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A lecture and sake tasting event with Hakkaisan brand ambassador Tim Sullivan (Urban Sake) at Alchemy Bottle Shop on Grand Avenue, Oakland.
A lesson in cocktail history and tutorial on how to stir cocktails at the Forgery in San Francisco
The Lexus of ramen noodle machines used at Ramen Shop in Rockridge, Oakland.
Our second free tasting with Tokyo-based Horiguchi Coffee featuring Flower and Juicy #2, and single-origin Ethiopia and Kenya blends.
We visit Sake Nomi in Seattle, a pioneer in sake retail shop and tasting room in the U.S.
Photos from our huge Matsuri party in the parking lot behind Umami Mart. Abura-ya, Team Print Shop, Hopscotch, Workhorse Rye, Emeryville Taiko, more.
Don't Call This a Saketini is a take on the traditional Martini, using a dry sake instead of vermouth.
We visit Chizu, a cheese bar in downtown Portland, with a sushi bar concept.
We landed at Mike's Noodle House in Chinatown, Seattle and ate wonton and siu kau noodle soup and chinese donuts and soy milk.
The third annual Sake Summit in San Francisco is your chance to try pretty much all the sakes that are available for consumption in the Bay Area.
We visited Oregon sake brewery, Sake One. Operating since 1998, Sake One produces all Momokawa sakes.
Shanghai Restaurant is our go-to in Oakland Chinatown for green onion pancake, dumplings, noodle soup, and Malantou.