Oishinbo Episode 56 - Yum Cha

Other Names: Oishinbo, The Gourmet, 美味しんぼ

Episodes: 60 / 136

Genre: Comedy, Gourmet, Slice of Life, Seinen

Type: TV

Show Info: Oishinbo

Episode 56 Plot: Daisaku Hoshimura, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, visits President Ohara at Touzai News. He asks Ohara to arrange an invitation to the Gourmet Club for the Chinese Vice Chairman Chen Yong Liong who is visiting Japan. Ohara pressures Yamaoka to ask his friend Tōyama to provide an invitation, but Kaibara refuses to serve politicians. Yamaoka approaches another Gourmet Club member, Mr Shu who is an old friend of Chen, to invite Kaibara to a special yum cha dinner and he eagerly accepts. Kaibara greatly enjoys the meal, but is surprised to find that the chef is in fact Vice Chairman Chen. Kaibara agrees to invite Chen to the Gourmet Club which is a diplomatic success, although Kaibara suspects that Yamaoka had a hand in the arrangement.