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Best place(store) in BR to buy hot sake to drink at home?
Posted on 6/27/19 at 7:14 pm
Posted on 6/27/19 at 7:14 pm
Not a sake guru by any means, I like the hot sake at Japanese/hibachi restaurants & want some to drink at home.
Where’s the best place to find some?
Where’s the best place to find some?
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Posted on 6/27/19 at 8:50 pm to 225bred
I would Assume most sell it room temp and you gotta heat it yourself...
Posted on 6/28/19 at 4:58 am to 225bred
Bin q
Maybe calandros/alexanders
I would call and ask though.
Maybe calandros/alexanders
I would call and ask though.
Posted on 6/28/19 at 6:14 am to 225bred
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like the hot sake at Japanese/hibachi restaurants
Is usually not the best. Should be the regular gekkeikan or sho chiku bai at any regular grocery store.
World market, whole foods, and other nicer stores will have a bigger selection of good stuff to serve slightly chilled.
Posted on 6/28/19 at 6:17 am to 225bred
Ichiban has sold me bottles before
Posted on 6/28/19 at 6:30 am to djangochained
If at cost 
Posted on 6/28/19 at 7:21 am to 225bred
I order it hot at most places bc it’s cheaper but prefer chilled. Try this stuff if you can find it, meant to drink chilled though. First tried it at Soji in BR
Posted on 6/28/19 at 9:35 am to 225bred
Find you a nearby Asian Supermarket. I find they have the largest selection. I have bought some that comes in small containers that you can heat up with instructions but most of what they sell are to be chilled.
World Market usually has about 4-5 different types on their shelves.
World Market usually has about 4-5 different types on their shelves.
This post was edited on 6/28/19 at 9:36 am
Posted on 6/28/19 at 10:29 am to 225bred
Try the Asian Market next to Bao on Perkins.
Posted on 6/28/19 at 11:35 am to 225bred
I've bought it at World Market. I don't know much about sake so I can't comment on the quality.
Posted on 6/28/19 at 11:45 am to TH03
No way, I’m sure I paid a premium
Posted on 6/28/19 at 2:14 pm to 225bred
Rouses @ Juban carries it. They have the 750ml & the 1.5L bottles. Same brand that comes in the large cardboard box @ most Japanese restaurants.
Posted on 6/30/19 at 8:44 pm to 225bred
Jinya Ramen Bar in Perkins. Extremely good sake that you can purchase a bottle from.
Posted on 7/1/19 at 12:58 am to 225bred
Albertson's carries Gekkeikan, and if you're not a connoisseur, it will work just well for you. The key is to not overheat it in the microwave. Just 30 seconds or so. Once you get it too hot where you see the vapor coming off of it and it's too hot to drink, you've ruined it. A lot of Americans also don't realize that if you get a sake in a restaurant that's way too hot, don't hold the bottle around the neck. The sake bottom is thicker and designed for the fingers to not get burned.
If it's a really fine sake, I'm drinking it chilled.
For those who love sake, especially chilled, see if you can find a bottle of Karatama. You can get it in a smaller bottle as well. Obviously the label is in Japanese, but it's recognizable by the color of the bottle.
Another one is Sho Chiku Bai ginjo (not to be confused with the standard Sho Chiku Bai), which comes in small frosted bottles and in three designs. These can also be found at your Asian Marts.
Both of those can be found in BR and are meant to be drank cold. I have them in Lafayette here.
Denshin is another one of my favorites but I haven't seen it down here. I'm sure Houston carries it.
Chicago has Mitsuwa Marketplace which is a predominantly Japanese Mall, with a huge grocery store which has a couple of aisles devoted to nothing but a variety of hundreds of sake. I'd pick up a random bottle and bring it back to the Japanese Chef I worked with and he would translate everything on the label and tell me the description, and we then tasted together as well. I really miss Mitsuwa.
If it's a really fine sake, I'm drinking it chilled.
For those who love sake, especially chilled, see if you can find a bottle of Karatama. You can get it in a smaller bottle as well. Obviously the label is in Japanese, but it's recognizable by the color of the bottle.
Another one is Sho Chiku Bai ginjo (not to be confused with the standard Sho Chiku Bai), which comes in small frosted bottles and in three designs. These can also be found at your Asian Marts.
Both of those can be found in BR and are meant to be drank cold. I have them in Lafayette here.
Denshin is another one of my favorites but I haven't seen it down here. I'm sure Houston carries it.
Chicago has Mitsuwa Marketplace which is a predominantly Japanese Mall, with a huge grocery store which has a couple of aisles devoted to nothing but a variety of hundreds of sake. I'd pick up a random bottle and bring it back to the Japanese Chef I worked with and he would translate everything on the label and tell me the description, and we then tasted together as well. I really miss Mitsuwa.
Posted on 7/1/19 at 9:15 am to 225bred
There's several different kinds and sizes at Rouses.
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