I bought Tokujiro's summer sake again this year.
It's a little late to drink it, but it's still delicious.
It is great as a food sake or on its own.
It is easy to find and inexpensive, and I personally would be happy if it doesn't become popular, but I guess it would be better for the brewer to sell it, so it's complicated.
★★★★★
Curry and Pairing Liquor (4)
Purchased at a liquor store two months ago
Summer sake for summer vegetable curry, for the simple reason that
Cold sake
Moderate aroma
Slightly gassy
Good balance of acidity and umami
A clean aftertaste that does not make you tired of drinking it.
Good with curry
Perfect with summer vegetable dishes.
Summer sake.
It is served with a sake cup given to me by my son on Father's Day.
It has a mild and natural gaseous taste.
It has a refreshing taste typical of summer sake, but later a mellow rice flavor covers the nostrils.
We enjoyed it with bigeye tuna sashimi, fried horse mackerel and squid, and Mugen cucumbers.
Sake Katsudo in Kyoto (2)
[After leaving Tatsumi, the members requested ramen, so I had ramen at a restaurant specializing in duck ramen, which I had researched beforehand, and then visited Matsuo Taisha Shrine, Umemiya Taisha Shrine, and Tsukiyomi Shrine to pray and receive a red seal for sake luck.
After settling down for lunch and ramen, we returned to Shijo-Kawaramachi and went to a restaurant that we had longed for ✨.
[Arakawa Meat Cuisine!]
I had heard about this restaurant from Corona and had always wanted to visit.
We had fresh meat sashimi (hatsu, senmai, tongue, and akami) and grilled beef tongue, which was so delicious that it changed our concept of what beef should be, so it was time to order some sake!
[Arakawa offers three types of sake: junmai, honjozo, and junmai ginjo.
Tokujiro Summer Junmai.
The aroma of cool rice, the taste is clean and clear, with a slight sweetness that finishes with a clean and refreshing aftertaste.
Juicy meat flavor and fat go well with the clean and refreshing taste 🍖🍶.
I'm still going to enjoy [Arakawa] 😁.
Hi Jive 😃.
Great advance research on Kyoto's food 🤗I've been wishing for a place 😍that changes my concept of meat🥩‼️😋I somehow feel like beer🍺 for grilled meat but 😅sake🍶 for meat sashimi 😄.
Good evening, Jay & Nobby 🌛.
He recommended that if you go to Kyoto, try the duck ramen 😁.
The quality of the meat was really high and everything was delicious, but they also seemed to stock sake to match the quality of the meat 😋.
Good morning, Jive 😃.
Thanks for visiting Kyoto and visiting the shrine ⛩️! I've heard of Arakawa but never been there 😰 it's a high-end restaurant 😭.
I'll try the meat dishes and sake next time 😁.
Hi Ao-chan!
I heard it was one of the most popular restaurants in the Kiyamachi area, but from the personality of the owner and the regulars, it was a homey place 😁.
It didn't cost me as much as I thought it would because the portions are large and drinks are relatively inexpensive!
After Tenma Taishukai (2)
Next is Tokujiro.
This is a brand name of Joyo Sake Brewery for special dealers.
I ordered Tokujiro because I had never had it before, and it was available at the liquor store I always go to.
It has a fresh, mellow, umami mouthfeel with a strong flavor. You can taste the deep umami of the rice, but it's not too heavy.
I have the impression that Joyo has been getting a lot of attention lately and is rapidly rising in popularity.
The next drink was a Tokujiro for Joyo's distributor? Tokujiro
I drank Joyo several times, but this was my first time to drink Tokujiro.
I happened to see on a restaurant instagram I follow that Tokujiro was originally a joint product between a Hirakata liquor store and the Joyo Brewery.
It's unfiltered, once-bottled, and heated.
It's fire-brewed, but it's still slightly effervescent and has a fresh, mellow rice flavor that's really tasty 😋.
I'll buy Tokujiro next time I see it.