This was a funny, pointless episode. Nearly half of it was spent debating the worthiness of tsukemen, as opposed to plain old, run of the mill ramen; you see, the former has its noodles served seperately from its accompanying soup, while the latter is everything in one big bowl; a key difference! Both sides have their virtues and Naruto is adamant that his beloved ramen is better, but the chefs have already taken it off their menu and refuse to serve anything but tsukemen (Naruto’s loud complaints that the ‘customer is always right’ falls on deaf ears, or rather, is met with the sound logic that, sometimes, the customer doesn’t know what’s good for him). In a fine end to an already fun scene, Kakashi sweet-talks dear Yamato into footing the bill!
