Anything in the daiginjo range of sake grade (a more tumbled rice grain) should always be served cold. The problem with sake is, unlike wine, there is no good inexpensive sake. You have to shell out the bucks for a chilled glass...

If you go to Kisaku, treat your mom (and yourself) to some Gekkakow daiginjo sake. If Nishino, the Kuramatsu sake is a decent one to start with.

), and that fabulous 45-minute slow-poached egg with the broth and kobe. The desserts were killer too as was the sake we had (one was a bottle of Ken Daiginjo, the other maybe Honjyozo?), and the “Enter the Dragons”,...

think local restaurant buyers, and he split his attention.) My favorite was Fukuju, a junmaishu from Kobe. Had character but was still pretty smooth. Also, I liked Urakasumi (i think daiginjo-i forgot to write it down), which had...

, Kona Kompachi, Bluefin Tuna, Hirame and the Sake Wakatake Onikoroshi Junmai Daiginjo Shizuoka-Prefecture, as well as the Melody of Summer (Goat cheese with olive oil sauce) and the Manzanilla Papirusa Emilio Lustau. I regretted...

, fruity, sweeter ginjo and daiginjo. Several Bay Area restaurants were providing food for the event in the form of little tasters and appetizers. Here are my notes about some of them... Hana 101 Golf Course Dr. (Rohnert Park Phone:...

Four of us ate at Oga last night. Ordered the $45/person omakase – both sashimi and sushi, a bottle of dai-ginjo sake, and finished off with some noodles an oyako ochazuke and chawanmushi. Certainly a very expensive treat...

The combination doesn’t sound good to me. The best wine match with a seared foie gras is something like a Sauternes or Coteaux du Layon. My favorite kind of sake — Junmai Daiginjo — is too dry to go with seared...

smooth Daiginjo sake. 1. Tuna tartare with Osetra caviar served with a berry type fruit I still can’t identify (looked sort of like a raspberry but with a pit within – tasted sweet tart and....different.) Very tasty...

or group of Sake brewers from Japan, all of which I had never tasted before. From the first booth in this section, the first Sake we tried was also my favorite of the evening: Dassai Junmai Daiginjo Sake from Yamaguchi Prefecture,...

Hamachi with Tomatoes, Melon, and Cucumber; Sesame-Balsamic. Paired with Junmai Daiginjo Sake, Shimizu-No-Mai “Pure Dusk”. Akita Japan Second Course: Seared Fois Gras with Asian Pear Coulis and Lentils; Vanilla Bean...

Laurenti’s in Seattle Wagyu: conventional wisdom would be that red would work better (an Amarone perhaps) but if you must have sake, maybe a rich sake readily available at Uwajimaya in Seattle like Gekkeikan Horin daiginjo...

, a product of a large producer. The comments on this sake were quite varied from those who thought it quite tasty to those who would pass on it. The second sake we tasted was a Shochikubai Junmai Dai-Ginjo, made in Tokoyo,...

. But what really blows me away is an untraditional pairing. For example, a glass of junmai daiginjo sake alongside a shellfish dish, or a floral, minerally, off-dry riesling with foie gras. I mean, I can order white Bordeaux and...

along with suzuki, tai, kinmedai etc. i enjoyed a beautifully displayed appetizer of otoro, sake, kani, hamachi, and aji, a kanpachi carpaccio served with hot ginger infused oil along with kinmedai, aji and far too much junmai...