Sake - fermented Japanese rice wine has long been a favorite of mine. I'm actually having a glass now as I write this.
That first sip always tastes like water to me... that first and second glass do, too... and then it hits you like a ton of bricks.
Whack! That's either someone getting their butt spanked or my heading hitting the table. Just kidding about the latter. I've never met a bottle of sake I couldn't handle with aplomb and decadence... but it isn't going to make me pass out!
From my good friend Matthew Hall whom I first met in Japan back in 1990 on the JET (Japan Exchange & Teaching) Programme, and still consider one of my closest confidants -- though even he doesn't know all (sorry bud!), comes this fantastic story from CNN International. It's all about sake and what you NEED to know to become better acquainted with my odd drinking habits and to also impress your friends, family and other Nihonjin (Japanese) who always seemed shocked when a gaijin (foreigner) knows more than or even as much as they do about anything Japanese.
Anyhow... here's my favorite tale involving myself and sake: YOPPORAI (DRUNKARD)
Here... read this article, and sake it to'em!: KANPAI! (CHEERS!)
Andrew Joseph
I also like the fact that the original writer of the article is named Brandi. It seems fitting.
That first sip always tastes like water to me... that first and second glass do, too... and then it hits you like a ton of bricks.
Whack! That's either someone getting their butt spanked or my heading hitting the table. Just kidding about the latter. I've never met a bottle of sake I couldn't handle with aplomb and decadence... but it isn't going to make me pass out!
From my good friend Matthew Hall whom I first met in Japan back in 1990 on the JET (Japan Exchange & Teaching) Programme, and still consider one of my closest confidants -- though even he doesn't know all (sorry bud!), comes this fantastic story from CNN International. It's all about sake and what you NEED to know to become better acquainted with my odd drinking habits and to also impress your friends, family and other Nihonjin (Japanese) who always seemed shocked when a gaijin (foreigner) knows more than or even as much as they do about anything Japanese.
Anyhow... here's my favorite tale involving myself and sake: YOPPORAI (DRUNKARD)
Here... read this article, and sake it to'em!: KANPAI! (CHEERS!)
Andrew Joseph
I also like the fact that the original writer of the article is named Brandi. It seems fitting.
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