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First Japanese Sake Export Promotion in the Midwest U.S.A. Following the Great Earthquake
Attracts Food Industry Professionals
May 27, 2011
Members of Chicago area’s food オンライン カジノ ブラック ジャック beverage community had the chance to learn about Japanese sake both in theory オンライン カジノ ブラック ジャック practice at the Sake Tasting & Pairing Event for Professionals sponsored by JETRO Chicago オンライン カジノ ブラック ジャック the Consulate General of Japan at Chicago in cooperation with the Sake Export Association of Japan. The May 12th event was held at Kendall College to enable its students オンライン カジノ ブラック ジャック faculty of culinary arts オンライン カジノ ブラック ジャック hospitality management to take advantage of the rare opportunity to compare more than 50 brオンライン カジノ ブラック ジャックs of sake オンライン カジノ ブラック ジャック learn about the drink’s properties オンライン カジノ ブラック ジャック compatibility with various foods. The afternoon event attracted 147 attendees, most of whom represented Chicago area restaurants, bars, hotels, retail オンライン カジノ ブラック ジャック wholesale businesses, culinary schools, professional organizations オンライン カジノ ブラック ジャック other arms of the food & beverage industry.
John Gauntner, President of Sake World, Inc. in Japan オンライン カジノ ブラック ジャック respected sake expert, columnist オンライン カジノ ブラック ジャック author on all things sake related, began the program by speaking on how brewing techniques, length of fermentation, the strain of rice used オンライン カジノ ブラック ジャック percentage of its grain milled away are major factors in determining the different grades オンライン カジノ ブラック ジャック subtle flavor profiles of sake.
John Gauntner “a Sake Samurai”gives his presentation.
Chef Takashi demonstrates his unique recipe.
Chef Takashi Yagihashi, James Beard Foundation Award recipient オンライン カジノ ブラック ジャック owner of the acclaimed Chicago restaurant Takashi, followed by preparing a recipe he had created to pair well with sake. He encouraged the audience to think of sake as complimenting many cuisines other than strictly Japanese. To help make his point, the audience was given samples of his dish, a combination of hamachi (yellowtail) sashimi, prosciutto オンライン カジノ ブラック ジャック buffalo mozzarella, along with a sample of sake he recommended. Kendall College culinary students made the samples following Chef Yagihashi’s creative recipe オンライン カジノ ブラック ジャック instructions.
Armed with this information, attendees spent the second half of the event tasting sakes provided by 9 microbreweries from Japan who are members of the Sake Export Association オンライン カジノ ブラック ジャック 8 U.S.-based distributors. One Japanese restaurant owner said that his “chef asked me to come to select sakes which match our dishes.” Two of the SEA member breweries who participated, Nanbubijin, Inc. オンライン カジノ ブラック ジャック Okunomatsu Sake Brewing Co., Ltd., are from the Tohoku region in Japan which was severely affected by the great earthquake on March 11th. Despite that, they, along with their fellow brewers, made the trip to in order to promote their high quality sakes to a growing market.
The disaster in Japan, although mainly impacting Tohoku breweries with damage オンライン カジノ ブラック ジャック loss of inventory, actually affected the country’s entire sake industry. In response (out of respect) to the enormous loss of life オンライン カジノ ブラック ジャック suffering, the Japanese public stopped celebrating オンライン カジノ ブラック ジャック, as a consequence, sake sales plunged. Sake makers depend on traditional sake drinking occasions such as “hanami” (annual parties under the spring blossoming cherry trees) オンライン カジノ ブラック ジャック without them, began to quickly feel what the President of Nambubijin brewery, Kosuke Kuji, called The Secondary Economic Disaster for the industry. In a YouTube video viewed more than 500,000 times, Kuji urged his fellow Japanese to support the sake makers オンライン カジノ ブラック ジャック hasten their recovery by once again enjoying sake during celebrations such as hanami.
Many food industry professionals are serious about comparing sakes.
Haruo Matsuzaki, the chairman of the Sake Export Association, commented to JETRO that “its members share the idea that promoting the U.S. sake market is becoming more important while the Japanese domestic sake market is not growing, especially after the great earthquake. This feeling urged us to actually come to Chicago to promote our sakes directly to food industry professionals. Members think it is their role to have an export promotional event now while the effects of the great earthquake disaster still continue.”
As John Gauntner conveyed, by participating in the Sake Tasting オンライン カジノ ブラック ジャック Pairing Event, the brewers from Japan sent the message "We are OK, we are still making good products, オンライン カジノ ブラック ジャック we still value you as customers!” Many of the brewers オンライン カジノ ブラック ジャック distributors predict U.S. sake sales will grow this year, especially in the Midwest. In John Gauntner’s opinion, as long as the U.S.’s economy continues to expオンライン カジノ ブラック ジャック, sake sales will increase.
