More Than 100 New York Area Restaurants Sign On To Sake Week

More Than 100 New York Area Restaurants have signed on to Sake Week, a culinary educational and dining experience that is set to begin June 5. Special food pairings, tastings, education will be available at a diverse set of restaurants including some unexpected cuisines.

New York, NY (PRWEB) May 11, 2009 -- More than 100 restaurants have signed on to participate in the first New York Sake Week which launches June 1, 2009 and runs through June 5th. Five days of sake exploration.

Participating restaurants will offer a variety of sake-focused opportunities from special menu pairings, cocktails, sake flights, educational events and a host of sakecentric activities.

"Our goal for Sake Week is to educate, to expand the understanding of sake," noted Monica Samuels, Sake Ambassador for Southern Wine and Spirits (SWS). "There is an entirely different world of sake beyond the basic hot liquid to which most Americans have been exposed. Premium sake are like an exquisite fine wine with a diversity of styles created by brewing techniques, ingredients and geography. From light and dry to full-bodied and semi-sweet, the flavors can be very complex. And, unknown to most, sake pairs with an amazing array of food from traditional Japanese to Thai, French, Italian, Barbecue, South American, Raw. The culinary alignments just go on and on."

Organized by Monica Samuels and a team at SWS, Sake Week will expose New Yorkers to the diversity offered in the ancient wine of Japan (Nihon-shu). From complex and extensively varied styles to the realization that sake pairs with the vast flavors of world cuisine. Sake from a variety of Japanese Kura's (breweries) and from Oregon will be highlighted throughout the week. Sake Week participants will have their notion of sake changed forever.

Participating restaurants include but are not limited to:

15 East

Abis Thornwood

Bamboo 52

Bao Noodles

Bello Sguardo

Bistro 33

Burton & Doyle Steakhouse

Cafesean

Cellar Bar

Chinatown Brasserie

Churrascaria Plataforma Midtown

Churrascaria Plataforma Tribeca

Cirella's

Court and Spark Bar

Dieci

Dish

Don's Bogam BBQ and Wine Bar

Double Crown

Ed's Lobster Bar

Elettaria

Elmo

Euro Asian Restaurant

Firebird

Fushimi Japanese Cuisine

Gramercy Park Hotel

Grand Central Oyster Bar

Greenwich Grill

Harbour

Hotoke Sushi & Steakhouse

Katen Sushi Bar at the Marriott Marquis

Kelley and Ping

Kyoto Sushi

Kyotofu

Lan

Matsuri

Megu Tribeca

Momokawa

Mumon

One Greene Japanese Restaurant

Parlor Steakhouse

Prem On Thai

PS 450

Public

Pure Food & WIne

Q Thai Bistro

Qoo Williamsburg

Rare Bar & Grill

Red Egg

Resette

Riingo

Rock n Sake

Rock n Sake Port Washington

Rue 57

Safran

Sakagura

Sake Bar Decibel

Salmon River

Sanford's

Shang

SHI

Soba Totto

South Fin Grill

Soy & Sake Village

Sushi Ann

Sushi Damo Damo

SushiSamba 7th

SushiSamba Park

Thalia

Top of the Tower, Beekman Tower Hotel

Tse Yang

Typhoon Lounge

Verlaine

Vertigo

Vig27

Volstead

Water Moon

Wild Ginger Great Neck

Woo Lae Oak

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