Question about Manpuku's sake serving [moved from L.A. board]
I had dinner at Manpuku a few nights ago (really good, but overpriced), and ordered a glass of cold sake. The waitress served it in one of those dark grey ceramic cups w/ no handles on a little matching saucer, but she poured the sake all the way up to the brim of the cup and then let it flow over to the saucer. She did this for my friend as well. The sake was really really good, so instead of letting the sake in the saucer go to waste, I dumped it into my cup when I thought no one who worked there was looking.
Can anyone tell me if what I did was tacky in Japanese culture?
Thanks~
waterisgood
Oct 03, 2006 05:04PM
you did the absolute right thing as did your waitress. it signifies abundance and it's a very nice gesture when they wish you much abundance!
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Ooh - that all makes perfect sense. Now I feel a little bad for being greedy and thinking how small that cup was when she first brought it out - and then when I saw her fill it the way she did, I just didn't know what to do. Anyway, thanks for responding!
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When I was in Japan a few places put a glass inside a masu and filled the glass and kept pouring until the masu was full as well. I drank the sake and poured the "abundance" from the masu into the glass.
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