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Gekkeikan Sake

Sake: where culture meets class. When enjoying one of Worcester’s Japanese teppanyaki style restaurants such as Hirosaki Prime, on Grafton Street, skip the wine, pass on the Japanese beers, and choose the cultural classic rice wine: sake. Sake, which is created in a similar process of beer, has been around since the 3rd century China where it was drank to achieve a “spiritual high.” 

Pictured here is Gekkeikan Sake, which is produced in California and is a traditional sake that can be served hot, cold, or room temperature. Although the flavor may take getting used to (it is made from water and rice aged for 6-months) it is a smooth, mellow flavor that is sure to be a suitable beverage no matter what you have on your plate.

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Stuffed Grapeleaves (Sarma) Plate

Sarma Plate

Sarma PlateShiraz Armenian Cuisine’s stuffed grapeleaves (Sarma) plate includes ground lamb and rice rolled in grapeleaves served with rice, yogurt, and a salad. If you love grapeleaves, the Sarma Plate is a must have. The salad arrives first. It doesn’t look like anything special (mostly greens and tomatoes), but the dressing is good. The main dish arrives half-covered with eight grapeleaves; each perfectly rolled, deep green, and flavor-packed! Rice fills any remaining space on the plate – far too buttery to leave even a single gain behind. I didn’t expect to eat the yogurt until I spread a thick layer across a grapeleave bite … delicious! I’d only change one small thing … I’d request the salad WITH the main dish, rather than before … and I will next time! -JJ