Hakkaisan Sake & Kitano Hotel Fall Kaiseki Dinner
| September 24, 2010 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
On September 24th Hakubai Restaurant in The Kitano New York will be holding a special Kaiseki event called “Kaiseki Hajime no Ippo” (great first step to enjoying Kaiseki style food). Mr. Kojima, director/deputy general manager of The Kitano NY will guide all about Kaiseki of Hakubai, and sake teacher/sake samurai Timothy Sullivan will guide about Hakkaisan.
This event is limited to only 16 participants. The cost is $65 per person (does not include tax & tip). You will be served 3 kinds of Hakkaisan including a special sake. Also, you will get some gifts from Hakkaisan and The Kitano New York.
To reserve your spot, please contact at Manami at The Kitano New York.
Event Location:
Hakubai Restaurant at The Kitano Hotel New York
66 Park Avenue New York, NY 10016
Date/Time:
Sept 24th Friday 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Price:
$65 per person (does not include tax and tips)
For Reservations, Please contact:
Manami: myaezawa@kitano.com or Tel: 212-885-7072
Mike Weber Exhibition 2010 @ Sara Japanese Pottery
| September 11, 2010 | ||
| 5:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
Sake Discoveries will be waiting for you at this event! Please stop by, and enjoy Dassai with beautiful arts!
Dear Friends
…Sara Japanese Pottery proudly presents Mike Weber Sculpture and Vessel show.
We will be exhibiting Mike Weber’s recent works of sculptures, vessels, and tea ware.
Please join us for the Artist Reception on September 11, 2010 Saturday, featuring a Sake Tasting presented by ASAHI SHUZO featuring their sake DASSAI.
We will also be Open on Sunday, Sep 12th 12pm-6pm for this special event, please come by as Mike Weber will be spending Sunday with us at Sara Japanese Pottery.
Sara
Japanese Pottery
950 Lexington Ave. New York, NY 10021
212-772-3243
www.saranyc.com
naoki@saranyc.com
The Joy of Sake New York on September 23, 2010
| September 23, 2010 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
The Joy of Sake – New York City…………………….$90
September 23, 2010 • 6PM-9:00PM
82 Mercer Street
New York, New York
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Toll-free Hot Line 888-799-7242
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To purchase tickets by fax, fill out the order form and fax it to the number listed on the form no later than September 22.
More information: http://joyofsake.com/
Let’s meet up at The Joy of Sake in Honolulu!
| August 19, 2010 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
The Joy of Sake returns to its elegant new venue at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. Over 300 sakes will be available for tasting, along with appetizers presented by 12 of Honolulu’s finest restaurants.
Sake tasting areas are set up along the Academy’s cool, open corridors, with restaurant stations located in five patio areas. It’s hard to imagine a more appealing venue for a tasting of the world’s finest sakes.
The Joy of Sake is the largest sake-tasting ouside Japan, and has been held annually since 2001. It features premium sakes submitted as entries to the U.S. National Sake Appraisal, a rigorous blind tasting held in Honolulu every year with ten judges from Japan and the U.S.
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The Joy of Sake 2009 Video
Date: Thursday, August 19, 2010
Time: 6:00–8:30 p.m.
Place: Honolulu Academy of Arts, 900 S. Beretania Street
Price: $80 per person
Taste Nanbu Bijin and learn the Importance of Koji through Animation!
| August 18, 2010 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
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Rice, water, yeast and koji are the four main ingredients that the sake is comprised of.
The koji is rice that is steamed that also has cultivated koji mold spores. The official scientific name for this healthy mold is Aspergillus Oryzae. This mold creates enzymes that separate the rice starch into sugars that will be fermented by the yeast. This product then emits both alcohol and carbon dioxide. Sake can only happen with koji.
Mr. Kosuke Kuji is the Fifth Generation brewer of Nanbu Bijin Brewery and a special guest professor at Tokyo Agricultural University will be joining us at the event. Recently he has been involved in creating an animation called “MOYASHIMON” which is one of the most popular television programs in Japan about microbes in our life. He will teach us about these magical mold spores/microbes of sake by using animation.
He will bring special sake and local otsumami (tidbits) from his home prefecture of Iwate Prefecture.
We hope you will have a fun time with sake, food, and animation!!!
“To see more on “MOYASHIMON” click here”
Date: Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Place: The Japanese Culinary Center
711 3rd Avenue, NY, NY 10017
(on 45th Street bet. 2nd and 3rd Avenues)
Price: $20
Seats: 30 available
Nanbu Bijin (Southern Beauty) Tasting Sake:
Nanbu Bijin Daiginjo, Nanbu Bijin Tokubetsu Junmai, All Koji (Not available in US market), and Sugar Free Plum Sake (Not available in US market)
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Asian Feastival Exploring Asian Cuisnes in Queens
| September 6, 2010 | ||
| 12:00 pm | to | 5:00 pm |
Asian Feastival is a one-day culinary festival and tasting event celebrating local, authentic Asian cuisines in Queens. Feastival goers will have the chance to see, taste and appreciate the diverse culinary landscape of Queens all in one place.
Curating a select group of Asian restaurants representing the best in the borough, Asian Feastival brings together a kaleidoscope of regional specialties ranging from piping hot Shanghainese soup dumplings and char grilled Thai satay to crisp Malaysian roti canai dipped in spicy curry.
In addition to the tasting, there will be a variety of programs for those interested in learning more from the culinary experts. Programs will include moderated panel discussions, cooking demos, an on-site Asian farmer’s market, a food bike tour, and a guided culinary tour of Flushing.
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Hakkaisan Sake Tasting and Virtual Brewery Tour!
| August 24, 2010 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Hakkaisan Sake Brewery is hosting a very special sake tasting event! We’re taking you as close to visiting our Brewery as you can get without visiting Japan!
We’ll start the evening with a virtual guided tour of the Hakkaisan Sake Brewery! Using a 3D multi-media presentation, you’ll tour the entire facility and see exactly where and how our …delicious sake is made. Guided by sake Educator Timothy Sullivan and Hakkaisan Brewery Representative Kumiko Kurosawa, peer inside of the brewery and see each and every step of sake production in action.
As we journey through the brewery facility together, sit back and enjoy a vertical sake tasting, from our Futsu-shu to our Junmai Ginjo, of ALL of Hakkaisan’s delicious sakes currently imported into the U.S.A.! This vertical tasting of all imported Hakkaisan sakes will give you an understanding of the spirit of the Brewery and demonstrate the nuances of each of our delicious sakes allowing you to attune your palate to the taste of Hakkaisan. We will also surprise you with a special sample of one of our sakes not yet available in the United States.
At the end of our tour, we’ll relax and enjoy some delicious Japanese food to pair with your favorite Hakkaisan Sake and allow time to answer any and all questions you may have! This will be a fun, informative and entertaining evening that is not to be missed!
Event Details: Date: Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm Location: Astor Center, 23 East 4th St, 2nd Floor Cost: $75RSVP from here!!
SAKAGURA & DASSAI present “SUMMER KAWAUSO (OTTER) NIGHT”
| August 2, 2010 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
SAKAGURA AND ASAHI SHUZO(Dassai) present
“SUMMER KAWAUSO (OTTER) NIGHT”
Monday, August 2nd, 2010
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM at SAKAGURA
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We will welcome Mr. Kazuhiro Sakurai, executive director of Dassai Brewery (Asahi Shuzo) and two young Kurabito (sake brewer).
The three sakes that have been carefully selected (including ones yet-to-be introduced to the New York market) for that night are:
“Natsu no Kawauso Sake Tasting Set”
$14.00 (3 kinds/50 ml each)
Dassai 39 Sparkling Nigori
Dassai 50 Junmai Daiginjo Nama (Draft)
Dassai 39 Junmai Daiginjo
Prompt RSVPs are recommended for an evening not to be missed.
RSVP Hotlines : 212-953-SAKE (7253)
*RSVP will be taken on a first-come first-serve basis. We cannot hold orders in advance.
We are waiting for your visit! Kanpai!!!
Let’s make Dassai! It takes just a matter of minutes to brew!
| August 3, 2010 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
Do you know how sake is brewed? Have you ever visited a sake house?
We will welcome Asahi Brewery, who manufactures only exclusive Junmai Daiginjo class sakes with Yamada Nishiki Rice (it is considered as the best Shuzo-Kotekimai 酒造好適米). Mr. Kazuhiro Sakurai of Asahi Brewery will teach us how to brew Dassai sake utilizing the necessary tools.
Asahi Brewery is located in Yamaguchi prefecture where oysters and fugu (blowfish) are very popular. The Dassai perfectly matches with the local cuisine as well as western dishes. In this class, you will have some truly delicious pairing experiences.
At the event, Asahi Brewery will bring some special sake that you have never seen in the U.S.!
Please bring your friends and have a great time with us!
Date: Tuesday August 3rd, 2010
Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Place: The Japanese Culinary Center
711 3rd Avenue, NY, NY 10017 (on 53rd Street bet. 2nd and 3rd Avenues)
Price: $25
Seats: 30 available
Pairing Menu:
Dassai 23 Junmai Daiginjo
pairing with Seafood Arancini
Dassai 39 Sparkling Nigori Junmai Daiginjo
pairing with Scrambled Eggs with Caviar
Dassai 50 Junmai Daiginjo
pairing with Swedish Meatballs
Dassai Special Nama Sake
RSVP from here! The Japanese Culinary Center
Japanese Illustration Sakura 桜 Exhibition 2010
| July 23, 2010 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
Japanese illustration SAKURA Exhibition opening reception on Friday, July 23rd 6-8pm at Excy Gallery.
Why is Sakura (cherry blossom) exhibition held in summer??
Enjoy beautiful Japanese “Girly-Girly” illustration arts like cute sakura with free sake and shochu!
Sake Discoveries serves Nanbu Bijin Tokubetsu Junmai sake and barley shochu Kan no ko from Satsuma Shuzo.
Please stop by Excy Gallery for Summer “Ohanami(watching cherry blossoms)” party!
It’s ALL FREE!