Kaiseki or Kaisei-ryori: is a traditional multi-course Japanese dinner.
Chilton in this episode describes someone as " a freshman pulling at a panty girdle," which is how Hannibal Lecter describes him in the movie The Red Dragon.
Bryan Fuller created the character Kade Prurnell, who first appears here, because he did not hold the rights to the character Paul Krendler from the original novels written by Thomas Harris. "Kade Prurnell" is an anagram of "Paul Krendler".