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*Red Sleeping Beauty* · 04-03-2009, 22:44

Can anyone clear up for me what plum wine is ? I've asked in the Food/Drink forum numerous times what it is and where I can get it but the answers have kinda confused me.

Plum wine isn't sake - correct ?

Yamamori do lovely plum wine but I don't know where in Dublin to get it.

FruitLover · 04-03-2009, 23:35

'Sake' can have two meanings - when heard outside of Japan, it's generally used to mean traditional Japanese rice wine (the Japanese call this 'nihonshu', which literally means 'Japanese alcohol'). In Japanese, 'sake' just means alcohol in general.

Plum wine is not the same as rice wine, as it's (surprise, surprise) made with plums! (although it can be made partly with nihonshu) The Japanese phrase for plum wine is 'umeshu'. There's an Asian market on Drury St. in Dublin city centre that has umeshu, among other tasty beverages.

*Red Sleeping Beauty* · 04-03-2009, 23:37

Thank you

I've got the Plum Wine from the Drury St market but I didn't think it was that nice (compared to Yamamori's yummy stuff).

Dont be at yourself · 05-03-2009, 09:47

Umeshu is vile.

FruitLover · 06-03-2009, 02:36

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Originally Posted by NekkidBibleMan

Umeshu is vile.

Your face is vile. Umeshu pwns your bones. Particularly with an actual ume plum with it. 酸っぱい!

Cake Fiend · 06-03-2009, 23:29

Forget umeshu, has anyone seen the cherry version (maybe 'sakuranbo-shu'?) anywhere?

Shtanto · 03-04-2012, 14:55

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Originally Posted by Dont be at yourself

Umeshu is vile.

Sounds like you got the fake stuff. Izakawa is a downstairs basement bar on South Great Georges St. - you'll find it there, but don't expect change. I'll check druary st. too. Yukios don't sell it anymore.

**fewtinsoffroth** · 03-04-2012, 16:10

Speaking of which, what is the Japanese for Zombie?

funky penguin · 04-04-2012, 07:29

Just ゾンビ.

脳うううううううううううううううう！

Dont be at yourself · 04-04-2012, 13:04

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Originally Posted by Shtanto

Sounds like you got the fake stuff. Izakawa is a downstairs basement bar on South Great Georges St. - you'll find it there, but don't expect change. I'll check druary st. too. Yukios don't sell it anymore.

I lived in Japan for a few years, so I had plenty of the real stuff!

**Konata** · 14-04-2012, 00:00

This thread is more suited to the Japan forum methinks so I've moved it there

shindig-jp · 15-04-2012, 10:59

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Originally Posted by fewtinsoffroth

Speaking of which, what is the Japanese for Zombie?

Are you speaking of the Zombie as in "Zombie Day" in Japan which is called Easter Sunday in the christian world and somebody rises from the dead ?

04-03-2009, 22:44	#1
Red Sleeping Beauty Subscriber Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6,230 Adverts \| Friends	Plum wine Can anyone clear up for me what plum wine is ? I've asked in the Food/Drink forum numerous times what it is and where I can get it but the answers have kinda confused me. Plum wine isn't sake - correct ? Yamamori do lovely plum wine but I don't know where in Dublin to get it.

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FruitLover Butt Demon Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: 東京都 Posts: 2,475 Adverts \| Friends	'Sake' can have two meanings - when heard outside of Japan, it's generally used to mean traditional Japanese rice wine (the Japanese call this 'nihonshu', which literally means 'Japanese alcohol'). In Japanese, 'sake' just means alcohol in general. Plum wine is not the same as rice wine, as it's (surprise, surprise) made with plums! (although it can be made partly with nihonshu) The Japanese phrase for plum wine is 'umeshu'. There's an Asian market on Drury St. in Dublin city centre that has umeshu, among other tasty beverages. Last edited by FruitLover; 04-03-2009 at 23:39.

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04-03-2009, 23:37	#3
Red Sleeping Beauty Subscriber Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6,230 Adverts \| Friends	Thank you I've got the Plum Wine from the Drury St market but I didn't think it was that nice (compared to Yamamori's yummy stuff).

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Dont be at yourself Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Dublin Posts: 9,216 Adverts \| Friends	Umeshu is vile.

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Cake Fiend Registered User Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Tokyo Posts: 5,229 Adverts \| Friends	Forget umeshu, has anyone seen the cherry version (maybe 'sakuranbo-shu'?) anywhere?

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fewtinsoffroth Trying to kill two stones with one bird. Join Date: May 2010 Location: In a field full of sheep. Posts: 5,589 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Leaving Cert	Speaking of which, what is the Japanese for Zombie?

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funky penguin Closed Account Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,739 Adverts \| Friends	Just ゾンビ. 脳うううううううううううううううう！

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Konata Moderator Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The Moon Posts: 6,187 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Anime & Manga, DCU, Japan, Languages, Nihongo (Japanese)	This thread is more suited to the Japan forum methinks so I've moved it there