“Night Markets” are a direct translation from Chinese and pretty much capture what they are: big markets with plenty of small vendors’ stalls open until late at night. In warm Asian cities like Hong Kong, these are open practically year-round and late into the night. Outside of Asia, like here in Toronto, they are considered [...]
I finally cracked open my bottle of Teion Sakura sake from the Ontario Spring Water Sake Company. Teion Sakura is one of the company’s standard lines of unpasteurized sake. At a simplified level (perfect for a sake neophyte like myself), Teion Sakura is the fruity sake. It is brewed at a lower temperature, and I’m [...]
East Japanese Cuisine is but one of a number of all-you-can-eat (AYCE) sushi joints in Downtown St. Catharines. I have not yet tried its competitors in the immediate area, but having tried out East last night, I consider it a perfectly good AYCE sushi joint. Before I continue much further, I need to make 2 [...]
I just tried the Demondori Mesume today, and it’s a great sake. It has a prominent peach note on the nose, and slight peachy-nectarine note on the palate. A very refined rice basenote, of course, and perfectly smooth. 15% alcohol, but other than the slight sensation in my sinuses telling me there’s alcohol, you’d never [...]
New to Toronto’s Distillery District is a micro sake brewery called the Ontario Spring Water Sake Company. As I walked around the Distillery District on a nice Saturday afternoon, it was the traditional bundle of rice outside the establishment that got my attention. That location used to be one of the area’s many art galleries, [...]
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