It has been nearly a year since COVID put a big, fat STOP sign on nearly all international travel. Being obsessed Japanophiles, Super Sake Boy and I have tried to take the travel ban graciously, while feeding our need for Japanese food, sake, culture and connection with the language. We were last in Japan in … Continue reading The Enduring Exploits of Super Sake Boy and Nihonshu Girl
Back in May I wrote a blog about Super Sake Boy and I taking the WSET Level 3 Award in Sake course and examination. You can read the blog here. At the time we knew we would have to wait eight to ten weeks to receive our results. It occurred to me when I re-read … Continue reading Sake Qualified
A couple of weekends ago, Super Sake Boy and I spent the day pouring sake for sake enthusiasts at the second Melbourne Sake Matsuri. A festival organised by Revel, in a very funky space in Collingwood, Sake Matsuri offers people the opportunity to try over 90 different sakes in one place, with the added benefit … Continue reading Super Sake Matsuri
Super Sake Boy and I started drinking sake together almost precisely two years ago. We had very limited experience before coming together and our journey from sake novices to sake enthusiasts has been a fun and educational one. Our two trips to Japan since becoming sake literate have definitely been enhanced by our burgeoning love … Continue reading Super Sake Boy and Nihonshu Girl get serious about Sake…
For those that have been following my story, you will be aware that, Super Sake Boy and I embarked on a wonderful adventure, delving into the joys and mystery of Japanese sake, around 2 years ago. Neither of us had ever really had more than a few experiences with sake, most of which were not … Continue reading The Continuing Adventures of Super Sake Boy and Nihonshu Girl
Last Saturday night was cold and miserable in the hills where I live. Wet and really the first cold night of the year. We had decided to stay in for the night and had refrigerated our mandatory flask of sake for the night. During the day we had managed to acquire a 1.8 litre bottle … Continue reading Super Sake Boy’s Super Sous-Vide Sake Experiment
As a follower of Japanese culture, if you have never seen Midnight Diner on Netflix, you need to stop reading this blog for a moment and queue it up. It is one of Nihonshu Girl’s and my favourite television shows - ever. It is set in a diner in the backstreets of Shinjuku which opens … Continue reading Looking for the Master
One of our first sakes, and still one of our favourites, 菊水 Kikusui is a 純米吟醸 junmai ginjo. This means it is a pure, premium sake, with no distilled alcohol added. It is crisp and fresh and not dissimilar to a Sauvignon Blanc or a Pinot Gris. It is not expensive and is a very … Continue reading 菊水 Kikusui
(Or The Continuing Adventures of Super Sake Boy and Nihonshu Girl) So, a couple of months ago Super Sake Boy and I attended a Sake Master Class at Maedaya in Richmond, Melbourne. Maedaya is a sake bar and Izakaya style restaurant, where the food is really delicious and the sake selection is impressive. Maedaya is … Continue reading Sake Master Class
So, I have been very slack with posting blogs recently .... this is due, in part, to the fact that I have found a sake partner in crime.... an accomplice who is as obsessed with Japanese culture, language, travel, movies, books, food, cooking and Nihonshu (sake) as I am. We are currently exploring the delectable … Continue reading The Adventures of Super Sake Boy and Nihonshu Girl…
