Tomi Sushi (Katong V)

This is brewed with a blend of Gohyaku Mangoku rice, Yamada Nishiki rice, and Miyama Nishiki rice, all polished to 45%, by the Hakkaisan Brewery Company in Minamiuonuma city, Niigata prefecture, Chubu region of Japan.
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It has a clear transparent colour, with aromas of freshly steamed white rice, spring water, honeydew melon, and clean grass.
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The body is semi-dry, crisp, light, and refreshing, with tastes of morning dew, mountain snow, red apple, and walnuts.
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Served chilled, this has bright fruity mineral earthy sweet flavour, very elegant and refined.
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Tomi Sushi
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Also known as Octopus Fritters. This features chunky bite-sized pieces of octopus, battered and deep-fried, served with a lemon wedge.
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With a crisp exterior and a bouncy interior, each mouthful releases a lovely spice savoury salty sweet flavour, rather addictive.
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Tomi Sushi
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Also known as Crab Thick Sauce Steamed Egg Custard.
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It features a wobbly soft hot chawanmushi / steamed egg custard, with bright eggy sweet savoury earthy flavour.
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Within are buried various ingredients, tender boneless chicken chunk, soft kamaboko surimi / seafood cake, and tender shiitake mushroom, all of which are infused with similar flavour.
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Over the top is an ankake / thick sauce, of deshelled kani / crab meat and dashi, with rich savoury sweet salty flavour. Feels so luxurious.
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Tomi Sushi
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Also known as Bluefin Tuna Fish Medium Fatty Belly Sushi, this is lovely.
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The thick cut slice of tender moist maguro chutoro / bluefin tuna fish medium fatty belly is laid over a base of sticky sushi rice, rather like a blanket.
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Nicely sized for a mouthful, you first get the pleasant oily savoury sweet notes of the fish, followed by the mild grainy sour sweet flavour of the rice.
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Tomi Sushi
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2023/01/tomi-sushi.html

Also known as Salmon Fish Belly Sushi, this is lovely.
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The thick cut slice of tender moist shake harasu / salmon fish belly is laid over a base of sticky sushi rice, rather like a blanket.
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Nicely sized for a mouthful, you first get the pleasant oily sweet savoury notes of the fish, followed by the mild grainy sour sweet flavour of the rice.
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Tomi Sushi
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2023/01/tomi-sushi.html

Also known as Takowasa, or Wasabi Marinated Octopus.
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This appetizer features chopped spring onions and diced raw tako / octopus marinated in wasabi, usukuchi shoyu / light soy sauce, white sugar, mirin rice wine, and sake rice wine.
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With a slippery, gooey, crunchy texture, this low-calorie and highly nutritious appetizer carries sharp vegetal earthy spicy sweet flavours with each mouthful.
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Tomi Sushi
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2023/01/tomi-sushi.html