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Sake tasting

Last night i met alisha, esther and alice at dragonfly. alisha's roomate works there and she tipped us off to the informal sake tasting that happens there once a month.

when we arrived we discovered it was very informal and in the back of the restaurant. we decided that we would sit down and have a bite to eat as well. so we took our seats, glanced thru the overpriced menu (10 for one sushi roll, i dunno it was good and all, but 10 dollars good...dunno) and ordered a few bites. alice and i ended up ordering the same thing, the mango madness roll. i was pretty excited, i love it when fresh fruit is put into rolls. especially mango or pineapple. but the roll ended up being too sweet, sort of like dessert and it was covered with the sauce. the sauce was good, but i think i would have liked it on ice cream, or shave ice.

speaking of sauce, alisha went on to scare us about how spicy tuna rolls are usually just the icky parts of the fish, or kind of fish on the way out that is covered in the spicy sauce to mask the irregularity. i know this, but i don't like to think about it. throw the rooster sauce on it, and i'll be fine. besides the spice is so good.

after we ordered our food we went over to the sake tasting table. there were 4 types of sake and they were ordered in least expensive to most. the first one was a sake from a can! i don't know why that thrilled me so much, but it did. he opened the lid and popped it open like a mini soda pop. i kept thinking how fantastic these would be for a picnic or camping or any sort of event. and, bonus, it was surprisingly good. a sweeter sake, but very smooth.

next (how i wish i didn't misplace the sheet that had the names of the sake on it) was a very crisp, very "fresh" (alice said cucumbers, and the sake guy just about flipped out going WHAT?!?!) almost appley flavor. then there was a gorgeous blue bottle that was very smooth and almost flavorless, but in a good way. and then finally a normally 11 dollars a glass one. and it definitely lived up to its 11 dollar a glass name. it was smooth and crisp, with a hint of sweet (like asian pears), very pure. i wanted to drink the whole bottle. and i didn't ask, but i wonder, is 11 dollars a glass, just a tiny sake cup glass or is it a glass glass? because if it's $11 for a sake cup, wow.

oh and while we were there we found out about an inaugural sake festival/event happening at the sacramento hyatt hotel on some evening (6-9pm) in october (i also misplaced that flyer). it's $55 a person, but there are 100+ sakes to taste and supposedly all you can eat food. when i find out the date i'll let you know. that was the only detail i didn't remember.

and i don't care if i am living in san jose then.
sake and sushi eating and drinking!?!
i'm so there.

Posted by pocketpig at August 3, 2005 11:05 AM

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