A perfect accompaniment to a one-pot party featuring Toyama's seasonal fatty cold yellowtail.
This is a gem of a dish, purchased directly from Kawase Fresh Fish Store in season.
A group trip of over 30 working adults from the same university.
At Ryokan Hoshiyama in Fujinomiya City, we enjoyed a relaxed outdoor BBQ with fresh vegetables brought by friends and ribs from Suzuki Gourmet Plaza, an excellent local meat store, while feeling the end of summer.
The first party was a beer poured from the server. After taking the leftover food back to the room, we had a second party with sake.
The refreshingly dry sake washed away the oil, and our tongues kept rolling.
In no time at all, the bottles were opened and the six-hour-long sake party was over.
This is my first Miyagi sake. Tight taste.
It is still a restaurant for after-parties, so we go for ramen because it is not enough. It's authentic tonkotsu (pork bone broth), kotoko kotoko, and gives a punch to the stomach, and I am very satisfied.
I think it might be my favorite of all the drinks we compared this time.
Eggplant stew and seasoned guts. Cheese grilled with miso came out on the stove. It was a bit expensive.
The taste of a small restaurant on the verge of extinction.
This sake has no peculiarities, and the umami of the water is alive as it is.
Four brands of sake, each served in a sake cup? The sake is served in a sake cup that suits each brand. The sake is served in a cup suited for each sake.
The restaurant is more like a snack bar or a bar for those who want a quiet drink. A video introducing railroads all over Japan is played on repeat, but the content is 20 years old. The videos of the Kurihara Rural Railway and Miyoshi Line, which no longer exist, bring tears to the viewer's eyes. On the contrary, the videos are sure to be a source of conversation.
While visiting the adjacent Shishishika Kyonan exhibition. I picked up an aonori (green laver) croquette from Shimanto River. They were so good that I asked for more. The refrigerator in the back of the restaurant is very cold, so it's great on a summer day.
Fried lotus root with crab, squid with yuzu, sashimi of white shrimp, sushi, excellent.
The only drawback is that there are no partitions, so if there is a noisy group, you can't even drink your sake in peace.
Egg dashimaki, bonito sakataki cream cheese, and hamo tempura. This sake is even more fruity than the first glass.
We were surprised that the price was less than 2,000 yen per person for the four of us. It may have been due to the fact that we had a small amount of sake at the after-party course. We left with a smile on our faces after paying two bills and receiving change for the change.
The owner of Sushiya Sasamoto himself serves grilled skin, nameko mushrooms, whale, and sashimi. The restaurant makes you feel the particularity of each and every dish. Luxury is what it means. That's why I couldn't stop drinking sake and fell asleep.
There are still many undiscovered sakes. It is full-bodied, yet easy to drink. It has a bold flavor, or should I say, a bold taste.
Please refer to the handwritten note of the owner of Sushi Tei Sasamoto, which you can drink only here.