(from ebookjapan):
Edoya is an inn with the best reputation in Edo (Tokyo) for its excellent food, inexpensive rates, excellent service, and the lowest lodging fees. One day, they decide to take care of an old man who is out of bed. It seems that Tojiro, the chief keeper, remembers the old man. ......? ("Yokohama Edoya") Tokuzo, the chef at Edoya, an inn, is a talented chef. Hearing of his reputation, Kikuzen, a ryotei in Nihonbashi, offers him a job. However, Tokuzo offers the owner of Kikuzen "pickled daikon" ......! (Tokuzo's tongue is not in his mouth.) Five stories are included in this collection.