...om a list of close to a hundred different sakes
A nice addition to Lan Kwai Fong. This bar is really hard to find. It sits on the fourth floor of a building with a non-descript (or constantly under construction) lobby so that walking in to get to the elevator feels a little like trespassing into a work site. This welcoming and intimate izakaya bar feels like it was transported in one piece from anywhere in Tokyo. As is typical for these places, the food menu is shorter than the sake menu, so it is meant to accompany the drinking. The quality of the food is superb, particularly since the octopus, roast beef, chicken, and fried foods perfectly compliment the sake. Newbie sake drinkers can try the sampler, which is three glasses of the house specials. Not the greatest, but a bit like asking for the house white or red wines. The sake menu has a very helpful tasting chart that helps drinkers choose one of four distinct sake flavors from a list of close to a hundred different sakes. For those who know sake, this is a Niigata oriented sake bar (as opposed to Kyoto oriented). So the brands tend to be from the Northern parts of Honshu, including a couple from Fukushima for the really brave (or drunk). The servers are knowledgeable and friendly. And, yes, there are other drinks on the menu.