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A high quality sake deserves a high quality vessel to complement and showcase its flavor. Features a diamond cut etching at the base of each 5 oz flute.
John Gauntner's Sake Professional class in San Francisco. The three-day course covers the sake-making process, tastings, more.
Try delicious Haku Smoked Shoyu, Haku Sakura Cherry Blossom Shoyu, and Haku Mizunara Whisky Barrel Aged Shoyu. Made in Kyoto, Japan.
There is a renaissance of sorts happening in Seattle and cocktail culture will not be left behind! Here are four bars we visited and would highly recommend.
A free in-store tasting with Dafna Kory, founder of INNA. Learn about and sample some shrub, and take home a bottle.
We ate Noraneko, a ramen spot in Portland conceived by the same geniuses behind Biwa. The broth was deep and the noodles no-nonsense springy. Read more...
Find out how to use a spice toaster to toast sesame seeds and spices.
Taco rice is the culinary lovechild of Tex-Mex, Okinawan and Japanese flavours -- a dish that's popular all over Japan these days.
Located a half a block away from Umami Mart along 9th Street at Broadway. The selection and prices are unbeatable for a farmers market in the Bay Area.
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.