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| Negroni. |
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| Blood and Sand. |
4th Floor, 26 Polestar Building
7-2-14 Ginza, Tokyo
Notes:
Japan's cocktail culture is fascinating! In a country where precision is key (accumulated delays for all Shinkansen trains are less than one minute each year), you can only start to image how they make cocktails. Hidetsugo Ueno is a master in his field and B and I felt very honored and lucky to be able to experience his cocktail-making first hand. We started off with our favorite drinks - what better way to test Ueno-san's craftmanship? I thus had a Blood and Sand, B had a negroni (which was made with Martini Bitter, a product we had not previously encountered and only recently were able to physically find in a Metro Cash & Carry in Southern France). Both were excellent, made with an attention to detail I have never seen before. Thereafter, we let Ueno-san use his creativity and I ended up with an excellent tea cocktail, the main ingredient being Fauchon Tea Liquor. In fact the cocktail was so good we decided to pick up a bottle for ourselves during our stay in Tokyo. You should however be warned that prices are steep! We payed +10,000 yen for four cocktails, which also included cocktail snacks such as crackers with brie and honey mustard and nuts and crackers served in interesting bowls that Ueno-san has found around the globe. Highly recommended.
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