Episode guide
Midnight Diner: Season 1
10 episodes · first aired Oct 9, 2009
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 Fried eggs and red wieners Oct 9, 2009 · 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 Cat Food Oct 16, 2009 · 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 Ochazuke Oct 23, 2009 · 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 Potato Salad Oct 30, 2009 · 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 Butter Rice Nov 6, 2009 · 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 Katsudon Nov 13, 2009 · 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 Egg Sandwich Nov 20, 2009 · 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 Sauced Yakisoba Nov 27, 2009 · 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 Grilled Aji (Horse mackerel) Dec 4, 2009 · 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 Ramen Dec 11, 2009 · 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.