Nov 11, 2011
Nov 4, 2011
Kamoizumi Warm Sake Seminar @ROKA / 賀茂泉お燗セミナー
Day is getting shorter and colder day by day in London these days.
The fourth generation of Kamoizumi Brewery, Mr. Kazuhiro Maegaki
came to London from Hiroshima to introduce us a world of warm sake,
which is becoming the perfect company in this season.
With Asami Tasaka of World Sake Imports, He gave us warm sake training
to all the staff at ROKA Carlotte street branch.
Because of his tight schedule, the training started from 10am,
but everyone's sleepy face became so curious
from learning the deep world of warm sake presented by Mr. Maegaki.
夏時間も終わり、日に日に肌寒くなっているロンドン。
そんな時期にぴったりのお燗酒の代表選手、賀茂泉を造る
広島、賀茂泉酒造の4代目、前垣壽宏(まえがきかずひろ)さんが
ロンドンにいらっしゃり、ワールド・サケ・インポートの田坂あさみさんと一緒に
ROKA シャーロット・ストリート店にてスタッフ向け
「お燗酒トレーニング」を行って下さいました。
タイトなスケジュールのため、研修は朝10時から…
早朝からみんな眠そうな顔つきでしたが、
すぐに前垣さんの語るお燗酒の世界に興味津々。
The Japanese named 10 different poetic terms for the Sake in every 5 degrees.
(to know more about the tearms, please check my past post)
We had tasted "Kamoizumi Shusen" in 3 different temperatures,
the Autumn seasonal Sake we sellat both ROKAs in London.
in cold Sake between 5~15 degrees, you feel more acidity and sharpness
higher in the flavors as well as a bit of grainy textures.
But when the temperature brought up to Hitohada-kan, 35-40 degrees,
sweetness and Umami of the sake opened up and showed big presence.
and the texture turned into much silkier and smoother, with long and lingering finish.
However, when it become even warmer, Jyo-kan around 45 degrees,
then it becomes more difficult to feel sweetness, only sharpness stands on the palate.
Softer and smoother Hitohada-kan, which made us hungry
was the most popular temperature for participants.
Everyone seemed very surprised to see the one bottle Sake showing
completely different impressions by the temperatures.
たった5℃の違いに異なる名称をつけて愛でるお燗酒の世界。
(各名称は過去のポストをご覧下さい)
ROKA両店にて秋の季節商品にて取り扱いしている
賀茂泉 朱泉(しゅせん)を3つの温度帯でティスティングしました。
5〜15℃の冷たい状態ではリンゴ酸や酢酸を感じやすく、
酸味や辛味が立って、質感も少しざらついた様子が、
人肌燗35〜40℃にする事で甘みや旨味が際立ち、余韻も長くなって
質感もシルクの様にまろやかなものに変化しました。
更に温度を上げて45℃前後の上燗に。
すると今度は甘みが感じにくく、辛くシャープな印象に。
優しくまろやかでお腹がすく人肌燗が、一番人気な温度帯でした。
たった一本の酒でここまで表情を変えることにみんな驚き。
Group photo.
Thank you Mr. Maegaki and Asami san for coming early in the morning!
(I forgot my camera this day, so photos are by Asami san)
最後にみんなで記念写真。
前垣さん、あさみさん、早朝からどうも
ありがとうございました!
(当日カメラを忘れてしまい、写真はあさみさんに拝借しました)
topics イベンツ - events, 日本酒のこと -Sake journey
Nov 3, 2011
Sunday Times Britain's top 200 restaurants 2011
The Sunday Times published its bi-annual guide to the top 200 restaurants
in Britain in its 30th October 2011 edition.
Their list represents the view of the food loving general public
instead of the usual anonymous inspectors in guides such as Michelin or AA.
The list is compiled in association with the Harden’s Guide using 80,000 genuine reports
from diners who had been asked to rate the places they have visited.
The Sunday Times' rankings are based solely on the food the restaurant serves,
though the scores for ambience were used in the event of a tie.
英国紙のサンデー・タイムスが、年二回発行の英国レストラントップ200最新版を
10月20日に発行しました。
ミシュランレストラン選考のように覆面審査員が審査するのではなく、
一般のレストラン愛好家の方々の声を反映させた審査が特徴で、
ハーデンズ・ガイドというレストラン・リビューサイトに寄せられた
80,000ものレストラン訪問レポをもとに、各レストランの
料理の内容やスタッフのサービス、レストラン全体の雰囲気を対象に評価されたもの。
Statistics from this year’s Sunday Times Food List include:
• Half of the top 100 restaurants are outside London (last year it was only 40%)
• The number of Asian eateries in the List has fallen by half
• There are 31 new entries on the list
I could see all these new restaurants coming into the market in and outside of London,
Yet Asian cuisine trend, which had been around for past several years in London
seems to be screened this year.
However, ROKA, the restaurant I work got 34th on the list (48th last year)
and it is a top score within all Asian restaurants.
As well as Zuma, our sister restaurant got 36th this year (37th last year), stable results.
サンデー・タイムスによる今年のランキングの傾向は:
・トップ100のうちの半分が、ロンドン郊外である(昨年は40%のみ)
・日本食、チャイニーズなどをはじめとするアジアン・レストランの数が半分に
・31もの新しいレストランがランク・イン
ロンドン内外を始めとする多くの新しいレストランの活躍が見られるものの、
数年前からのアジア料理トレンドの淘汰が感じられる結果となりました。
その中で、私の働くROKAは34位(昨年48位)と大奮闘。
ランキング内のアジアン・レストランでトップの結果をおさめました。
そして元職場の姉妹店、ZUMAも36位(昨年37位)と安定した評価。
下記は、トップ100位のリストです:
Here we list the top 100 Sunday Times best restaurants in Britain:
- The Ledbury, London
- Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, Great Milton, Oxfordshire
- Gidleigh Park, Chagford, Devon
- Le Gavroche, London
- Waterside Inn, Bray, Berkshire
- One-O-One, London
- Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles, Auchterarder, Perthshire
- Restaurant Martin Wishart, Edinburgh
- Pied à Terre, London
- The Fat Duck, Bray, Berkshire
- Hambleton Hall, Hambleton, Rutland
- Midsummer House, Cambridge
- John Campbell at Coworth Park, Ascot, Berkshire
- Yorke Arms, Ramsgill-in-Nidderdale, Yorkshire
- The Square, London
- L’Enclume, Cartmel, Cumbria
- The Hambrough, Ventnor, Isle of Wight
- Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, Rock, Cornwall
- Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley, London
- The Kitchin, Edinburgh
- Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London
- Simon Radley at the Chester Grosvenor, Chester
- Dining Room at Whatley Manor, Easton Grey, Wiltshire
- La Bécasse, Ludlow, Shropshire
- Mr Underhill’s, Ludlow, Shropshire
- The Three Chimney’s, Dunvegan, Isle of Skye
- L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon, London
- Viajante, London
- Murano, London
- Northcote, Langho, Lancashire
- The Greenhouse, London
- Restaurant Sat Bains, Nottingham
- Fischers at Baslow Hall, Baslow, Derbyshire
- Roka, London
- Sharrow Bay, Ullswater, Cumbria
- Zuma, London
- Seafood Restaurant, Padstow, Cornwall
- The Capital Restaurant, London
- Umu, London
- The Ritz Restaurant, London
- Holbeck Ghyll, Windermere, Cumbria
- Number One, Edinburgh
- Chez Bruce, London
- The Peat Inn, Cupar, Fife
- Bath Priory Hotel, Bath, Somerset
- Fraiche, Oxton, Merseyside
- Kai Mayfair, London
- The Box Tree, Ilkley, Yorkshire
- Rasoi, London
- Morston Hall, Morston, Norfolk
- Roussillon, London
- Texture, London
- The Castle Terrace, Edinburgh
- Paris House, Woburn, Bedford
- Drakes, Ripley
- 21212, Edinburgh
- L’Ortolan, Shinfield, Berkshire
- Hélène Darozze, London
- Simpsons, Birmingham
- Club Gascon, London
- Hibiscus, London
- La Petite Maison, London
- Artichoke, Amersham, Buckinghamshire
- The Vineyard at Stockcross, Stockcross, Berkshire
- Min Jiang, London
- Morgan M, London
- The River Café, London
- The French Horn, Sonning-on-Thames, Berkshire
- Scott’s, London
- L’Oranger, London
- Hakkasan, London
- Summer Isles Hotel, Achiltibuie, Ullapool
- Ramsons, Ramsbottom, Bury
- The Latymer, Bagshot, Surrey
- Dorchester Grill, London
- Tyddyn Llan, Llandrillo, Landrillo
- Gauthier Soho, London
- Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, London
- Van Zeller, Harrogate, Yorkshire
- Bohemia, Jersey
- Apsleys, London
- Yauatcha, London
- Theo Randall, London
- La Trompette, London
- Angelus, London
- Purnell’s, Birmingham
- J Sheekey, London
- Wiltons, London
- Pearl, London
- The Crown at Whitebrook, Whitebtrook, Monmouthshire
- Roux at the Landau, London
- Read’s, Faversham, Kent
- Pétrus, London
- Nobu, London
- Benares, London
- Vetiver at Chewton Glen, New Milton, Hampshire
- Turners, Birmingham
- St John, London
- Pollen Street Social, London
- Trinity, London
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