Midnight Diner — 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.
Episodes

E01 Fried eggs and red wieners
★ 7.4Oct 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”.

E02 Cat Food
★ 7.0Oct 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.

E03 Ochazuke
★ 7.5Oct 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.”

E04 Potato Salad
★ 7.0Oct 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.

E05 Butter Rice
★ 7.0Nov 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.

E06 Katsudon
★ 7.0Nov 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.

E07 Egg Sandwich
★ 7.0Nov 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?

E08 Sauced Yakisoba
★ 7.0Nov 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.

E09 Grilled Aji (Horse mackerel)
★ 7.5Dec 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.

E10 Ramen
★ 7.8Dec 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.

