Kanpai London - the UK's first sake brewery
Behind the scenes: I check out their new premises & try the good stuff
I was on the way to my brother’s wedding in central London last September when I got waylaid by sake. I had been visiting friends in Peckham and I happened to walk past the Kanpai London (now former) premises. I call that fate rather than temptation. I popped my head in and eagerly scoured their menu. Inevitably, I got chatting to the affable bar staff and suddenly I was sampling a small glass.
How exciting to be drinking sake casually in London on a Saturday afternoon! How at home I felt in my home country that’s no longer my home! And how unfortunate if I were to miss my brother’s wedding…