Haamonii (harmony) ShochuLow calorie cocktails – only 35 calories per serving

If you haven’t tried it, you must try shochu with a splash of oolong tea. There is an especially good brand of oolong tea that we really like from Japan and can be found at Oyaji izakaya in San Francisco, CA. This particular oolong tea is distributed by JFC international who can give you the [...]

At Haamonii, we love shochu and we love design. It was only natural that we would share a glimpse of Yaoki shochu. Perfectly named, the blogger who kindly shared the find explained, “The name “Yaoki” is derived from a Japanese old proverb “Nana korobi yaoki“. It means “Stand up on the eighth attempt after falling [...]

Before leaving for Costa Rica on another bachelor send off, I was told to visit the Tabacon Grand Spa Thermal Resort (a member of the Leading Hotels of the World). After a few days of non-stop partying, my fellowers and I took our friend’s advice and made the trip to Tabacon. The hotel was tucked [...]

I’ve been away from my Haamonii Smooth family over the past few months doing a bit of traveling. During my travels, I came across a cool magazine I have to share with you. The magazine is Antenna. It’s a great source to keep up with what’s hot in streetwear and fashion, food, and the arts. [...]

Have you ever had shochu with a hand carved ball of ‘natural ice’? Rarely seen or even heard about… you can now experience here. Served at a high end restaurant in Japan called Ryugin, the author describes the experience of sipping shochu with it. Sounds amazingly pure. They use almost paper thin glassware and I [...]

My first meet and greets…. The other day the Founder and I went out on our weekly meetings with a few of our customers.  After one of the meetings, the Founder mentioned how he liked the Restaurant Manager’s tie. At first glance, the tie didn’t appear to be anything special.  The color was a subtle [...]