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Hakkaisan Sake Tasting and Virtual Brewery Tour!

08/23/2010

Our friend sake samurai, Timothuy sullivan will have a “Hakkaisan” seminar tomorrow.
Wasan creates foods which go with Hakkaisan.




Here is the list Hakkaisan(generally) goes with:

Seasoning – butter, heavy cream and natural salt
meat – Chicken
fish – fluke, stripe bass
Other – Almond, pine nuts, cashew nuts


Then our chef creat the menu:

  • Fried tomato chips with guacamole sauce. Fried ginger on top
  • Hanger steak marinated with rich miso & green salad
  • Steamed chicken with almond sauce
  • Grilled fluke soaked in a dashi broth
  • Sautéed fresh lettuce
  • Bara-chirashi(assortment vegetable chirashi. Home-made smoked salmon skin on top of it)
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    Bara Chirashi




    At the event you will get something special sake from Japan. I am excited too!

    Please come and enjoy Tim’s seminar & Hakkaisan & wasan food!

    Here is information: http://www.hakkaisan.com/events/nyc-hakkaisan-sake-tasting-and-virtual-brewery-tour/


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    http://wasan-ny.com/



    How to use Wasan dressing and sauce.

    04/28/2010

    Here are some easy ways  to use  Wasan dressing and Wasan sauce.

    (from left: Spicy sauce, Ginger sauce, White balsamic Natto dressing)


    Spicy Sauce:

    For a sushi roll, fried chicken, vegetable sticks and sandwiches.

    This sauce is based on mayonnaise. Anything go with mayonnaise, it goes with.


    Ginger sauce:

    Sauteed beef, pork, chicken and salmon.

    Please add this sauce almost end of saute.

    You can put over the fried chicken.

    We also recommend to put aforementioned ingredients on top of salad.


    White Balsamic Natto dressing:

    – For a cold pasta sauce. You also can put over a cold Udon noodle.

    – Just put on top of Tofu.

    – Dipping sauce for vegetable sticks.

    – Go with Mozzarella cheese and Mascarpone cheese.

    – Definitely not go with Bacon, fried chicken.


    <Cold pasta with fresh tomato and Wasan white balsamic dressing>

    1. Cut tomato’s stems. Take out seeds and cut into dice. Put in a bowl and keep cold.

    2. Boil a large pot full of salty water. Then, cook some pasta to the pot until al dente. Drain and set aside.

    3.  Put cooked pasta into icy water. Let it cool down and drain.

    4. Mix diced tomato(1.) with Wasan white balsamic dressing.

    5. Mix pasta(3.) with tomato(4.). And put on the cold plate.

    6. If you lik e, put diced-mozzarella cheese and basil(scallion) on top.


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