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Workshops for foreign visitors to make bento box lunches with food items arranged in the shapes of cute characters could help uncover new possibilities for restaurants seeking to cater to the inbound tourist trade.
Get schooled in sake at Bay Area breweries, museums + shops
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Jan 23, 2018
We've all had our share of wine tastings and too many flights of craft beer and whiskey to count. Care for something different?
Of course, there's absolutely nothing new about sake. The low-alcohol, fermented rice drink is so ancient and prevalent in its native Japan that the country is apparently over it, but that's not stopping Western importers from bringing it over by the boatload.
And while most sophisticated Bay Area foodies have long since moved beyond the notion that sake must be served hot (the good stuff is always chilled), sake is still often reserved for pairing with sushi. But the Japanese have a saying: