It's so rare to find a cafe where you can choose sake or ume sake as a lunch set drink ☕️
Craft beer 🍺 was recommended, so I ordered a beer (Kasumi blade) as a single drink and a sake 🍶 as a set drink 😅.
It is my favorite Zanso Hourai and my favorite Hiyoroshi. The aroma is somewhat reminiscent of the forest. The attack and the aftertaste are both refreshing and bitter like green mint. And when you taste it carefully, you can feel the umami of rice. This seems to go well with rich autumn flavors, but it was still too early in the season, so I could only prepare my usual gizzard. I wonder...maybe grilled salt-crusted swordfish? It seems to go well with the fat of the fish.
Kanagawa Prefecture
Shirokushiki Tokuboshiki Tokuboshiki Junmai
Rice polishing ratio 60
Alcohol 16%.
It has a clear fruitiness typical of Zancho Hourai.
As the label on the back says, the acidity is relatively strong due to the citric acidity from the white malted rice.
Combined with apple-like sweetness and umami.
It is wonderful.
Now try the red label!
The red label is more fruity and delicious than the green! The mild, refreshing sweetness on the tongue is delicious 🍶✨.
But I remember it was even more fruity than the one I remember from the pub where I drank it before. Maybe the taste was boosted by the food and the fun atmosphere with friends 😁.
Delicious local alcoholic beverages at the izakaya
I bought this sake because it was sold at a local supermarket! There was a green label junmai sake and a red label junmai ginjo, but I didn't know which one I had at the izakaya, so I bought this one for now.
Well, here it is! It was a little fruity, with a hint of rice sweetness. It is easy to drink, with a slight alu-ness that is refreshing! It's delicious with fries 🍶✨.
But the one I had before was more fruity, so it might be the red label, I'll buy the red label next time.
Sagami tasted Aikawa sake.
It tasted sweet and mild. It was easy to drink with low alcohol content.
As the label says, it was beautiful, cool, and truly delicious.