"Restaurant to Another World" was broadcast late at night. As you can see from the title, various dishes appear in this anime every episode, and the delicious appearance and the characters eating them with relish made viewers call it "food terrorism". So this time, we will introduce the dishes that appeared in the first season of the anime! Please watch it during the day when you won't be bothered by being hungry, not late at night (lol)
Beef Stew
The first dish to be commemorated is beef stew! It is the Red Queen's favorite food, and every week after closing, she comes to the store and takes home a pot full of beef stew. In the anime, she drank the soup first and then ate the vegetables with the soup, but when it comes to beef stew, the main ingredient is the chunky beef. When she put it in her mouth, she had no reaction, she just sighed and soaked in the aftertaste of the flavor.
Morning
The first meal that Aletta and the owner had together was breakfast. It was a simple staff meal that was not on the menu, but it was so delicious that she had seconds. Thick bread with butter, bacon and half-cooked scrambled eggs, and raw vegetable salad. Everything was so delicious that Aletta was moved.
Menchikatsu
The third dish was the menchikatsu from the daily set meal. When Sarah Gold, daughter of William Gold, who loved menchikatsu, came to Nekoya for the first time, she ordered this menchikatsu from the daily set meal because it was cheap. She took a bite and commented like a gourmet reporter, then poured sauce and lemon juice on it and had an even bigger reaction. After that, she had a second serving and finished off a total of four menchikatsu in one go. By the way, since it was a daily set, it also came with bread and soup, and she was so impressed with those that she had a second serving.
Fried shrimp
Fried shrimp is the favorite food of Sugita... or rather, Heinrich Seelemann. In this world, shrimp are called "Schreip" and were a common food in Seelemann's hometown. However, since they cannot be kept fresh, he has no chance to eat them since leaving his hometown... That's when he found this dish and ordered it without hesitation. With one bite, the sea of his hometown is right in front of him. Moreover, it is thicker and more plump than the schreip in this world, and after adding tartar sauce, he can't stop eating it. He was in a hurry to inform the fortress of the big crisis, but ended up eating 4 plates of large fried shrimp (8 pieces in total).
Meat Sauce
Thomas Alfeid, a merchant who brings ingredients from another world to Nekoya, likes spaghetti with meat sauce. He has been coming to Nekoya for about 30 years and is actually one of the regulars. In the anime, he comes to Nekoya with his grandson. He orders spaghetti with meat sauce, and then his grandson eats various things and the same pasta, Neapolitan, becomes his favorite. Based on this pasta, Thomas makes a pasta dish in the other world, and although the taste is inferior, it still becomes the kingdom's signature dish as "Knight's Sauce". This leads to negotiations with the royal family, and Thomas' Alfeid Company grows from a small company to the largest company in the royal capital.
Chocolate Parfait
The first dessert to appear in this work is a chocolate parfait. When Adelheid was a child, her grandfather brought her to Nekoya once, and she remembered that time and said she wanted to eat "clouds", and the owner, who remembered this, served her a chocolate parfait. Adelheid is the first princess of the empire and has always lived a life of luxury, but the fact that she doesn't know about fresh cream means that it doesn't exist in the other world. Adelheid had no appetite and couldn't even eat sweets, but she quickly snacked on the chocolate parfait, remembering her childhood. She had been depressed by her illness, but from this day on she regained her energy.
Omurice
Omurice (omelette) is a favorite food of the lizardmen who live in the swamp. Lizardmen look like a cross between a human and a lizard, and have large, muscular bodies. Gaganpo, who comes to the restaurant as a representative, orders omurice, but... the narration is really into it in this episode! (laughs) Gaganpo can barely speak, so the narrator explains the dishes step by step, but he goes into great detail about the dishes. By the way, he eats omurice at the restaurant, but he always takes home three omelets.
Tofu Steak
The dish that made the elf Faldania regret it was tofu steak. He ordered a dish that had no meat, fish, milk, or eggs, and the owner made it specially for him as a menu of his choice. Since bonito flakes cannot be used, the only seasoning is kelp stock and ponzu sauce with grated daikon radish. When I heard the words "light but still satisfying," I thought, "Is this okay to eat even late at night?" Fardania was so shocked by this dish that she decided to go on a journey to make a dish that was even more delicious than Nekoya's.
Pork cutlet bowl
After being defeated by Alexander and becoming a gladiator slave, Lionel's favorite food is pork cutlet bowl. Before his first match, he happened to find the door to Nekoya and said the words "I want to eat meat" and "This is a dish that will help me win a fight," so the previous owner served him a katsudon. When he first ate it, he screamed at how delicious it was. He ate so well that the owner made him a refill, and he ate a total of five katsudons. After that, Lionel continued to fight in the arena to eat katsudon at Nekoya, and is now known as the "Lion King" and has become a living legend.
Pudding a la mode
Victoria Samanarch, the witch princess of the principality, likes pudding a la mode. He learned about Nekoya when Artorias (Loin Cutlet) took him there, and he has tried all the desserts on the menu. His favorite is the pudding a la mode. He eats the cream, fruit, and ice cream in that order, and finally the pudding. He calls the pudding the "supreme combination," and he takes home four when he visits the store.
Sandwich
The incident that broke out in the First Sandwich War. Usually, each person eats their favorite dish and goes home satisfied... but on this day, a fight broke out over "what tastes best when made into a sandwich." At first, they were arguing over whether the minced meat cutlet sandwich or the shrimp cutlet sandwich was tastier, but when Tatsugorou and Artorias stepped in to stop them, the argument became heated. This added fuel to the fire, and even Neapolitan and fruit sandwiches joined in.
Potato Butter
Potato Butter is a simple dish of the "Baron's Fruit" found in the other world. Before coming to Nekoya, Aletta had been eating raw Baron's Fruit, so she didn't have a very good impression of it. However, after eating the steamed potato butter, her opinion changed. From that day on, the "Baron's Fruit," which was the only food he ate to stay alive, changed to his favorite food, "Potatoes." Since it's easy to make, he tries to make it himself even after returning to the other world.
Curry Rice
For 20 years, Alphonse, who had been alone on an isolated island in the middle of the ocean, loved curry rice! The only thing he enjoyed on the isolated island was curry rice at Nekoya, which appeared once every seven days. In the anime, it took him a while to find the door after being rescued, and he was excited to have curry rice for the first time in three months. I couldn't even wait for the food to be brought after ordering, and I was rushing Aletta (lol)
Chicken curry
On the day Alphonse came to Nekoya for the first time in three months, chicken curry was served as a "tasting of a new curry". It was made to be much spicier (super spicy) than normal curry, and if you ate it with just the roux, you would have to hurry and drink water or you would not be able to bear the spiciness. This chicken curry was the first dish Kuro ate at Nekoya, and after that, he started working there, using chicken curry as a wage.
Hamburger
Hamburger is the favorite menu of mermaid Arte. Mermaids don't spend money, but when Roukei, who saved her from the storm, said "I'll do anything to thank you," she immediately replied "ten silver coins" to eat the hamburger. Later, she brought Roukei to Nekoya and ordered a demi-glace hamburger. She was so hungry that she started eating as soon as the food was placed on the table.
Fried Seafood
The two dwarf men's favorite foods are fried seafood and alcohol. Gillem, the dwarf's best sake brewer, introduced Nekoya to Garem as a place that serves good sake and fish, and the two became regulars. The seafood fries on this day were cod, squid rings, and scallops. They showed such an intense reaction that they couldn't help but say, "Shut up!" The dwarves were big eaters and big drinkers. They drank large mugs of beer in one go several times and ordered four plates of fried seafood each.
Crepes
Crepes are what captivated the smallest fairies in this film. When the fairies were having trouble deciding what to order, Victoria gave them advice and they ordered crepes with mixed fruit. However, the crepes were too big for the little fairies. However, when Aletta cut them into small pieces, the fairies skillfully made small crepes and ate them. From that day on, the fairies came to eat crepes every week, but after three months, rumors spread, and it seems that riots were about to break out over who would be coming this week.
Natto Spaghetti
In some ways, the natto spaghetti was the least appetizing dish in the series. It was delicious, but I think it was a dish that people either loved or hated. It can't be helped, since the person who ordered it was an elf who can't eat meat or fish...Fardania, who ate natto pasta for the first time, immediately realized that natto went well with rice, and the natto spaghetti episode became half natto rice episode.
Carpaccio
Siren Iris and Arius ordered tuna carpaccio. In the other world, Sirens are the only ones who eat uncooked fish, so they surprised Aletta by saying, "I want to eat raw fish that is neither boiled nor grilled." The two were very satisfied after eating the tuna carpaccio that was served to them. They built a nest near the door and settled there, becoming regular customers at Nekoya.
Curry bread
The curry bread was not homemade, but was simply a deep-fried dish that was given to him, and it appeared with lassi. The narrator of this episode was Kuro. In the chicken curry episode, he ate with great concentration without giving any comments, but in this episode, he did a food review by himself and ate with satisfaction. Overall, Kuro preferred the spicy chicken curry, but he also seemed to like the combination of lassi and curry bread, and he kept asking for seconds to keep up with the other two.
Pork Soup
Pork Soup is a dish that is only served on Meat Day (the 29th) of every month. The 29th only comes once a month (February 9th in February?), and it is an extremely rare and phantom soup that can only be eaten on the Saturday when the door to the other world appears. (Sara and Seeleman, who appeared in the 2nd episode, also ate it for the first time in the final episode.) The usual miso soup has been upgraded to pork soup, and it is free of charge. All the customers who visited the restaurant ordered pork soup. In this work, it is a slightly unusual pork soup with butter on top of the pork soup with chunky ingredients.
Croquette
The last dish in the first season is croquette. The first emperor Wilheim loved croquettes so much that he was called "croquette", but he had already passed away by the time the main story began. Therefore, even though the name "croquette" was mentioned, croquettes did not appear as a dish... but in the final episode, it was Alexander, one of the Four Heroes and Wilheim's father, who ordered croquettes.
Summary of dishes that appeared in the anime
So far, we have introduced the dishes that appear in "Restaurant to Another World," but there are also many other delicious dishes that do not play a central role in the story, such as pork cutlet and teriyaki. Which dish did you most want to eat? By the way, my favorite was the chicken curry (lol)
