshi takes Yamaoka and Kurita to his friend Norio Tsugawa's tempura restaurant called Ginya. The patronage has declined since Norio took over following his father's his death and the playwright and famous gourmet Yasuichi Kawanishi, complains that the quality is not as good as that of Norio's father. Yamaoka maintains that the tempura is excellent, but suspects that people's expectations are too high. He suggests that Norio create his own nukadoko for preserving his vegetables to accompany the tempura and kakiage. He gets Norio to use high quality, unfertilised rice bran for the nukadoko and invites president Ohara and Kawanishi to try the new menu including tsukemono made using the nukadoko. They are greatly impressed by the meal, and Yamaoka explains that although Norio's tempura was as good as his father's, he had to go one step further with the accompanying tsukemono to be accepted. The result is a success and people flock back to Ginya.

(Source: Wikipedia)