pour pour pour, a cocktail bar near Seoul Station
Apparently it’s read “pour pour pour.” I’d known for a while that Hongju had opened a bar, but I had no idea it was near Seoul Station. This neighborhood really is hot right now. A plac…
Apparently it’s read “pour pour pour.” I’d known for a while that Hongju had opened a bar, but I had no idea it was near Seoul Station. This neighborhood really is hot right now. A plac…
I think this was my third time at Matsutora — at that point, doesn’t that make me a regular? Or so I like to tell myself.. Fruit If you pick out a fruit, they’ll even build a cocktail around it. I…
I heard there was a place with a killer night view on the upper floor of Hotel Anteroom, the building with I Pho U in it, so I went to take a look. A view like this The view is so pretty. I know this neighbor…
Sugitama is a sake bar run by Katsuro. I had assumed it was an izakaya or a restaurant, but it turns out they can only use Katsuro’s kitchen if you come before nine, so that is when you can order somethi…
I usually share most places I go, but this one I didn’t really want to give away. Still, it’s hard to get to unless you’re a local anyway, so here it is. A very small sign I’m sure ple…
I was wandering the night streets of Kichijoji and stepped into a bar, but the whisky list was nothing special. So I asked the owner, and he recommended Bar Fort. I asked for some Japanese whisky recomm…
Whenever some interesting whisky came out, I used to just buy it, but these days I tend to try it at a bar first and then buy. There are whiskies I bought after a bar recommended them and I had a taste, and th…
Work was so busy this summer that I couldn’t get out to drink whisky at all. About the most I managed was heading to Campbeltown Loch whenever The Whisky Hoop released something interesting. GlenD…
I’d heard there was a place in Asakusabashi that’s a bar in concept but serves proper, serious cooking, and on top of that has great ramen, so I dropped in. I called ahead to book a table, and the …
A notice went up saying Shoko Inoue would be doing a live show in the building where I work. The notice What a golden opportunity.. I went and had dinner there, and it was actually pretty decent…
There’s a bar in Shinbashi that’s known for its single malts. I have no idea whether it’s easy to make a living specialising in single malts, but seeing as they’ve kept the place going …
The person I was drinking with loves single malts, so we headed to a bar in Tokyo famous for its single malts. It’s a tight little place, by the way.. From what I heard, quite a few celebrities come thro…