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General Category => Substance Abuse => Topic started by: Doormouse on February 17, 2009, 11:21:13 AM
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Went out for sushi last night and wound up at the bottom of a bottle of sake.
I'd like to point out that I never could understand the point of sake before, but I get it now.
It's the liquid courage needed to try some of the really wild items on the menu.
I had anago, tako, ika, and even the dreaded uni roll.
I also think sake grows on a person like beer. It's hard to remember back so far to a time before I'd acquired the taste for beer, but as a pure flavor there really isn't much more going for it than sake. I mean I was instantly taken by the flavor of a good bourbon, but thinking back, beer did take some getting used to. I had rejected sake out of hand because it didn't appeal to me immediately but I was wrong. It's a quality beverage.
I still haven't gotten to the point where I'll drink it warmed up, but from what I hear this is the proper method.
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You don't need sake to try sushi, you need balls.
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That's for Fugu... Sake goes well with sushi.
What goes better is potato and green tea.
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I decided the other night that I'm going Sake-guru. I love the stuff. I'm going to bike all over the country and go to random breweries. I'll also make my own umeshu shortly.
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Video tape it and sell it to the BBC... they love that sort of shit.
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yeah. just gotta not mix up the tapes this time
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after seeing this post I rummaged through my stash of unopened bottles and I'm sipping my way though a very light, dry number from Hokkaido. I think it would go nicely with something delicate like Sashimi because it leaves no aftertaste at all.
I could get used to this new hobby!
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I went out and bought a flagon of dry sake from way up north. Some random village or something. It's really light and easy to drink, and twice the volume for half the price of wine too
(http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/8238/sake.jpg)
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I think if I lived in Japan I'd have a very hard time NOT eating sushi/sashimi constantly. That goes for sake too.
BTW, I dunno how anyone can prefer cold sake to warm. Cold sake is drinkable but warm is so much better.
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yeah, I warm it up too.
The maker usually recommends one way or the other. Last night I was heating it to about 45 deg... was good.
And yup, the food here is awesome
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Warm sake makes me shudder. It's too creepily close to the punishment shot from my early college days: hot vodka. Gag.
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The pictured bottle is good, I'm working my way through it. I should be ready for another one by this weekend and will add more pics!
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(http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/323/sake2.jpg)
And here it is, this one comes from Niigata, on the opposite side of Honshu from Tokyo. Good region for skiing, rice, fish, and of course sake. It's a little stronger then the others I've been trying but still very good. Sometimes it's good to get a bit of extra flavor, just like with wine. Outside right now it's snowing and really cold so a hot sake is really going down well.
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(http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/4448/ibarakisake.jpg)
This is the next adventure, my friend bought it from is village where a local guy makes it and what a change! The last ones where mass-made adventures, dry, easy to drink and all quite similar. This is comparable to drinking local wine in Spain. The colour is a little cloudier, and the body a bit heavier. There is a distinct sweetness that was not there with the earlier drinks and the overall flavor is fuller and has a rough edge. I'm thinking about each mouthful, rather than drinking smoothly and quickly. After a glass I went out and got some salty snacks like salami and dried squid and it really compliments it well.
For an unrelated reason I'll be going to the region where this is made in May, hopefully I can find others because I really like this.
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this is seriously hard work, as opposed to being an easy drink I have to think about each mouthful and appreciate it's volume.
OK, back to the bottle
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I always think it's a good idea to eat like two plates of sushi.
Then I'm like, yo brb I need to piss out of my ass.
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Only ever drank one small bottle of Saki but I can relate to the courage boost of alcohol for trying menu items.
Anyone else like those big dried shrimp with the big black eyes?
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This is the next adventure, my friend bought it from is village where a local guy makes it and what a change! The last ones where mass-made adventures, dry, easy to drink and all quite similar. This is comparable to drinking local wine in Spain. The colour is a little cloudier, and the body a bit heavier. There is a distinct sweetness that was not there with the earlier drinks and the overall flavor is fuller and has a rough edge. I'm thinking about each mouthful, rather than drinking smoothly and quickly. After a glass I went out and got some salty snacks like salami and dried squid and it really compliments it well.
Sounds delicious.
Except for the squid.
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I've never tried Sake. I'll have to change that.
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Sake is great if the cook at your local hibachi table doesn't get annoyed at you drunkenly yelling BONSAIIIIIII every couple of minutes.
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I've never tried Sake. I'll have to change that.
I prefer cold, unfiltered sake to hot, filtered sake.
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I've never tried Sake. I'll have to change that.
Pity, I'm not going to Japan first.. I would have brought you a small bottle.
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Sake = tiny restraunt under a railway bridge in Shinshima.
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It also means a lazy evening at home on a Friday. Here is my latest
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I'm not much of a sake fan. If I go on this Japan trip though I have a feeling that I'll have to learn to like it.
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BONSAIIIIIIIII
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it's one of the few drinks that you can't sweeten with anything
I emptied that flagon last night, passed out on the couch, wife thinks I'm an idiot
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about time she caught up with the rest of us
ZING!
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it's one of the few drinks that you can't sweeten with anything
I emptied that flagon last night, passed out on the couch, wife thinks I'm an idiot
I shudder to think what that might have looked like in the cold light of day...
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(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z261/angiejro/passed-out-drunk-guys.jpg)
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bwahahahahaha
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I have a big weakness for all sushi :P, but sake is fucking gross. it's like alcohol for people that drink wheatgrass, and eat yeastballs.
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Same with beer.
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Danzig = fag
vindictive, there are different types of sake, I'm sure you'll like one of them. Try a lighter sweeter one next time.
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three ?
are you talking about sake bases
cause I had a mean chilli sake on my last stop over.
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(http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/1496/photo30u.jpg)
This guy comes from Fukushima, quite a way up north. It's a +3 on the dryness scale so is really smooth. I'm drinking it at room temperature, which is what's recommended on the bottle.
Kyle, I hope you're hidden there somewhere, you're downing whatever's left come Saturday night.
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Kampai!
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if I can operate the camera there may be a follow-up thread in 4 hours time
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Look at the camera next time, rather than the porn.
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you're so hard to fool
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Ew, that stuff is nasty.
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probably. you should stick to box wine
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(http://www.myspaceantics.com/images/myspace-graphics/funny-pictures/wine-box-costume.jpg)
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3415/3451753408_787bf421bb_o.jpg)
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actually i didn't... i just made it private on flickr but i just made it unprivate. errrr public.
edit (etje): thank you!
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Why does that turn me on?
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Cuz I look batshit insane in it?
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I sat in a really nice sushi bar in DC and tried all of their sakes a few summers ago.
Unfortunately, the fact that I tried them all means I remember very little. The ones I do remember drinking were excellent.
The ones I've tried to buy myself at the liquor store have always turned out poorly. Perhaps because the girl I used to hang out with always picked the one with the prettiest bottle...
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You haunt my dreams, tricky! You haunt my DREAMS!......keep up the good work