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Last night, I was invited to the Sake tasting party at my friend K’s. He prepared a lot of dishes such as Sashimi, roast duck & Japanese hot pot Yosenabe for us to match with Sake. Much appreciated. Another friend H san brought 2 Sake bottles from Japan. One is called
KAMOSHIBITO KUHEIJI JUNMAI GINJO from Aichi and the other one is
MIKOTSURU JUNMAI from Nagano. Actually I heard good things about KUHEIJI from H san and also I had an inquiry about it from Sake Japan customer before so I was especially excited to try this sake.
We had a bit of beer and sashimi to start the party and soon after, we opened a cap of KUHEIJI first. H san poured KUHEIJI into my sake tasting cup then I tasted it immediately. The first impact in my mouth was just SENSATIONAL!
This sake wasn’t like any traditional sake I have tasted before. It has a bit of pineapple or some sort of sweet citrus fragrance and full of sweetness but not sticky at all. Maybe because of a good amount of acidity, the sweetness is cut off naturally at the end. I tasted it one more time by using a wine glass and I found there was a bit of milky fragrance too maybe made from lactic acid. After 2nd tasting, confidently I thought
this Sake is taste like white wine such as aged Riesling without petrol fragrance. H san told me that Sake Artist of this sake, KUHEIJI san visited a lot of French restaurants in Paris by himself to promote his sake. Now a few restaurants in Paris are using this Junmai Ginjo in their restaurants! I can understand his approach of Sake towards the western dishes and I am sure this one may match well with western dishes especially light flavoured seafood dishes. (Indeed it was very well matching with salmon & snapper sashimi!)
Soon after, H san told us that we should open the other bottle MIKOTSURU as a comparison. MIKOTSURU is more like a traditional style Junmai with light flavour, clean & smooth touch medium dry sake. It was a little bit quiet after sensational KUHEIJI but still MIKOTSURU is very well balanced good sake. We decided to warm up this one to match with Yosenabe hot pot and indeed it worked perfectly together.
I thanked so much to K san & H san for this great experience and now I thought I must try my hardest to bring KAMOSHIBITO KUHEIJI into Australia to share this feeling with everyone. It was just
SENSATIONAL!
http://www.tutitatu.com/sake/kamosibitokuheiji.html
Hello, all
I have received a couple new sake bottles from Japan recently and introducing them at Maedaya from this week. 2 of them are from IWATE prefecture. IWATE’s own NANBU TOJI (local sake artist group) is very famous as the Japan’s top 3 Sake Artist groups. Now it’s your time to try IWATE’s masterpiece in Melbourne! Don't miss this great oppotunity.
MAEDAYA SAKE OF THE MONTH (APRIL 22 UPDATED)
NIHONSHU (RICE WINE)
ASABIRAKI JUNMAI GINJO (IWATE / 15.5% ALC)
Glass $15 / Bottle (720ml) $88
Medium rich & sweet sake with beautiful fruit fragrance & a light dry finish. This is a perfect sake to start the meal with. You can drink both Cold or Warm.
ASABIRAKI JUNMAI (IWATE / 15.5% ALC)
Glass $12 / Bottle (720ml) $75
Full body tasted sweet JUNMAI. This is a little bit sweeter and earthier sake than JUNMAI GINJO that is on the list just above. Well matching with strong flavoured dishes such as Tofu Steak or Teriyaki Chicken. Drinking cold is better than warm for this one.
SHOCHU (JAPANESE DISTILLED SPIRIT)
IPPONGI HOYATTE (FUKUI / 25%)
Glass $6 / Bottle (1800ml) $100
This RICE SHOCHU is made by Fukui’s very famous brewery IPPONGI SHUZO. This one has very light & smooth flavour and it’s a perfect choice for Shochu beginners. Very reasonable Shochu to try out.
Tomorrow 14 April is my restaurant Sake & Grill MAEDAYA’s 1st Anniversary!
It’s already 1 year since we opened MAEDAYA and I can’t believe how soon it was. I feel like the time goes twice faster since I hit age 30. Anyway, I would like to say a big thank to everyone who supported MAEDAYA for last 12 months including all our friendly staff, suppliers & especially our very important customers. I am sure MAEDAYA isn’t what it is now without your help.
To appreciate your support, we would like to offer you some special service during MAEDAYA 1st ANNIVERSARY WEEK (Tue 14 April to Sat 18 April).
At ground floor Yakitori Izakaya sake bar, I would like to come up to all tables by myself and offer you some free sake that is MAEDAYA 2008’s most popular sake AWA TENSUI HEAVEN’S WATER. (Unfortunately this sake no longer will be imported to Australia.)
Also at upstairs Yakiniku Japanese BBQ restaurant, our famous floor manager HIRO will serve you some free hand made hot desert that is called MITARASHI DANGO, the skewered rice balls grilled over charcoal and dipping into a sweet soy sauce.
Please come and celebrate MAEDAYA 1st ANNIVERSARY with us this week.
Thank you very much again for all your support and hope to see you soon!
Good Morning!
I have a very special announcement today, Mon 6 April. My restaurant Sake & Grill MAEDAYA will start a wider new menu from today!! It’s simply bigger and more items than it used to be for both food & drinks.
For food section, we have added extra 30% items on top of our original menu. There are almost 70 dishes including spicy tapas such as Kimchi Tofu & Tan Tan Noodle and new Otsumami dishes such as Takoyaki Gratin & Agedashi Mochi as well as more salad dishes such as Salt & Pepper Squid Salad & Buta Shabu Shabu Salad. Of course, our most signature dishes Tsukune & Yakitori charcoal grill skewers are still strong and there.
For drink section, we have added 3 more new sake by the glass ( Suishin Junmai, Tateyama Junmai Ginjo & Kitanohomare Nigori) and more than 20 new sake by the bottle. (Nihonshu total 57 labels!) Also, both SUNTORY MALTS & PREMIUM MALTS are on menu now as standard beer choices (beer total 9 labels) as well as new Shochu bottle such as KUROUMA & TANTAKATAN (Shochu total 25 labels!). The highlight of new drink menu will be my original recipe SAKE COCKTAIL 31. (total 31 types!) There are some classic cocktails mixed with Sake such as DRY SAKETINI & BLOODY SAMURAI (You can imagine its simply tomato juice & Sake!). Also already very popular Choya plum wine cocktails such as GEISHA WHISPER & BRIDGE CONNECTION are there as standard choices for you.
Please come along and try MAEDAYA new much wider menu today!
Sake & Grill MAEDAYA
400 Bridge Road, Richmond
03-9428-3918
(Tram #75 & 48, Stop 20, from Flinders St City towards Kew & Hawthorn)
*MAEDAYA APRIL CLOSING DAY
Fri 10 – Good Friday
Sun 12 – Easter Sunday
Mon 13 – Easter Monday
Sat 25 – Anzac Day
Plus every Sundays
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