Season 1

Each night a midnight diner serves up just four dishes, but customers aren't really there for the food: They've come for advice and a sympathetic ear.

1. 

   1. Fried eggs and red wieners

   2009-10-09 · 25m

   The stern-faced master of this diner only wields his knife from midnight to 7 am. The yakuza Ryu has been a regular since he tasted the “red wieners”.

2. 

   2. Cat Food

   2009-10-16 · 25m

   Struggling singer Miyuki orders her favorite “nekomamma”. Master recalls another regular who is a lyricist. He later writes her a song as a gift.

3. 

   3. Ochazuke

   2009-10-23 · 25m

   Miki, Rumi and Kana meet at the diner to eat “ochazuke” (hot tea over rice) and gab about men. Master secretly calls them the “ochazuke sisters.”

4. 

   4. Potato Salad

   2009-10-30 · 25m

   Master starts each night by making potato and macaroni salad. A recent regular and charismatic porn star has become a fan of his potato salad.

5. 

   5. Butter Rice

   2009-11-06 · 25m

   Komichi brings food critic Toyama to the diner, who kills the mood. Goro comes for his usual butter rice which turns Toyama into a weekly patron.

6. 

   6. Katsudon

   2009-11-13 · 25m

   Boxer Kacchan always eats katsudon (pork cutlet over rice) after a win. He falls in love with another regular Akemi. A big match suddenly comes up.

7. 

   7. Egg Sandwich

   2009-11-20 · 26m

   Hopeful star Risa meets struggling student and newspaper delivery boy Nakajima at the diner. They share an egg sandwich together. Could this be love?

8. 

   8. Sauced Yakisoba

   2009-11-27 · 25m

   Ex-idol Rinko visits the diner. Her former fan club members get excited when they hear she ate a plate of pan-fried noodles topped with a fried egg.

9. 

   9. Grilled Aji (Horse mackerel)

   2009-12-04 · 23m

   Yachiyo, an older lady, visits the diner two days in a row. She becomes friends with Marilyn the stripper and they go out clubbing together.

10. 

    10. Ramen

    2009-12-11 · 26m

    Gen, who usually comes with his “big bro” Ryu, is alone tonight when he orders ramen. He then stabs the leader of an opposing gang and disappears.