I had the impression that Jikin is mostly fire-aged, and it has been a while since I drank a draft sake.
This restaurant recommends sakes that go well with meals, and you can learn how the taste changes before and after eating snacks.
Yesterday's 1st Otsuka Drinking Party 4)
Otsuka, a sacred place for sake. Mugishu-an
The fourth sake request.
Other than personal requests, we also had some kind of Ojiro to go with oysters, Jikin, rare Kaze no Mori, rare Shinmasa, etc. 😊.
As for the request, I told him "I originally like Niigata's Tsuru no Tomo and other classic Niigata sake".
The flavor of Hochotsuru hiyaoroshi was on top of it.
It has a calm and delicious flavor.
Mugishu-An" was very exciting, delicious and informative.
On the way back home, I ended up at a Iekei Ramen restaurant and had a bowl of spinach topped with more spinach 😅😅.
Yesterday's 1st Otsuka Drinking Party (3)
Otsuka, a sacred place for sake. Mugishu-an
The third sake request.
This restaurant has a wide variety of homemade ham and other delicacies to go with the sake. The snacks are just what sake drinkers are looking for.
Sake thief cream cheese, ginger tsukudani (food boiled in soy sauce and soy sauce), fuki miso (soybean paste), and shimeji mushroom tsukudani (food boiled in soy sauce and soy sauce) with pepper arrived at the table.
When I asked for a sake to go with the ham, the same request was not accepted,
I asked for a sake to go with this (shimeji mushroom tsukudani pepper).
Hoshi-izumi.
I had heard the name of this sake and was curious about it.
It is made with black malted rice.
Frankly speaking, it had a shochu-like atmosphere.
However, as I was writing this post, I read on the back label that it is a sake that is neither shochu nor sake, and that they tried to make it so.
Yesterday's 1st Otsuka Drinking Party (2)
Otsuka, a sacred place for sake. Mugishu-an
The second sake,
I requested a higher alcohol than the previous light 13 degrees (Kanbongubai Tresse 13).
Shichisui from Utsunomiya.
This was another sake I wanted to try.
Crisp, refreshing and juicy.
The food at this restaurant, Mugishuan, is also sophisticated and wonderful.
The raw oysters are a particular specialty, but all the other dishes were delicious as well.
The oyster cream croquettes and the motsu stew with dashi broth are also excellent.
When the raw oysters were served, "Daijiro" was served as a sake to go with the oysters, which was common to all of us.
It has a delicious taste of rice and a good sharpness. It wrapped the oysters perfectly and was an irresistible pairing 😊.
Yesterday's 1st Otsuka Drinking Party 1)
Otsuka, a sacred place for sake. Mugishu-an.
We started with a draft of Wakayama's craft beer.
The draft beer was delicious, and we had high expectations for it.
Sake is lined up in the refrigerator, but you cannot choose the brand.
The system is that you tell the manager your image of what you want to drink, and the sake is served accordingly, which is very exciting.
By the way, even if you see someone else drinking and it looks good, you are not allowed to ask for "the same one!" is also not allowed.
We told them, "I would like to have a toast first.
Mie's Kankombai, a sake I had been curious about.
It was a refreshing 13% alcohol by volume, a good start.
Good evening, Mr. Hiraccio!
This is a very exciting system! I'm curious to see what will be served, and I'm going to drink more than usual 😆 I see the toast is this way 🥂.
Good evening, Ponchan 😊.
It is not possible to simply say "I leave it to you", each one of us needs to convey some image or key word.
For me, this Kankoubai has become the toast of sake.