Sake(Japanese Sake)
Japanese Sake is often used for Japanese cooking.
I recommend keeping a bottle of Japanese sake in your pantry if you like Japanese cooking.
I don’t care about brands as far as it’s made from rice and contains nothing else.
Sake is used to add a mild and rich flavor, and gives a good taste to the dish.
Sake also has an effect to make meat soft, and remove the smell.
I always buy a 750ml bottle of Australian Japanese Sake ( made from Australian rice) at?LION ORIENTAL FOODS CO.(13 Fitzgerald Street, Northbridge Perth 6003, WA) by $19.99.
Perhaps you can get Japanese sake like that at some liquor shop.
I’ve found some Japanese Cooking Sake at Asian grocer around Perth.
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Cooking Sake is not pure Japanese sake, but it has sake-like flavor.
Because Cooking Sake is much cheaper than pure Japanese sake, it’s often the case that Japanese households buy Cooking sake for their cooking ?in Japan.
Cooking sake which I found at some Asian grocer was absolutely cheaper than the Japanese sake I always buy.
I would like to try it some time.
Some Japanese people living overseas says that dry white wine can be swapped for Sake.
But I’m not sure because I haven’t tried yet