“Shichi Hon Yari” 七本槍純米ひやおろし is the second hiyaoroshi we tasted. This one is from Shiga prefecture 滋賀県 (near Kyoto on the shore of lake Biwa...

It is the season for “ Hiyaoroshi ひやおろし” or “Akiagari 秋上がり” sake. As I mentioned in the previous post , this type of sake is bottled in the...

“Dassai” 獺祭 is a well known and popular sake in Japan and US. We like it for its very clean, fruity flavors. We used to get  “Dassai 50” da...

Some days ago when we did our usual take-out sashimi and sushi from Tako Grill , I spotted a sake called “Ice Breaker”. I immediately recogn...

We usually drink sake cold. For drinking sake cold, we like a crisp, clean, and fruity flavor profile of daiginjo 大吟醸. Some junmai 純米 and ju...

So finally, we busted into the osechi box for the New Year’s day evening feast. Like we did before, I decided to use “ Tsugaru-muri ” 津軽塗り l...

This sake “Watari bune, junmai daiginjo” 渡船純米大吟醸 was a gift from a friend for a recent occasion. This is a really great sake with a slightly...

As always, we are so spoiled to have Sushitaro osechi. This is a picture of the upper box.  I am not going into the details but its all ...

This is a continuation of our exploration of the “ Hiyaoroshi ” sake ひやおろし we recently acquired (with a complementary uni tasting on the sid...

When we traveled to Japan, we ususally chose late spring early summer to avoid the rainy 梅雨 and typhoon 台風 seasons.  We could not handle the...

 I have not done a post just about sake for a long time but this one is worth a special post. This is called "Senkin Muku Modern Junmai...

This was the last of the whole fresh yellowtail . I marinated the filet in sake lee 酒粕 or " Kasu-zuke " 粕漬け. Since I did not have ...

Prior to COVID the omakase counter at Sushi Taro was our special-occasion-go-to place. As a matter of fact, we had a reservation in March t...