“Have you ever tried a Godfather?” asked Shimura-san.
No, I had not, and with a name like that, there was no way I was not having one.
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Grapes are nice, but don’t forget the other fruits
Sticking with tradition, we opened another bottle of bubbly on the first day of 2021 and promptly started day-drinking. This year, it was the intriguing Migaki-Ichigo Mousseux NV made from 100% strawberries grown in the Miyagi prefecture of Japan.
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Be careful, yuzu sake is very addictive
The taste was unmistakably yuzu, citrusy with a pleasant bitter afternote, swimming in a sea of smooth sake.
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Reclaiming the vegetable compartment
For the longest time, the vegetable compartment of the fridge has been our de-facto wine cellar. Over many years of accumulation, it was getting crowded and so it was time to start drawing down the strategic wine reserve.
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Dinner and drinks in Pontocho alley
A trip to Kyoto would not be complete without a night out in Pontocho alley, a long and narrow stretch lined with numerous restaurants and bars.
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Green tea pilgrimage to Ippodo Kyoto
I’m addicted to coffee but I do enjoy an occasional cup of tea, especially if it’s from Taiwan or Japan. Since we were spending a few days in Kyoto, it would have been incomplete if we didn’t pay a visit to the Ippodo Tea main store on Teramachi Street.
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The most important meal of the day is coffee
Caffeine is one of the few legal drugs left in the world, and coffee is its best delivery mechanism. I’ve been addicted to coffee since forever and it is an indispensable part of my daily routine.
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Quarantine + BBQ Delivery + Amarone = Meh
It was Day 25 of the not-lockdown and I wanted to bust out our bottle of Amarone from the vegetable compartment. And since Jerry’s BBQ now does deliveries, we decided to order some meat to go along with it.
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Drawing down the strategic wine reserve
On 4 Apr, the day after the not-lockdown was announced, our good friends RC and QY drove over and made a special delivery of pandan cake and kaya from Cheng’s @27.
It gave us a good excuse to draw down our strategic wine reserve and open a bottle of dessert wine.
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It doesn’t count if you use a machine
When you’re stuck at home and run out of things to keep you occupied, you end up making Dalgona Coffee.
And if you’re going to do it, you might as well do it right and make it by hand.
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