Wagamama kaori sake, sweet and rounded with a crisp aroma, reminiscent of melon and banana

Wagamama Kaori Sake

Wagamama does not publish a price for this dish, so £9.50 is our estimate, based on no wagamama wine price is published; figure is a typical UK casual-dining 750ml bottle price. Confirm it with the restaurant before you rely on it.

sweet + rounded with a crisp aroma. reminiscent of melon + banana

4.7 · 10 ratings

About This Dish

Wagamama's kaori sake is estimated at £9.50 (est.), the one pour on the list that belongs to the cuisine itself: Japanese rice wine served chilled, closer in manner to a delicate white wine than to the harsh warm image sake carries in Britain. Unpublished pricing; the figure is this site's estimate, marked est.

Kaori means fragrance, and chilled service is the tell that this is the aromatic modern style: soft rice sweetness, gentle florals, low acidity, a profile that sits beside ramen and donburi the way the food's own broths do, by harmony rather than contrast. It is the most traditional pairing in the building and the least ordered, a gap worth closing.

It carries no vegan marking, worth an ask where that matters, and the serving size runs smaller than a wine pour as sake service does. First timers should sip it cold alongside the grilled dishes and let the harmony argument make itself.

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Kaori Sake Questions

Unpublished, so the £9.50 (est.) figure is our estimate, marked est. The table list carries the pour size and price both.
Chilled, which marks the aromatic modern style; heating is for rougher traditional grades. Cold service is a quality signal, not a quirk.
Soft rice sweetness and gentle florals with low acidity, nearer a delicate white wine than the harsh image British drinkers inherited. Kaori means fragrance, and the name is the description.
The most traditional answer in the building: ramen, donburi and the grilled dishes, by harmony rather than contrast. It is the menu's own drink, historically speaking.
It carries no vegan marking, one of two pours on the list without; ask in restaurant where the marking matters.

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