Over two hundred sakes and only two and a half hours to try them all. It must be the Joy of Sake. Yoo Mee wasn't able to make it, so Jordan came with me instead. We managed to try fifty three sakes. We cleared out the Daiginjo A portion of the list, tried a few in the Daiginjo B, and then moved on to the "Not Available in the US" section. Next year I'm starting over there. The old school method yamahai sakes were out of this world! The food was also quite tasty. Sakagura, Sumile, Bao Noodles, and a number of other restaurants were present. Bao stuck out a little bit, not being Japanese, but the smells coming from their table were irresistible after a few drinks. Fish curry and sake? Bring it on!
I regret that I can't remember which restaurant it was, but they had some wonderful kame aspara yakitori. Another amazing hors d'oeuvre was a terrine of foie gras and sake, topped with a plum gelee. I think it was Bond St. Sushi (of all places), that served kimchee sausage with thin slices of lotus root fried up as potato chips.
I picked a flyer for oms/b, an onigiri cafe on E 45th St. Here's a related link I found off Google.
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