Bringing Sake to the Table: Your Complete Guide to Enjoying Sake at Home
Throughout our Bringing Sake to the Table series, we've explored how sake can become part of everyday life in Australia.
From discovering your favourite sake style to pairing a bottle with takeaway, supermarket snacks or a weekend BBQ, our eight feature articles have shared simple ways to make sake more approachable at home.
To wrap up the series, we're bringing all eight guides together in one place, starting with some of our most popular reads.
Your Most Popular Sake Guides
🥇What Is Sake? A Beginner's Guide to Choosing Japanese Sake
New to sake or not sure where to start?
This beginner-friendly guide introduces the basics of Japanese sake and helps you feel more confident when choosing your next bottle.
🥈 The Best Sake Pairings for Tonight's Takeaway
Your favourite takeaway might be the perfect excuse to open a bottle of sake.
From pizza and fried chicken to Thai food and gelato, discover how sake can complement familiar takeaway favourites.
🥉 Bring Marie Chiba's Sake Pairings to Your Table
Inspired by Marie Chiba's sake and food pairing seminar at the Melbourne Sake Festival, this guide brings three creative recipes and their sake pairings into your home.
Discover new flavour combinations and recreate a little of the festival experience at your own table.
Discover Marie Chiba's Pairings →
More Ways to Enjoy Sake at Home
How to Enjoy Sake at Home
Small changes can make a big difference to your sake experience.
Explore practical tips on serving temperature, glassware, storage and food pairing to help you get more from every bottle.
5-Minute Sake Pairings from Your Local Supermarket
Great sake pairing doesn't require complicated cooking.
Discover how everyday supermarket favourites such as prosciutto, roast chicken and potato chips can become easy, delicious pairings.
What's Your Sake Style? Take the Quiz
Fresh and crisp, fruity and aromatic, rich and savoury, or soft and sweet?
Take our simple YES or NO quiz to discover sake styles that might suit your taste, along with food pairing ideas to try.
Sake Samurai Simone's Guide to Enjoying Sake at Home
Discover why sake is such a versatile companion for food.
Inspired by Simone Maynard and Matt Froude's seminar at the Sydney Sake Festival, this article explores sake's pairing philosophy and three combinations featuring prosciutto, buffalo mozzarella and a classic lamington.
What Should I Drink Tonight? Sake Pairings by Occasion
Not sure which sake to choose for tonight?
Whether you're enjoying a light snack after work, cooking steak or hosting a backyard BBQ, this guide helps you choose a sake style to suit the occasion.
Keep Bringing Sake to the Table
Sake doesn't have to be reserved for special occasions or traditional Japanese meals.
Sometimes, all it takes is a simple snack, your favourite takeaway or a relaxed dinner with friends to discover a new pairing.
We hope these eight guides have inspired you to explore different sake styles, experiment with familiar foods and find new ways to enjoy sake at home.
