Kurita and Yamaoka are dining out in an expensive French style restaurant with Sushimoto's Ms. Natsuko and her boyfriend Mr. Kitao. An old school friend of Kitao and son of the owner of a Ryōtei in Ginza, Yasutaka Ashida, also arrives at the restaurant. Ashida states that he has little interest in the family business and sends an expensive vintage wine to Kitao's table, but Kitao accuses him of being a spendthrift.
名門料亭の息子・足田が大金を使い遊び回っている。彼を振った女性が「もっと贅沢な暮らしがしたい」と言った反動で料理人の身に絶望したのだ。未だに彼を愛する婚約者・宿子は士郎に助けを求める。
