I visited Hachinohe.
I ordered this sake for dinner at the guest house where I stayed.
I think Gotoh is inland, but it is a dry food sake and went well with Hachinohe's thin but slightly sweet simmered dishes and seafood. As one would expect from a 👍local sake.
I am glad to have such an encounter.
I drank Kikukoma junmai sake on a trip to Aomori, and it had a peculiar habit. I wondered if it was a bit twitchy.
This sake also had a little bit of a habit.
So this is the kind of sake it is.
However, it is a junmai ginjo, so the rice flavor and gorgeous aroma spread after the peculiarity and it was delicious.
By the way, Kikkoma Brewery is located in Goto, and there is a Goto factory of Hachinohe Sake Brewery, which makes Nyozora, next to the brewery.
Who knew?
There is a very relaxing drinking area called "Miroku Yokocho" in Hachinohe, and today I had a drink at a Nepalese restaurant there.
And then...I made a little discovery 😳😳.
At first, I was drinking an Indian highball.
I thought it wasn't quite right, so I ended up ordering sake...
Curry, or rather spicy food, goes absurdly well with this Kikkoma I got today ‼️😭😭😭
I know there may be some criticisms, but I think that many people who don't like sake probably start out with this kind of flavored sake. It's the kind that makes you go, "Puhaaaah!
But it goes with curry absurdly well, don't you think?
If you think about it, curry and rice shouldn't go well together 🤔.
I mean, to be honest, it's not exactly the trendy flavor of the moment, you know?
Even when I drink it, I feel like it's something my grandfathers used to drink a long time ago, you know?
But it went really well with the curry-flavored cooked beans!
I don't recommend it, but I felt like it was a new world for me, hence the long sentence.
Oh, and just in case it doesn't matter, here's a picture of the Indian Highball, which was also delicious 😋.
Forgot to report yesterday.
The Aoimori Railway had long seats, so I ended up drinking inside the Shinkansen.
This is another sake that goes well with the prized sea squirt.
It has a ginjo aroma and a delicious flavor that spreads in the mouth.
It is as if the sake envelops the sweetness and peculiarities of the snack and washes them away.
Although it has umami, it does not have a thickening effect, so the image is that it really flows down smoothly.
It is a sake that seems to go well with meals.
This is the first time to try Kikkoma.
It is smooth and has a fruity flavor.
Is it deepened by fresh storage? It is also delicious.
I wonder if all Aomori sake is fruity.
The Hakusen I drank the other day was also very fruity.
This one seems to be more traditional sake.