In this second episode in Kumamoto, host Yu Hayami visits chef Ai Hosokawa, a Kumamoto resident. Chef Hosokawa says that ingredients from Kumamoto have strong flavors, and she uses those flavors to make simple Italian-style dishes. She uses Kumamoto's famous horse meat and akaushi beef to make a tagliata sliced steak dish served with a sauce that uses plenty of fresh local strawberries - strawberries that have attracted international attention of late. She also makes fragrant and delicious gnocchi, served with a sauce made with aonori seaweed, a sea plant that grows in brackish water.
