their notes too. We tasted six sakes: 2 Junmai, 2 Ginjo and 2 Daiginjo. We tasted all of these straight (without food), so am sure they’d be completely different with food. The Junmai's were: Masumi “Okuden...

roll, go for it. BUT...If you want a Kobe steak smothered in shiso sauce served with a side of wasabi mashed potatoes, and washed down with your Junmai Ginjo ...look further afield.

Just did a dinner out of the Nobu cookbook and found an amazing sake in the Vintages section at Summerhill: its called TENZAN Junmai Genshu Jizake, comes wrapped in a dry banana leaf and retails for $30.00. Have tasted few sakes...

After many sampling expeditions to Sake House Miro I am starting to buy sake to drink at home. Does anyone know any good stores to buy sake at. I am especially looking for Kaori Junmai Ginjo. Is there any place in Little Tokyo or...

hungover I would be today had I tried). Among what I tried, favorites were (keeping in mind that my general preference is for a more full-bodied sake with good acidity and a little sweetness): Masuizumi Junmai Daiginjo (from...

there will only be sake tasters there.... Come taste a selection of six fine premium Japanese sakes. We will taste two each of the most commonly seen classifications of sake - Junmai, Ginjo and Daiginjo. Seio Shimada of World Sake...

of their junmai daiginjo sake, or some White Rabbit martinis. You can request the chef to exclude any items you don’t care for(e.g. no octopus or no oysters) or include any items you especially like (e.g. sea urchin, Kobe...

1.) $75-150 per person 2.) The greatest sashimi and sushi of your life. Uni 3.)Junmai Daiginju- not a brand but a classification-the best 4.)Oh yeah :)

some very fine sake that you won’t get in the tasting room, but Tokyo Fish (and others) sell. There’s a particularly good affordable Junmai there imported by Takara in a white bottle (300ml approx. $6) On a side note,...

. Two quail eggs and some undetermined sauce made it really good. Sorry. Didn’t pay all that much too ingredients. Too busy catching up. I had three different glasses of sake. One was a junmai ginjo and I was surprised when...

, Sweet Soy, Blue Oyster Mushrooms, Bok Choy, Scallions, Ginger Meibo Yowano Tsuki Sake Junmai Ginjo 2: Alaskan Halibut, Piquillo Pepper, Spanish Chorizo, Venus Clams Bolgheri, Campo Alla Casa, Enrico Santini, 2004 Intermezzo:...

ever tried cold sake? Generally much better quality (try junmai - it has a lovely gentle flavor) and IMO goes much better with sushi than the hot jet fuel stuff.

Went again last weekend. Had a super White King Salmon Nigiri, Katsuo Nigiri, Albacore Tataki, and Hamachi Kama. The Echigo rice beer is really good, my honey had a Kikusui sake, a delicious Junmai Ginjo. Can’t wait to go...

Went to Naomi for a solo dinner. Ordered omakase at the sushi bar. After learning I’m into sake, the chef-owner went inside and served me some outstanding Sho Chiku Bai junmai daiginjo from Japan. I really thought that would...

Junmai Ginjo from Berkeley, which was $8.50. The sushi was simple and nice. First up was raw scallop, followed by uni, then a gunkan-maki setup (like uni or ikura) for two small raw oysters, which were supurb. We then turned our...