Wakako Zake
Season 7 Episode 4 - A treat for hot days
Wakako (Takeda Rina) is wiping the sweat off her brow as she walks home from shopping on her day off. She stops in her tracks at a shop curtain with the words "eel and game" written on it. She happens to catch the eye of the store manager, who has just come out to see off some customers, and is led inside the store. Wakako is in the mood to eat eel, and the manager recommends the eel tempura with seaweed on top, which she orders along with a draft beer. It's a rare dish of eel tempura wrapped in nori seaweed. Wakako finishes it in no time and then moves on to the all-you-can-eat obanzai (traditional side dish). She also adds some sweet potato shochu water. The next day, Wakako brags about it at work...
Episodes in Season 7
Celebrating the Departure
24 min
Local Chinese food and family cuisine
23 min
Cheers to a journey through the Hyogo terroir!
23 min
A treat for hot days
23 min
The appeal of Kakuuchi
23 min
Taking on the world's hottest dishes
23 min
A newly opened, long-established store
23 min
Power up with meat
23 min
Drinking on a walk on paid leave
23 min
Traveling to Minamiboso with my mother
23 min
Marriage of happy loop
23 min
The joy of drinking outside
23 min