Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all are well-rested and ready to start another RAD year with Umami Mart. We won’t take you for granted! There are lots of projects in the pipeline, and we hope you will all enjoy everything we throw at you. Yes, we have closed our San Francisco shop, which […]
Author Archives: Kayoko Akabori
December 22, 2014
San Francisco Closing… For Now
We are very sad to announce that we will be closing our San Francisco outlet inside The Perish Trust. It’s been an amazing year here and we are so grateful to Rod and Kelly of The Perish Trust for letting us park our little shop here for as long as we have. All year! Ultimately, […]
December 15, 2014
Event Recap: Pop-Up Dinner with Jicca from Tokyo
As 2014 nearly comes to a close, I wanted to recap one of our favorite events of the year, our Jicca Pop-Up! Tori-chan is a good friend of Yoko’s from Tokyo, who opened up her own restaurant called Jicca last year. We visited her at Jicca in February, and at that time we decided that […]
December 11, 2014
Upcoming Event: 3rd Annual Latkes + Lager Hanukkah Party
It’s Hanukkah next week! You know what that means… our festive and cozy annual soiree with Erin Gleeson of The Forest Feast and Rabbi Jack! As always, we’ll have plenty of He’Brew beer and latkes; and just like last year, we’ll be having this party in our San Francisco shop inside The Perish Trust. WHAT: […]
December 8, 2014
Meet Louis Anderman of Miracle Mile Bitters Co.
Louis Anderman is a scientist. Born from a true passion for bitters, Miracle Mile Bitters Co. started out as a hobby (just like us!), as Louis concocted potions from days of yore, right in his kitchen. Miracle Mile now leads the west coast bitters revolution with his small batch recreations of classic formulas and top […]
December 1, 2014
Upcoming Event: Meet Shrub & Co. (OAK)
The holidays are coming and we are hosting a few exciting events to get you all in the moooooooood. First up, a Shrub & Co. Meet ‘n Greet! Started in Atlanta, Shrub & Co. owners Deborah and Juan made their way west last year and landed right here in the East Bay, in Berkeley, CA. […]
November 20, 2014
Happy Hour: Yuzu Liqueur
The Food Republic recently declared yuzu as America’s next big THING. Well, duhhhh! Umami Mart readers, writers and shoppers have been privy to this whimsical citrus for a long while now so we’re not lifting any eyebrows at these sort of dramatic announcements. That said, I don’t use yuzu that often in my cooking. Yuzu […]
October 30, 2014
Upcoming Event: Baird Tap Takeover + Takoyaki Party @ The Trappist
We are beyond excited to announce yet another collaboration event with our neighbor The Trappist. Baird Beer, a brewery from Numazu, Japan will be visiting for one night only, taking over 10 taps at the Trappist! Mr. Bryan Baird himself will be here from Japan, along with John, who works at the brewery as well. […]
October 20, 2014
Clinebell Ice at Prizefighter (Video)
Here at Umami Mart, we are always geeking out on very specific subjects. Whether it’s shochu, shio-koji or baking the perfect macaron, we usually trek farther and deeper into the realms of food/drink subject matter and then, we blog about it. These days, we’re thinking about ice. Pfffff, ice, you may be thinking. Ice is […]