Solitary Gourmet 11 Episode 10 Draws Praise for Fried Food Sound Design
The episode's focus on sound design and the return of a signature BGM show how the long-running series continues to find new ways to engage its audience beyond the meal itself.
Key Facts
- Episode 10 of Solitary Gourmet Season 11 aired June 5 and takes place at FLYDAY, a horse mackerel cutlet specialty shop in Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture.
- Viewers praised the sound of freshly fried cutlets, calling it more exciting than bad ASMR.
- The series' song Electric Tundra played for the first time this season, prompting social media reactions like 'Haven't heard it in a while.'
- After the ending song, a mysterious track repeating the word 'Yagi' played, drawing confusion and amusement from fans.
- Episode 11 will feature a tuna garlic grilled set meal in Yokoshibahikari Town, Chiba Prefecture.
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Episode 10 of Solitary Gourmet Season 11 aired June 5, featuring a horse mackerel cutlet specialty shop in Ichihara City. Viewers highlighted the sound of freshly fried cutlets, calling it better than bad ASMR. The episode also brought back the series' familiar song Electric Tundra for the first time this season and ended with a mysterious goat-themed BGM.
Episode 10 of Solitary Gourmet Season 11, which aired late on June 5, takes place at FLYDAY, a horse mackerel cutlet specialty shop in Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture. The episode's sound design drew particular attention, with the sound of freshly fried cutlets prompting some viewers to call it more exciting than bad ASMR. The series' familiar song Electric Tundra, often called a sure-win BGM, played for the first time this season, leading to social media reactions like Haven't heard it in a while and Laughed when the execution BGM suddenly played after the commercial break. After the usual ending song, a mysterious track repeating the word Yagi played, drawing confusion and amusement from fans.
The meal itself was a two-type set meal of horse mackerel and frigate mackerel cutlets, with sides including simmered daikon, white eggplant cutlet, sweet long pepper cutlet, and a soft-boiled egg cutlet with tartar sauce. Goro, who calls himself a tartarist, enjoyed the shop's homemade tartar sauce. The episode ended with white eggplant cutlet curry, which Goro called a high-quality script fried drama. Viewers responded with comments calling it a big hit episode and noting that fried food episodes have no duds. Episode 11 will feature tuna garlic grilled set meal in Yokoshibahikari Town, Chiba Prefecture.
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