Fantt said:FlashJeff: Beer drinking is an aquired taste. That is, until you taste a beer which is tolerable, you won't like it at all, but once you have a decent one, your tastebuds open up and are ready to try other kinds. Granted, most popular American beers: Budweiser, Miller, Coors, etc taste exactly like what they look like: horse piss.
However, try an amber beer the next time you're eating steak or some other meat. For Japanese flavor, try a Kirin Ichiban. My wife absolutely HATED beer until she tried that one and now she enjoys a beer from time to time.
As for what Sake tastes like - the generic kind you find at ANY sushi bar is semi-sweet and very smooth (doesn't hurt when you swallow it like whisky). You fill up the little shot glass, yell "kampai!" and swallow the entire amount in one gulp. It's not as strong as whisky or hard liquor, so doing so a few times won't cause you to fall onto the floor.
Both Sake and Beer drinking are no fun done alone. Make sure before you try sake that you have a few friends with you.
NHK news (Jun. 10th 2007) reports,I recommend the calpis. It's a very tasty.
Ajinomoto CalpisAjinomoto to Fully Acquire Calpis
Leading Japanese food-seasoning firm Ajinomoto is to turn health drink maker Calpis Company into a wholly owned subsidiary to strengthen its health food and drink division.
The presidents of the two firms jointly told reporters on Monday that Ajinomoto, which is Calpis's top shareholder with a stake of some 25 percent, would absorb the health drink producer in October through an equity swap.
Ajinomoto President Norio Yamaguchi said it aims to speed up decision-making as well as strengthen its health-food products division by making use of Calpis's expertise in developing health drinks.
Mr Yamaguchi said the domestic food and drink market is expected to shrink, but he believes that the health food market will continue to grow.
He expressed the hope that the merger will enable the two companies to respond better to changing consumer demand.
Our economics reporter says the two companies agreed to join forces to better meet the needs of Japan's increasingly aging society as well as the demands of supermarket chains undergoing mergers.
MMMM, I forgot about that! <3Don't forget Aquarius too