The sake party continues. Here comes the sixth glass, another Shinmasa!
The ecru is quite tasty. The entrée is tuna kamatoro on nori tempura. Thick conger eel too.
5th glass. Quite a refreshing drink. The entrée is under ice fish, asparagus, and hokke tempura. Good ingredients to enjoy.
The label says "Neither male nor female. Human. I want to transcend borders and divides. I want it to be that kind of sake.
Since I work in a diversity-related business, I kind of sympathized with the diversity-conscious comment.
My favorite Akita sake after the fourth glass. Niimasa Viridian. Rishiri Udan on seaweed tempura. And also codfish with tempura. It seems to be the main event of the day.
The sake and the fine food complemented each other beautifully.
Third drink. The food is delicious and the pitch is getting faster. The local sake 🎵 freshly pressed and has a wonderful sweet acidity. Here is the grouper tempura! And the tempura of the Toki Hata is quite meaty. This is delicious right down to the skin.
The second glass was Hiroshima's Ame-go-no-tsuki. We had a similar party with these three in Hakodate last fall, but this one was black label. It is also slightly astringent as it has been aged for 5 years. The fritters were strained potato tempura. Shrimp with shrimp miso on the tip. Lightly salted.
The fourth cup is Kirinzan from Niigata. Tempura is made with spring ingredients such as firefly squid, kogomi, and cod roe. They go quite well with sake.
The second type of Sado is Hokusetsu. This has a robust flavor with no sourness. This restaurant was a nice place to enjoy not only sushi, but also tempura in person. The food was very good, with a good selection of
Tonight in Niigata. Sado Island.
We are having Tempura as well as Sushi at Benkei's affiliate restaurant.
We started with a Sake from Sado Island.
It is a honjozo sake, but it has a nice mild taste in the mouth.
It quickly turned into three hours and we decided to finish with a comparison of two different types of drinks: rice and agave. Both are fruity. The acidity of this one was like grapefruit.