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What to drink with our New Year’s mochi menu
Japanese New Year’s celebrations call for a cup of otoso, sake that has been steeped with a medicinal herb blend. Or you can have your sake imbued with cedar: Another tradition involves breaking open a wooden cask of sake, called taruzake. But we like the flavors of the sake to shine, so to accompany our mochi-making New Year’s celebration, we offer six food-friendly bottles recommended by sake sensei John Gauntner. And for more expert info, watch our Sake Obsessive video.
Be forewarned: Though you’re not partying at the local club, sake still has a way of getting to you. So ring in the New Year right, but don’t go whining if a hangover sets in anyway.—Roxanne Webber
Nishinoseki “Champion of the West”
$24
A slightly sweet and rich junmai from the Oita Prefecture. Gauntner says it will “tie in with the richness of mochi.”
$39.99
Gauntner describes this junmai ginjo as clean and centered, “broad and chewy.” Works well with salty foods.
$33.99
A balanced, well-structured junmai ginjo with a hint of cocoa on the nose—Gauntner says it will “surely coax out some of the deeper flavors” in mochi-based dishes.
$30.99
This junmai is “almost dripping with the flavors of the rice from which it was brewed,” says Gauntner.
$34.99
A fruity and grassy junmai ginjo. Gauntner says it has a “delicately interwoven blend of tightly bound flavors” that offer good contrast to the rice in mochi.
$40
The slightly smoky and gamy flavors of this junmai will complement toasted or grilled dishes like our Norimaki Mochi. Gauntner says it’s an “exquisitely balanced” sake. Order from Astor Wines & Spirits at 212-674-7500.
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One address to sake heaven: www.truesake.com
i wonder if sake from my neck of the woods (niigata, home of koshi-hikari rice and award-winning sake) is available anywhere in the states. of the major labels, i wish that i could introduce folks, for example, to "hakkaisan." incidentally, i don't see any mention of sake with gold flakes in it: this is a crowd-pleaser, for sure. anyone else familiar with this? (i'd post a picture, but i don't know how!)
Diana, You saw where we were going! Straight to Beau Timken for our Sake Obsessive: http://www.chow.com/stories/10864
Hope you enjoy it,
Meredith