Last night Cloudbrain had a mixer with Gibson Design and Hotelicopter. We’re all on the downtown mall so we decided to meet up after work for some sake bombs. It was pretty fun. We met at Miyako in the York Place building. I’ve eaten at Miyako one other time and the sushi is always made for you upon ordering, so it is fresh. I learned something new last night, the correct way to do a sake bomb!
I don’t think Miyako encourages customers to order sake bombs, but they were polite about it none the less. First our waitress brought out plastic cups (so we wouldn’t break their nice glass ones) and a shot glass for everyone. We poured a little of our Japanese beer in the bottom of the cup and filled the shot glass with warm sake. Then, you put 2 chopsticks on the top of the cup and place the shot on the chopsticks. Try to spread the chopsticks as far apart as you can while still having the shot resting on the chopsticks. This makes it easier for the shot to drop into the glass of beer. Then you say “ichi…ni…san…SAKE BOMB!” Which means 1…2…3…SAKE BOMB! Hit the table with your two fists when you say SAKE BOMB! I was skeptical that hitting the table would make all our shots drop in, but it did. It was slightly embarrassing as the other diners stared, but we had a good time. The picture is of Alexandra explaining how the process is done!
