Today's menu is also vegetable-based.
Enjoying vegetables is the key to surviving the hot summer.
A week ago, I got this Naozane from Kumagaya at the Saitama Prefecture product exhibition in Omiya Station.
It is freshly brewed sake.
It is smooth, glossy, and has a glimpse of sweetness, but it is calm and crisp.
Cucumber and deep-fried zucchini.
Deep-fried potato with butter 🥔.
pickled cucumber🥒.
chilled tomato 🍅.
Below right is Saibok Ham's croquette.
It is going to be a hot July with the start of the high school baseball summer tournaments.
Thank goodness we now have virtual high school baseball, where we can watch all the games live from all over the country.
Kumagaya City. Local rice sake Musashi is used.
It is a junmai sake with a taste typical of sake.
It is easy to drink without being cloying and has a robust flavor, making it a good sake to drink as a mealtime drink.
The brand that won the gold medal at the National New Sake Competition on the same day.
When you put it in your mouth, the elegant and gentle sweetness spreads, and the sharpness of the alcohol gradually takes effect.
There are no hints of miscellaneous flavors.
I have always preferred to drink dry sake on the + side (the higher the better), but this was an opportunity for me to broaden my horizons.
Kumitate" means "freshly brewed" and the toji tastes it and bottles it! I went to the brewery to get a sake seal! The young and energetic brothers were working hard. Othello, the signboard buchineko (cat), was also there.
When drunk chilled, it had a bitter aftertaste from clear. It also had a strong alcohol taste.
As it approached room temperature, it was delicious with a refreshing muscat-like sweetness.
Unfortunately, I couldn't drink it warmed 😭
So I did my best to warm it up by hand. LOL!
This sake seems to have more flavor at higher temperatures 😊.