When alcohol doesn’t taste like alcohol, you're in trouble. On a Thursday evening at YUZU, a Japanese restaurant in Delhi, this was the experience as a group of friends got together to savour the versatility of sake, or rice wine — the traditional Japanese alcoholic beverage that has been part of the country’s culture for the past 2,000 years.
A smooth drink, sake is what you get when you add the lovely buzz of wine and subtract its bitter aftertaste. At 13-16 per cent, its alcohol content is similar to that of wine. And because you can drink it at

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