Sake Club June
Very late with this post, as the July’s batch of sake’s arrived last week and I am only just getting round to reviewing the June’s selection.
Well, the June’s batch were excellent with two of them scoring in the 90s (and the other one fairly close).
As always these… Continue reading
It’s Father’s Day in many western countries today, as it is in Japan and recently the Asahi Shinbun published a Father’s Day Special article where they asked 3277 dads (don’t know why it was that random number!) what was the best Father’s Day present…
Number one was : Appreciation From Their Kids
Which is nice.
Number 2 was… Continue reading
Bit late posting this as the June delivery is due tomorrow, but these are the 3 sake bottles that were delivered in May from my Sake Club here in Japan.
Sake Club for May
Again, they are all from the Slow Food Nippon 2009 contest, and they are (from left to right) … Continue reading
Back in November of last year I went to my first proper Sake Tasting which was held in the Kobe Sheraton Hotel on Rokko Island (a man-made island just off the coast of Kobe).
Nihonshu Festival 2009
I’ve been to informal tastings at sake breweries but I was intersted to see how a sake tasting… Continue reading
Many people know table salt is used in margharitas and tequila based cocktails but perhaps not many people know that salt is sometimes used when drinking Japanese sake (nihonshu).
Sake is sometimes served in a wooden box, called a “masu”.
Sake in a Masu with Salt
Sometimes this box is… Continue reading
