Hyakujuro Junmai Daiginjo (Black Face)
Hyakujuro Junmai Daiginjo is a sweeter sake with fruity aroma and some dried fruit and honey in the taste. It's full of umami and goes very well with hearty food like a miso marinated salmon we had with it last time.
Jin Kichi: Japanese Izakaya in Hampstead
Jin Kichi is an izakaya style restaurant at the heart of Hampstead. It's got an excellent food, a decent choice of sake and great atmosphere. Here is my little review of the place.
Cherry Blossom: Japan 2016
A weekend read for you! A slightly long post with a lot of beautiful images of sakura blossom in Japan from our trip a few years ago! Open a bottle of sake, snuggle on your sofa and enjoy. Kampai!
Why I started learning Japanese and how it’s going
If you've ever been to any sake business presentation outside Japan, you had probably heard one of the most popular complaints about sake bottles: the labels are incomprehensible for foreigners.…
Sake Workshop at Ichiba London
Last Thursday, I had an invitation to a sake workshop at Ichiba London, the largest Japanese food hall in Europe. The workshop covered usual topics of sake origin, ingredients, brewing method and the classification with a focus on rice varieties used in sake making.
London Sake Week at Chisou
Celebrating the London Sake Week we went to Chisou Izakaya and Sushi restaurant in Mayfair to treat ourselves with a nice dinner and free excellent sake.
Woes and joys of part-time blogging
I can't believe that it's been a year since I started this blog. During this year I felt excited, frustrated, optimistic and hopeless. Sometimes simultaneously. Looking back I can clearly…
Dojima Sake Brewery: how the £1,000 sake tastes like
Dojima Sake Brewery has been the talk of the sake industry for recent months not only because it's the first sake brewery in the opened by a Japanese company but also due to its £1,000 per bottle price tag. I’ve managed to try this beautiful sake and here’s my report.
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