Louis Anderman, founder of Miracle Mile Bitters, used to make Celery Bitters in very limited quantities only. We love his rendition of these bitters, savory and earthy, and have been begging him for years to make this a part of his regular line-up. And it's finally here! Made with celery...
We celebrated muroka sakes in January. So what does muroka mean? Muroka is comprised of the following kanji characters, 無 (mu): nothing; 濾過 (roka): filtering, referring to sakes that have not gone through charcoal filtering. You can read more about muroka here,...
Umami Mart has evolved immensely since we first arrived 2007. We were first a food and drink blog, then, in 2010, Yoko and I started importing bar tools from Japan and selling them on our website. From there, in 2012, we opened our brick + mortar store in downtown...