Mitsuyoshi Japanese Restaurant

Saturday, July 15, 2017

Margie's  choice for her monthly dinner is Mitsuyoshi Japanese Restaurant in Stanton.                             www.mitsuyoshi-restaurant.com.   We did dine there last year and this is a return visit.  16 of us tonight so the seating leaved a lot to be desired.. 8 at one table and two tables of 4. Made it hard to pass wine around and chat with others. But troopers that we are we managed to have  a good time to eat and drink for several hours. Amazing what a little wine can do.

As last year I ordered the Bento Box, a wide variety of small bites. My kind of grazing. And my fingers kept the chopsticks in line. Sometimes the fingers cramp so much it is hard to handle the sticks but I refuse to eat Asian food with a fork. I wonder what really old Asian people used do when they get so much arthritis in their hands they have difficulty with the sticks. Before they were introduced to forks.

The wines tonight were a really mixed lot. Most I did not get to taste. But I did have some of most of the sparklings. A few did not make it to our table. Tables were very crowded - not much room.

NV  Mio Sparkling Sake - semi sweet
NV  Grand Cru De Margere - very good
NV  Scharffenberger Brut Excellence - very good
NV La Monca Proceso - did not taste
2015 Francis Coppola Sofia, Blanc de Blanc - did not taste
2014 Schafer-Frohlich, Rose of Pinot Noir - very good
2013 Pedrocelli, Dry Rose of Zinfandel - did not taste
2016 Eberle Syrah Rose - did not taste
2006 F. Johnson Vineyard, Chardonnay - did not taste
2009 Hillard Bruce Chardonnay - nice and clean - no oak
2014 Tablas Creek, Cotes de Tablas Blanc - did not taste
2014 Dragonette, Sauvignon Blanc - did not taste
2015 Cowhorn Spizal 26, White table wine - did not taste
2015 Alma Terra, Albarino - clean- good
2015 Old Country Cellars Albarino - did not taste
2010 Huber Barrell Select Pinot Noir - my style of wine
2012 Clos Pepe, Pinot Noir - always a winner
2012 Lloyds, Pinot Noir - did not taste
2013 Danci Vineyrads, Pinot Noir - did not taste
2014 Patricia Green Cellars, 15th Anniversary Cuvee, Pinot Noir - very good