Sometimes I splurge on scallop sashimi. The wasabi is a nice touch.
The sake to be paired with the scallops is a Kinoto Omachi from Hiwada, a sake brewery famous for its Haginotsuru brand in Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture.
I don't know the details of the concept behind the sake, but it is a great sake for warming up.
Haginotsuru is an easy-drinking sake with a clean, cohesive structure, while Hiwada is a clear, structured sake that makes you want to drink it.
It is sweet and delicious with scallop sashimi.
The sweetness is moderate, the umami comes through quite well, and it is very easy to drink with no sense of alcohol.
It does not claim to be nigori (cloudy), but it is very muddy.
Sake with a muddy taste can be quite harsh, but this one is light and very easy to drink.
But it may be too light for some people.
I like it very much.
Aroma is citrusy.
When served cold, it has a strong sweetness, then a stronger acidity, and finally a slight bitterness.
The aroma is also grapefruity.
When warmed to lukewarm, the sweetness becomes stronger and the acidity is reduced a little.
Surprisingly tasty even when warmed
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Business trip to Sendai🚅.
The Tohoku Shinkansen was out of service for a long time and I had a hard time getting around 💦.
In the end, I couldn't make it to the meeting during the daytime and had to participate remotely from inside the train 😅.
Participated remotely😅
I made it in time for the dinner 😆😆.
After toasting with beer 🍺, we had sake 🍶😋.
First of all, here's a junmai sake without any peculiarities....
I'm very tired today. 😮💨
Since oden was inevitable today, we selected this dish, which allows us to feel the deliciousness of the rice!
When tasted by itself, the rice's deliciousness and sweetness are very strong, but when paired with oden, it doesn't interfere with the oden broth, but only asserts its sharpness 😭.
They read the air soooo well✨
(I can feel it, lol)
It's assertive but easy to match, it's very useful 🥰.
Maybe, but this taste is strike ⚾️
Hagino Shuzo brews Haginotsuru, Megane Exclusive, and the Neko series. Without drinking those, I will have this Hiwada series for the first time. The manager, who knows my tastes, said this one is more my style. He said he would let me know when a product I might particularly like comes in, and he finally introduced me to it.
I drank it chilled...it was crisp and delicious! If you are not used to drinking sake, cold sake is a possibility!
At room temperature, it is delicious with a fuller taste that adds to its original goodness!
When warmed, the aroma of pear and melon spreads from the moment you put it in your mouth... rich and delicious... and it finishes gently with a bitter taste. I like it much better when it is warmed up!
Although it is a sake that is made from a traditional sake yeast yeast, it is not particularly lactic acidic, but the complexity of sweet, bitter, umami and acidity are harmonized without any sense of discomfort, which is typical of sake yeast yeast yeast. However, as the day goes by, the acidity does its job and shows us a little bit of the face of the sake.
This is the kind of sake we are looking for! I compared it with Hirotogawa Jungin and both were wonderful...I was moved just a little bit and a little bit. LOL!