Thanks for all the recommendations here. I ended up going to Kyubei (main restaurant rather than the Annex) last Saturday lunchtime. Paid Y10,500 for a medium size sushi/sashimi moriawase with a flask of junmai ginjo nihon-shu...

and they have cold sho shiku bai. They have ginjo but no daiginjo, and definitely, no junmai daiginjo. worse, you have absolutely no idea how much a bottle or glass is, and worse, i doubt if they know what they have and...

sake and not neccesarily the style or type, which would be a ginjo, daiginjo, or junmai, most likely. even if the details of what was on offer arent handy, can you give us an idea of how many options there were?

which overwhelmed the taste of the fish. Second, Yutaka’s sake selection (like almost every sushi restaurant I’ve been to since moving to Dallas) left a LOT to be desired. There were no junmai ginjo let alone junmai...

to make them tastier. My favorite $20-$40 Sake is Wakatake Daiginjo “Onikoroshi” , Mansaku no hana (Junmai Dai-Ginjo), and Akita Homare. Gekkeikan’s “Haiku” is also good for the price. Sake ages quickly...

successful treats were a breathtaking sake (Fukucho “Moon on the Water” Junmai Ginjo, Hiroshima Prefecture) and a just-about-perfect Moscato d’Asti (La Spinetta Moscato d’Asti “Bricco Quaglia” Piemonte 2006) As I...

, Mareuil-Sur-Ay Mukune, “Root of Innocence,” Junmai Ginjo Hubert Lignierm Aligote, Burgundy 2002 Heidler, Gruner Veltiner, Kamptal 2002 Fourrier, “Clos Solon,” Morey St.-Denis, Burgundy 2001 Pinneau des Charentes,...

except to list them, as i don’t know much about sake. but they were good. 1. masumi “nanago” daiginjo – came out with the sakizuke 2. nishida "kikuizumi) ginjo - with tsukuri 3. hoyo “genji”...

believe) to taste it again. Tonight they had three varieties of Juyondai and I had the most deluxe version, an unpasteurized junmai ginjo, and, to borrow chibi’s wonderful expression, I recalibrated my appraisal. Yes, it is...

The same sampler is available at Den in San Mateo (same info card and glasses too). I did happen to jot down what they were serving when I tried it a while back: Junmai Akitabare "Koshiki juntsukuri" Ginjo Dewazakura "Dewasanzan"...

, after all. I would add that neither place has much of a sake list, though the junmai ginjo at Wild Ginger was considerably better than the corresponding sake at Wasabi. I still regret the old, celestial East. But I won’t be...

churro -Kushi oyster with apple gelee and hibiscus granita -Yellowtail with yuzu -Hers: Seared scallop with pearl tapioca and thai carrot curry Mine: Scallop ceviche with salsa verde sorbet (this was FANTASTIC) 1st Course: Junmai Dai...

restaurants, and a great Sake Menu as well! :) Their Sake Menu had two of my favorite Sake present – Kubota Manjyu Junmai Dai Ginjo (from Niigata, Japan), and Suigei Tokubetsu Junmai (Kochi, Japan) - as well as some rarer...

is not a wine expert, served and explained all the wines. It would have been so much better to have Chantelle handle this or at the very least to have a printed copy of the wines at the beginning of the meal. Hakkaisan Junmai...

“Pride of the Village” Junmai Ginjo Sake from Sudo. This was far and away the greatest sake I have tasted. Complex fruit components, spicy characteristics, great finish – was so impressed that I’ve tried to...