"Ota x Ishii DELA LOVER" is a variety show where Bakusho Mondai's Hikari Ota and TV Host Ryoji Ishii delve into the classics of the Tokai region! This time, it's a special on super-cheap gourmet food in Aichi. We'll be ranking Aichi's super-cheap, super-delicious gourmet foods that the show investigated, in order of price! (Prices are as of the time of filming)

Here are the 5th to 3rd places in "Aichi's Top 5 Super-Cheap, Super-Delicious Gourmet Foods"!
5th place: "Taishu Korean Sakaba Ifu" Korean Spicy Ramen Set in Naka Ward, Nagoya City
4th place: "Yakiniku Jingu" Kuroge Wagyu Raw Hamburg Steak in Atsuta Ward, Nagoya City
3rd place: "Nankaien" Authentic Chinese Daily Lunch in Higashi Ward, Nagoya City

Shockingly priced daily lunch offered by a "holy land of cost-performance gourmet"!

2nd place in "Aichi's Top 5 Super-Cheap, Super-Delicious Gourmet Foods" is "Mikakudo" in Kanie Town, Aichi.

The nearest station is Kintetsu Kanie Station, and the shop is run by 78-year-old owner Mr. Sato. For 51 years since its establishment, it has captivated customers with its super-cheap menu.

The taste is checked by Mr. Maguro Daimyojin, an expert in super-cheap gourmet food who knows all about Gifu's super-cheap gourmet. According to Mr. Maguro Daimyojin, Mikakudo is called the "holy land of cost-performance gourmet," and he had always wanted to visit it. He said, "The rumor of how incredibly cheap it is has reached even Gifu."

The customers' most recommended super-cheap menu item is the "Daily Lunch."

For the main dish, you can choose between yakisoba or okonomiyaki. It also comes with rice, miso soup, cabbage and lettuce salad, penne, taro stew, black beans, and even an orange. It's a hearty lunch with 8 items. By the way, beef stew was added to the daily lunch the next day.

Mr. Maguro Daimyojin, who tasted it, was very satisfied, saying, "The yakisoba has a light, sour sauce. It's a nostalgic taste! The noodles are chewy and super delicious! The boiled egg and penne salad, I thought it was mayonnaise, but it has mashed eggs in it. It's so much effort for such a cheap price!"

For this volume, the price is an astonishing 200 yen! It truly is the holy land of cost-performance gourmet.

According to Mr. Sato, he reduces the cost of ingredients by using ingredients he receives from acquaintances and vegetables he grows himself. Furthermore, since he operates in his own home, he doesn't have to pay rent, which is another reason why he can offer such low prices. After business hours, he visits three supermarkets to get good deals on ingredients.

In fact, items other than the lunch menu are also super-cheap. Takoyaki is 60 yen for 5 pieces. On the day of the interview, corn was used instead of octopus, and the price was 50 yen. A shocking price of 10 yen per piece!

Yakisoba, ordered separately, is 120 yen. Okonomiyaki with egg is 120 yen, and Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki with yakisoba is 150 yen. Taiyaki is 30 yen per piece, and there are three types: red bean paste, cream, and chocolate.

Even though it's already super-cheap, there's a way to buy it even cheaper! After 2:30 PM, close to closing time, Mr. Sato sometimes sells leftover items at a discount, depending on his discretion. On this day, the yakisoba that was 120 yen became 100 yen for two!

Furthermore, if it coincides with Mr. Sato's coffee break, he sometimes distributes sweets to customers. Mr. Sato said, "I am grateful that everyone is happy and comes even if they have to wait. I want to continue doing this as long as I live."

Mitarashi Dango with full of attention! What's the secret to its low price?

1st place in "Aichi's Top 5 Super-Cheap, Super-Delicious Gourmet Foods" is "Goo Seika," headquartered in Konan City, Aichi.

It is a dango specialty store with 15 branches mainly in Aichi and Gifu. For 28 years since its establishment, it has been loved for its overwhelmingly low prices and reliable taste.

Mr. Maguro Daimyojin highly recommends this super-cheap gourmet food, saying, "It feels like a time slip to the Showa era. It's like going back before the oil shock."

On this day, the 15th branch, the Tsushima store, opened. The Tsushima store operates by parking a food truck in the garden of a private house.

Goo Seika's "Mitarashi Dango" has large grains and is very satisfying to eat! On busy days, a total of about 20,000 sticks are sold across all 15 stores.

Mr. Maguro Daimyojin, who tasted it, smiled broadly and said, "It's chewy! The sweetness is strong, and the soy sauce flavor is subtle. It's thick, so it feels like you can just drink it! I might be able to eat about 10 sticks."

The price is an astonishing 30 yen per stick!

To investigate the secrets of the super-cheap mitarashi dango, we infiltrated the factory where all 15 stores' dango are made.

The raw material for the dango is specially ordered joshinko (rice flour) with fine particles. It has good water absorption, so it can make dango that remains soft even after time has passed. According to the second-generation president, Mr. Nakamura, they receive special flour at a low price with the cooperation of their suppliers.

Hot water is added to the joshinko to make the dough. According to Mr. Nakamura, the finished product changes depending on the amount of hot water, so it is "a really important process." On cloudy or rainy days, the flour absorbs moisture, so the amount of hot water is reduced. The amount of hot water is also adjusted depending on the season.

The dough, which is kneaded and steamed in a machine, is then put into the next machine, and dango on skewers comes out!

According to Mr. Nakamura, Goo Seika's dango is steamed one more time. This extra step of double steaming is the secret to the chewy and soft dango. It makes the dango easy for both the elderly and children to eat.

To prevent the finished dango from deteriorating, it is cooled not in a refrigerator, but with a fan. According to Mr. Nakamura, by cooling it slowly rather than rapidly, the surface does not crack, and beautiful dango can be made.

The dango, made with such care, is paired with a "secret sauce." This is the "heart of Goo Seika," a closely guarded secret that only four people, including Mr. Nakamura, can make.

According to Mr. Nakamura, "The sauce has been made with the same method and for the same amount of time since ancient times, and as much as possible by the same people, so the taste doesn't vary." Regarding the method, he said, "It contains soy sauce and sugar. Starch is added to thicken it, and it is processed in various ways to complete it. The contents are a trade secret."

From CBC TV "DELA LOVER" broadcast on May 20, 2026