With its claim of being Asian as well as Japanese,
and boasting a colourful and compelling entrance to boot,
this bar looks like a decent spot to down a few drinks in.
Although while the door is just about ajar, for non-Japanese lacking the lingo, it is just about jammed shut.
Gaijin says
Dang, now I’m dying to know what the Japanese text says.
Jee says
Ermmm… wrong AttNEtion.
Peter says
What is a Keep charge?
Drew says
@Gaijin: The Japanese text is just a boring old menu.
@Peter: From their website, it seems that you pay the keep charge if you want water and ice with your drinks. Bizarre.
Lee says
A lot of bars offer a ‘bottle keep’ service. Rather than paying for individual shots, it offers the option of buying a whole bottle and then leaving it at the bar with your name on it to drink at a later date.
Bizarrely, even mayonnaise restaurants offer this service.
Andy says
I can totally understand their logic here; I hate it when people assume they have a right to service when they can’t be bothered to even think about learning the local language. What struck me as odd though is that this “Asian Japanese Bar” only has two items on the menu that aren’t western…
Adam says
Hey, I can say “whiskey” in Japanese. Does that mean I can enter the yellow door? Or is there a more difficult test inside? Maybe you have to show your JLPT ikkyu certificate.