WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT SAKE, BEER, BREAD, COFFEE, CHOCOLATE AND INDIAN SPICES IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY Whats the strongest beer made?
Should sake be hot or cold? How do you make a perfect cup of coffee? I learned the answers to these and many other food questions I never had at a two-day culinary tour of Fairfield County, Connecticut, north of Westchester County in New York, which has become home to so many fine restaurants, food shops and culinary experts. For example, Gregg Glaser, a nice (half) Jewish boy who somehow became an expert in Japanese sake and other drinks, taught me the following about sake at the beautiful Wasabi Chi Restaurant in South Norwalk, which offers 16 different types of sake (and you thought there was only one). • Cold sake is better than hot. Restaurants may heat it to mask that it’s not such good quality. Ahh so. • If you drink sake in Japan, you’re probably older. Younger people in Japan prefer another drink that’s 25% alcohol (sake is usually 15-7%. • Don’t eat sushi with sake – it’s like eating rice and rice. • If you want to look like you know what you’re doing it, treat sake like wine
