2009 Beer and Sake Festival

We tried 18+ different Sake, and didn’t even try them all for there wasn’t enough food for balance (no pun intended).then again it was a Beer and Sake festival.
The Uni shooters were awesome. thanks Zenbu
Sea Rocket Bistro shared some good eats
Café Japengo was my favorite — not sure what sushi it was but FRESH
Even Harrah’s Rincon had excellent Chicken Yakitori. Who wud have thunk it
Oceanaire — ran out :(boooooo
Billy Martinez was on hand showing off his art, dude is damn talented, check him out locally or at Comic Con
Favorite Sake of the night — Coconut /​Lemongrass. Also some Sake/​Whiskey mix. Most were quite good, from what I remember ;p

I am a fan and I never fail to miss this event annually. Historically, food always runs out quickly and when the double dragon combo of beer and sake come into play, you never want to run out of food. Chris B (who is one badass mofo) hit every point on the mark in his review. However, more food did show later in the defense of the event.
Ironically, as I stood in line to enter the event, I noticed that the line for prepaid tickets was ridiculously four to five times longer than the nonexistent line for walk-​ups. This is not to say that the prepaid long line didn’t move quickly (since I stood in it), but really … line operation needs to be handled better, or — simply — I just need to show up FAR earlier.
However, where do he and I differ among stars? It helps to linger after the event and help the vendors rid of their sake and beer wares because seriously, who wants to be bringing that stuff home. And that I had to drive home, so I needed to be smart. It was so easy to put back more given the good crowd and friends.