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It's been a while since all my nieces and nephews gathered for a joint birthday party of mother, sister and nephews at a nice teppanyaki restaurant at my nephew's request 🍴.
We had a glass of Umenoyado Honjozo, the only sake from outside of the prefecture that was available at the meat-centered restaurant, with my father's favorite sake, Tobikiri Heated 🍶.
The sake was heated to a tobikiri (a special kind of warmed sake), which gave the sake a nice spread of umami, followed by an alcoholic feeling and then a soft finish.
Good with the beef stew and squid butter grilled as snacks 😁.
The image of the bottle is borrowed from the official website.
I thought I would have first conquered Nara's sake around Mimuro Sugi, Kaze no Mori, and Shinomine, but I was surprised to find an unexpected surprise!
I would like to pay a visit to Ookami shrine someday. ⛩️
The second and third pictures are of a Belgian beer called "Reefman" that I ordered before going for the hot sake, but it was more like a sparkling wine than a beer because it was low-alcohol, full of berries, and rock style 🥂.
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