Return-Path: <@CS.CMU.EDU:hagerman@pug.ECE.CMU.EDU> Received: from cs.cmu.edu by K.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id ab03697; 6 Dec 89 15:00:40 EST Received: from pug.ece.cmu.edu by CS.CMU.EDU id aa09790; 6 Dec 89 14:51:36 EST Received: by pug.ece.cmu.edu (5.54-ECE2/5.17) id AA17161; Wed, 6 Dec 89 14:50:32 EST Date: Wed, 6 Dec 89 14:50:32 EST From: John Hagerman Message-Id: <8912061950.AA17161@pug.ece.cmu.edu> To: bovik@CS.CMU.EDU Subject: Sake Info Here's some information about Sake I got from the Global Consciousness: ----- Date: Sat, 2 Dec 89 18:45:20 EST From: Thomas.Sullivan@SPEECH1.CS.CMU.EDU Yes, State Stores do carry it, though they don't have a huge selection. I bought a japanese friend of mine a bottle for his birthday a few weeks ago. I don't know anything about it, so I don't even know if what I got was considered "good", though he said it was decent. It cost about $8 for a bottle the size of about a fifth. I'm sure you can get the ceramic cups and "heater" at Pier One imports. I think there is one in Shadyside, and I know there is one in Monroeville. By the way, I bought the sake at the State store on Murray Ave, right across the street from Giant Eagle. Good luck. --Tom ----- Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1989 21:47-EST From: Kai-Fu.Lee@SPEECH2.CS.CMU.EDU I think most liquor stores have sake. I can't tell you anything about sake brands, but you can get the bottles and cups from Pier 1 Imports (for cheap sets), or Basic Concepts in Shadyside (I saw a fancy set there). Some gift-box sake comes with these sets, but I doubt if you'll find any in Pittsburgh. Kai-Fu ----- Date: Sat, 2 Dec 89 23:12:55 -0500 (EST) From: Michael Sandrof According to Pennsylvania's Official Wine & Liquor Quarterly (which you can pick up at any liquor store), there are five brands of sake which any given state store can carry. They are: Fu-Ki Sake Gekkeikan Sake Ichidai Sake Kiku Masamune Sake Shirayuki Sake I can't say if any of these are good or bad, sorry. However, if your local liquor store doesn't have any of these brands, they are usually quite happy to order it for you. -Mike ----- Date: Sun, 3 Dec 89 06:36:23 -0500 (EST) From: Aaron Wohl All the liqor stores carry sake. The normal ones carry fuki brand wich is real iky swill. The specialtie shops carry large bottles of two different brands from Japan gekekan (sp?) and I forget the other one. The store next to the shady side giant egal usually has stock. Between these two real brands it is a matter of taste. They are both quite good. Orental food shops tend to have sake sets. Try the place in squrrel hill next to pinkus. Put the sake in the microwave with a temprature probe for best results. (assuming your flask is microwave safe). A double boiler also works. ----- Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1989 14:29-EST From: Masatoshi.Okutomi@IUS3.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU I saw sake in the liquor store on Murray avenue across Giant Eagle in Squirel Hill. I think other relatively big liquor stores carry it, too. However, you cant select a brand, since they carry only one or two brands. I guess you can find the bottle ("tokkuri" in Japanese) and the cups ("ochoko" in Japanese) at Asian Merchandise on Penn ave. in Wilkinsburg. Masa ----- Date: Mon, 4 Dec 89 11:18:32 EST From: Christopher Kellen The liquor stores DO carry sake. I usually get Shirayuki (sp?), that's the kind they serve at the Kiku. It comes in a huge bottle that looks like a wiffle ball bat. They have the ceramic bottles & cups at Pier 1. -Chris ----- Date: Mon, 4 Dec 89 11:28:06 EST From: Katsufumi Nakamura John, You might already have a solution to your Sake, but just in case, you can find Sake in most of general liquor store. They usually carry only 2 or 3 different brands, which leaves you with not much choice. "Hakutsuru" is okay. You might be able to find ceremic sake bottles in a oriental grocery store in the strip district (can't remember the name now). To be honest with you, Pittsburgh is not the greatest place to find a fine Sake. I usually pick some bottles when I go to place like New York. --Katsu ----- Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1989 11:37-EST From: Todd.Kaufmann@NL.CS.CMU.EDU Yes, they have sake. There's only two or three brands usually, so I don't think you can do too bad (ie, enumerate all possibilities). Paraphenalia can be found at many oriental groceries, probably. Pgh Asian Center, in Wilkinsburg, on Penn ave is a retail outlet as well as major supplier for most oriental restaurants in town. -todd