Sake Night at SOY

The NYC Sake Enthusiasts group invaded a tiny Japanese eatery, SOY in LES. It is a BYOS (*Bring Your Own Sake) night. So everyone came prepared with a bottle of sake and shared it with the group. We told Etsko the propriate of the lovely SOY that we are only going to be there for couple of hours but we stayed until 10:30 pm. Etsko is master of tofu cuisine; stuffed, stir-fried with chives or chilled. Other than vegetarian plates, SOY's Cod with Ginger Sauce is quite a catch of the evening. The buttery flavor of the cod fillet blends well with my earthy Sato No Homare, a junmai ginjo. Everyone were pretty much buzzed by the end of the event. We were introduced to umeboshi (Japanese pickled plum) with shochu. I have tasted quite a few brands of Japanese shochu but never mixed it with umeboshi. When it comes to use shochu/soju as a mixer, I always prefer the Korean soju. It is cheap and harsh. Perfect for Sojutini, Sojudrivers and Soju-Mary.


The Invasion of Sake Enthusiasts

That night the group also tasted Sawanoi, a junmai ginjo from Tokyo and Fukunishiki, a junmai from Hyogo-Ken.