Mr. Okaboshi takes Yamaoka and Kurita to his friend Norio Tsugawa's tempura restaurant called Ginya. The patronage has declined since Norio took over following his father's his death and the playwright and famous gourmet Yasuichi Kawanishi, complains that the quality is not as good as that of Norio's father.
名人と言われた先代が死に、老舗天ぷら・銀屋は息子の則夫が継いだが客は極端に減った。腕は父親に劣らぬ彼ゆえに理由が判らず悩む。客の心理を見抜いた土郎は彼が先代を超える為の活路を発見！
