This episode pays tribute to cooking-themed anime series such as Ch?ka Ichiban and Yakitate!! Japan. Naruto, Choji and Sakura volunteer to help Teuchi, whose daughter Ayame was kidnapped by a band of cooking ninja. To save her they must come up with the ultimate ramen recipe. Teuchi tries to teach them how to cook, and the three take advantage of their ninja techniques to make the perfect bowl of ramen. When they rescue Ayame, she has grown fat due to being unable to resist the cooking ninjas’ food. To bring her to her regular self, she eats Teuchi’s diet ramen that appears to be designed to make people lose weight from eating it. The episode ends by showing almost every single female ninja in the show (even Temari) lined up for ramen. However, in the end it shows Teuchi eating the diet ramen and losing too much weight.