The Culture Department go to the inexpensive Ginyotei European restaurant for breaded oysters but find the chef Nakazato despondent. He believes that he cannot compete with the well-known owner/chef of Restaurant Che Murono, Hiroy Murono who also grew up in Sendai.
洋食「銀洋亭」の主人・中里は腕の良い料理人だが、同郷の天才シェフ・室野の記事、“フランス料理は洋食如きとは次の違う芸術だ”を読み強い劣等感に陥る。中里の自言を挽回するには?