the benifits of shopping locally

[Shippou-Chan]

i just got a load of money in so of course the first thing i did was head down to my local shop to buy some sake and lo and behold being their main purchaser of rice wine i now get a discount ... it's not much 50p off per bottle but it's nice to know

[toggle]

Always nice to be appreciated. Then again, with where I live, I'm never going to get that sort of discount on the sake from the japanese food shop that is my closest local shop

[chio]

I've never had sake but while I'm in the big city :eek: I can probably find these things when I couldn't where I lived before :) is it nice?

[gaijingirl]

I've never had sake but while I'm in the big city :eek: I can probably find these things when I couldn't where I lived before :) is it nice?

TBH it's not a taste that people generally take to on first try! I used to drink lots of it, but generally when i was already drunk on "chuhai" - which is fortified sake flavoured with lime/lemon or whatever - and too drunk to care. It has as many permatations as wine though and I may have been too young to really appreciate that at the time. Young Japanese people generally prefer beer.