A Park Sloper who invested in the new Kappa Sake House wrote to tell me his reasons for wanting to invest money in a small restaurant on Fifth Avenue. Obviously he isn't objective about the food and sake over there but it's interesting to hear his take on things and his obvious passion for the place.
Slope over the last 15 years, is the owner of Kappa Sake House.
I live
and own a business in Park Slope and was a customer who fell so in love with the food, and people that I became an investor. The place
used to be Sakura Cafe and is now Kappa Sake House with a great friendly
staff, all from Tokyo.
I have spent time in Tokyo and enjoyed this
kind of delicious food. The restaurant is serving great Tokyo style cooked food, most of which are Fumiko's recipes, as well as sushi from the talented Ikeda-san, and a large and
great array of sakes and
interesting Japanese beers that you don't usually see. We hope to have
some Japanese wine soon.
Try the amazing spicy miso soup, great
homemade gyoza dumplings, perfectly cooked saba shio and much much
more. All the dishes on the menu are paired with sake or beer. Kappa
carry's a wide range of sakes from all regions in Japan while the beers, all of which are fantastic, are from small speciality Japanese
breweries. There is Sapporo draft on tap, although technically its
from Canada but still a good inexpensive beer.
The range of sake is
similiar to wine with dry, fruity, flowery, smooth etc., It is sold by the
glass, or by small, medium and large bottle sizes. There's even aged
sake, which is much like port wine and very good with dessert. Fumiko carries an amazing aged eight-year-old sake which you must try.
You
can even buy the enormously large bottle of sake, and they will keep it
for you until you return, if you're unable to finish drinking it.
Duringh Happy Hour: Sapporo draft is $3. On Tuesday nights: DJ Tako spins vintage
Japanese/world music. Nightly Japanese movies, and live performance
Thursday night.
Kappa Sake House, 388 5th ave, btw 5th&6th tel: 718 832 2970 email: www.facebook.com (kappa sake house)
I love the food here . I’ve had kappa bookmarked forever and tonite we decided to go there on a whim.This place is super expensive and I had super high expectations. Why wouldn’t I – it’s totally hidden, I heard about it only by word of mouth, and it’s by reservations only.Overall, it was a great experience. I would definitely come here again.