After a day of hunting, they have failed to capture any game, they have become separated from their guide, and their dogs suddenly collapse; appearing dead.
The hungry gentlemen, though unnerved, enter the restaurant to encounter a series of doors that open before and close behind them.
Later signs bear commands (the Japanese 注文 chūmon having the same two senses as the English "orders") instructing the men to undress and rub themselves with strange substances.
All the while, growing hungrier and colder, the men speculate about the fine food and diners they expect to find in a restaurant so discerning.
In a deus ex machina, their previously thought to be dead dogs return to fight the demons lying behind the final door and the house vanishes into mist.