Last night I was treated to a sushi feast in which a fellow had brought back a bottle of sake from Japan and shared. The sushi chef, Japan born and raised, pronounced it excellent and ended up drinking as much as the rest of us. The comments from another patron and a fellow who swore off drink 20 years ago except for a taste of this was... "smooth... smooth."
I've never had sake before that I liked. In fact, I never tasted any that I did not think was nasty. Well, this stuff is great. And here again, top shelf. I would drink this anytime.
So, how come not in USA yet, what with all of the sushi shops, etc. Small makers all over the west of Japan, why bother exporting since they sell all they make, etc.
So, of course, the only way to get it is to pay a higher price. Here is an opportunity for something new and good for the USA market.
What else good is not imported, and where?
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I've never had sake before that I liked. In fact, I never tasted any that I did not think was nasty. Well, this stuff is great. And here again, top shelf. I would drink this anytime.
So, how come not in USA yet, what with all of the sushi shops, etc. Small makers all over the west of Japan, why bother exporting since they sell all they make, etc.
So, of course, the only way to get it is to pay a higher price. Here is an opportunity for something new and good for the USA market.
What else good is not imported, and where?
Feel free to forward this by email to three of your friends.
2 comments:
What is the brand of sake that you are referring to?
I had sake before, a long time ago, but the taste didn't seem like much, if anything was there. I'm not a regular drinker of liquor though.
Vodka is typically tasteless, yet with hyped up marketing, producers try to differentiate their brands from the competition. They all taste, if it can be called that, pretty much the same to me.
Not sure of the name, but the point is there are 500 such breweries. We have stalinesque liquor control in USA so we cannot have what we would pay for, like in the Soviet Union. It could be imported, but it would take far more effort than overthrowing the Soviet Union. It can be done, but it would take world class, historical heroics. Might as well be you.
The other thing, in retrospect, we all drank quite a bit. No hangover. That is the thing with top shelf booze. No hangover.
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