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November 03, 2007
Plum wine, sake, brains.
I'll admit to enjoying time spent in Whole Foods. I don't visit frequently -- it's exorbitantly expensive, which presses many of the buttons on my guilt console.
Last night, I breezed through the new location at 17th and Rhode Island on my way to picking up Liz at Caltrain. I'd spent the afternoon doing phone interviews and was a little too crispy to think about pulling a meal together, so I went through the deli counter and compiled a smörgåsbord.
While searching for a spaceship of Sapporo, I came across a row of other Japanese beverages and decided to take two home with me:
I was pleased to learn that the little white cap on the Gekkeikan Sake is a cup, which, in retrospect, should have been obvious. It was nice, but I think I prefer my sake hot. To my palate, rice wine tastes kinda boring when it's cold.
The Choya Umeshu was OK, but I've had better. I'll give it a B+ for presentation, though. Each jar of wine contains a little soused plum at the bottom -- it looks like the preserved brain of a small woodland creature:
The plum flavor became more intense as I got closer to the fruit. Although I knew better, I couldn't get the image of a zombie squirrel out of my head.
Liz says I whimpered in my sleep last night.
Posted by Your Protagonist at November 3, 2007 05:07 PM