Classic bars in Japan use generic brands of liquor: Bacardi, Tanqueray, Beefeater... it’s on the bartender to thoroughly understand the liquors and other ingredients and have the skills in stirring, shaking, glass selection to create enjoyable cocktails. This, as far as I’m aware (and being a Tokyo resident) takes a good part of a lifetime.
stephen allen I love Hammond and it’s nothing wrong with americans:) It’s just funny how the other two give richard hell for acting like an american:) Happy 2020!
@@cesaravila4053 its indeed actually a good test to prove the best bars. cocktails isnt all about alcoholic drinks, its an art crafting wonderful drinks using various ingredients
I’ve been here before and I can tell you, it’s one of the best bars EVER. Come here if you wanna know a cocktail is suppose to taste like. Their egg white whiskey sours is heavenly.
1000 yen seating charge, I know places that you can't even get a small beer for that price and they don't have even have house rules. So for 1000 yen and the price of what you are drinking you get civilisation, totally worth it.
I was kinda shocked how poorly he did the white lady, you can get way better made ones in the most good hotel bars. I think eggwhite is key to make the drink smoother. Also he did shake it pretty shirtly and did not double strain, you can see al the iceshards on top of the foam. Shake longer, double strain and maybe even use bigger blocks of ice, you will get a way bigger foam, even without using eggwhite and then double strain to controle your diloution. For 1k yen seating price I expected a better made drink, especially those classics with 3 ingreedients will be better if you make them technicly correct. For sth. with 10 different things in it, it won`t matter how you make it at all, everyone can make sth with 10 ingreedients taste good that`s why I was hyped to see him make a classic as signature drink and got disappointed.
I don't know I'm a beer man and let's face it you don't go here for the booze. You come here for the privacy and service. Like me the beer man I can go buy whatever beer at the store and drink that at home right... but wheres the fun in that so let's go out to the bar. So here we are at the bar and the first thing that happens is some skank begging for a drink, so let's say what I always say "you can have one if there is sex involved" and then we will get the "I'm no prostitute" talk, and to that we answer, "sure you are, either you have sex for money or wares no difference".... so when that is over with we can now relax with our beer until the idiot that really like the woman we met before, but don't have the courage to tell her, shows up and tells us "hey you calling here a whore?" so fast as an oiled snake we give him a slap with an open palm over the cheek and before he can attune to what we have done we give him another one over the other cheek and say "keep on walking while you still have the use of your leg" now our beer has gone flat and as we leave and step in someone's vomit pool outside we start to wonder if we wouldn't have been better of just having our beer at home..... So yeah I'll take a mediocre White Lady, privacy and ace service over a good beer at any ordinary bar...
@@TraumaER well the flavour profile of the white lady is way more manly than the white russian, which tastes like latte macchiato. And btw work on you symmetry, if you wanna go on the stage, you should look even.
It's clear that people here don't understand there's quite a significant difference to how bars in Japan operate vs a bar in a western country. Clearly not as knowledgeable in alcohol as they'd like you to believe with their comments.
as with any city, the most famous places rarely deliver on the expectation and hype. Having been to most of the famous cocktail bars here in NYC, I can honestly say, It's not worth the price at most places..there are a few though that deserve the praise. 🙌
So when I was traveling for my old position I heard about this bar. Well it shouldn’t be called a bar, the atmosphere and the drinks are where kings go to drink! I have never been to a place where they specialize in a omakase style! It is crazy the level of cocktails they serve there! Meeting Hidetsugu Ueno was a very special treat! An finding out he never drinks alcoholic drinks was crazy! Everyone drinks in Japan lol
I want to visit this bar before I die... Just made it one of my goals in life. Love the background music BTW. Goes perfectly with the video and atmosphere of the awesome bar. Subscribed 👍
I miss Japan very much, this just brought me back~ This is on my list to experience. Beautiful Bar and Staff, LOVE the TIKI mug on the Shelf...Aloha!! *For my favorite ever bar in TOKYO is : CHANGE Bar, in Minato City, Tokyo.105-0001. Near Tokyo Tower They have records playing and the Owner is amazing, great Hawaii art inside too~~~
I’m surprised that one of the best bartenders in the world didn’t double strain the White Lady. You can see all the shards of ice floating at the top of the drink at 3:22 Nobody wants to crunch ice when sipping a martini.
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Leslie, brilliant video, I love your video style keep it up, you are very underrated in this channel. You're one of the few RUclipsr's that makes a quick yet addicting video that makes you want to come back for more, a format not widely used on You Tube due to their monetary rules unfortunately.
He might like the texture of the little ice shards in the drink, but not chilling the glass beforehand is unacceptable in my opinion. Maybe he just thought is wasn't necessary for the demonstration.
Look at 2:13 there are fog on the glass.I thought the martini glass was frozen but it took out too early and wait for video shooting. Because he use hard shake that the technique hope keep more bubble in cocktail making white lady so he didn't double strain the cocktail
One of the best bars I've ever visited is Juuz bar in George, South Africa. They don't market themselves out much, but they make the most amazing drinks. Can't recommend them enough
I have been watching this bartenders video for a long time. He attends alot of food events around the world. The owner carves the ice using a very old knife
Hello, great video! Please visit Czech republic, especially Brno!! Brno is starting to be known as student, cafe, but mostly BAR CITY. I would like to highly recomended Jekyll a Hyde bar in Brno :-)
I'd suggest visiting "Hibiya bar whisky-s" in ginza if you are a whisky fan. 3 Chome-3-9 Ginza, Chuo City, Tokyo 104-0061. Great selection of suntory brands (yamazakis, hibikis, Hakushus) along with bowmores, macallans, glenfiddich and more.
Try these: 26East Bar in Vienna Austria, Artesian and Kwant in London England and Schuhmanns in Munich Bavaria. Good examples of great Bars in the World
Hmmm but all the books I own and all the pro bartenders use a doublestrainer and eggwhite for a white lady. If you care about taste, ice shards are not supposed to be in a streight up served drink in my opinion. But hey everyone can do it the way he wants. I was just curious because he won several competitions and does not use a doublestrainer for this type of drink thats all :)
That has to be the most basic version of a white lady. With no egg-white, this is as plain as it gets. Just look mysterious while shaking and people will fall for that. Just check out versions like the one made by the Educated Barfly, which surpasses this with both technique and presentation.
I was there the night before this video was uploaded, on the 27th. Fantastic bar with great atmosphere and incredible drinks. Try their Absinthe concoctions.
I was expecting James with another 70s poverty sandwich, but I guess this is an acceptable substitute.
Acceptable? More like uninteresting.
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Classic bars in Japan use generic brands of liquor: Bacardi, Tanqueray, Beefeater... it’s on the bartender to thoroughly understand the liquors and other ingredients and have the skills in stirring, shaking, glass selection to create enjoyable cocktails. This, as far as I’m aware (and being a Tokyo resident) takes a good part of a lifetime.
do they have limited availability of lesser-known stuff? like, can you go to a liquor store in japan and get plantation rum or oxley gin or something?
Bartender: Good Eve...
Hammond: Gin and Tonic please!
Dan E He would say “i’ll take a Gin and Tonic” like a true american :))
@@davidMax19 what? He's British
stephen allen He is an undercover american
@@davidMax19 I'm watching the grand tour now and ok maybe I do agree with you haha
stephen allen I love Hammond and it’s nothing wrong with americans:) It’s just funny how the other two give richard hell for acting like an american:)
Happy 2020!
Send the non drinker to one of the best bars in the world.
Seriously why the Fuck do people do that.
Ironically, the head bartender, himself, is a non-drinker.
@@hienleminh6397 oh come on. Lol
Agreed. Drinking a glorified Mimosa...
@@cesaravila4053 its indeed actually a good test to prove the best bars. cocktails isnt all about alcoholic drinks, its an art crafting wonderful drinks using various ingredients
I’ve been here before and I can tell you, it’s one of the best bars EVER. Come here if you wanna know a cocktail is suppose to taste like. Their egg white whiskey sours is heavenly.
Hope more of this sort of thing from Our Man in Japan!
Jason Hassett James drives to slow, the series will take decades...
1000 yen seating charge, I know places that you can't even get a small beer for that price and they don't have even have house rules.
So for 1000 yen and the price of what you are drinking you get civilisation, totally worth it.
I was kinda shocked how poorly he did the white lady, you can get way better made ones in the most good hotel bars.
I think eggwhite is key to make the drink smoother. Also he did shake it pretty shirtly and did not double strain, you can see al the iceshards on top of the foam.
Shake longer, double strain and maybe even use bigger blocks of ice, you will get a way bigger foam, even without using eggwhite and then double strain to controle your diloution.
For 1k yen seating price I expected a better made drink, especially those classics with 3 ingreedients will be better if you make them technicly correct. For sth. with 10 different things in it, it won`t matter how you make it at all, everyone can make sth with 10 ingreedients taste good that`s why I was hyped to see him make a classic as signature drink and got disappointed.
I don't know I'm a beer man and let's face it you don't go here for the booze.
You come here for the privacy and service.
Like me the beer man I can go buy whatever beer at the store and drink that at home right... but wheres the fun in that so let's go out to the bar.
So here we are at the bar and the first thing that happens is some skank begging for a drink, so let's say what I always say "you can have one if there is sex involved" and then we will get the "I'm no prostitute" talk, and to that we answer, "sure you are, either you have sex for money or wares no difference".... so when that is over with we can now relax with our beer until the idiot that really like the woman we met before, but don't have the courage to tell her, shows up and tells us "hey you calling here a whore?" so fast as an oiled snake we give him a slap with an open palm over the cheek and before he can attune to what we have done we give him another one over the other cheek and say "keep on walking while you still have the use of your leg" now our beer has gone flat and as we leave and step in someone's vomit pool outside we start to wonder if we wouldn't have been better of just having our beer at home.....
So yeah I'll take a mediocre White Lady, privacy and ace service over a good beer at any ordinary bar...
@@BolinFoto The name of the skank? Albert Einstein.
And then everybody clapped.
@@Javic167 I never had a white lady. It sounds like the most unmanly drink of all time. I only order white russians because of the Big Lebowski!
@@TraumaER well the flavour profile of the white lady is way more manly than the white russian, which tastes like latte macchiato. And btw work on you symmetry, if you wanna go on the stage, you should look even.
The perfect place for James Bond to visit when he's on a mission in Tokyo.
If the reviewer declares he is not an avid drinker, why is he reviewing “ best bars of the world “ ? Nuts really
To show how the bar accommodates him and fashions according to his taste?
@@eddiespencer1 it's a BAR lol... You don't go into a steakhouse if you are vegan
People are so used to getting trashed at bars they forgot bartending is an actual CRAFT. Not just shitty alcohol.
Simply, to appreciate a form of art
It's clear that people here don't understand there's quite a significant difference to how bars in Japan operate vs a bar in a western country.
Clearly not as knowledgeable in alcohol as they'd like you to believe with their comments.
The way he pours the units of alcohol was beautiful
Really, I thought it was kind of graceless?
as with any city, the most famous places rarely deliver on the expectation and hype. Having been to most of the famous cocktail bars here in NYC, I can honestly say, It's not worth the price at most places..there are a few though that deserve the praise. 🙌
Most 🇺🇲 bars are awful. They rarely "mix" cocktails. 🍹🍸🥃 Try ordering a "Rusty Nail" or a side car.
The first rule of Fight Club is: Do not have a party of more than four.
The second rule of Fight Club is: You DO NOT HAVE A PARTY OF MORE THAN FOUR.
I was going to go here last time but they were closed. Enjoyed Bar Benfiddich while in Tokyo and L'Escamoteur in Kyoto during my vacation. Kampai!
So when I was traveling for my old position I heard about this bar. Well it shouldn’t be called a bar, the atmosphere and the drinks are where kings go to drink! I have never been to a place where they specialize in a omakase style! It is crazy the level of cocktails they serve there! Meeting Hidetsugu Ueno was a very special treat! An finding out he never drinks alcoholic drinks was crazy! Everyone drinks in Japan lol
I want to visit this bar before I die... Just made it one of my goals in life. Love the background music BTW. Goes perfectly with the video and atmosphere of the awesome bar. Subscribed 👍
There is a lot of great bars in Tokyo. Unexpectedly, pizzerias are also amazing in Japan. I ate some of the most authentic pizzas there.
I miss Japan very much, this just brought me back~
This is on my list to experience.
Beautiful Bar and Staff, LOVE the TIKI mug on the Shelf...Aloha!!
*For my favorite ever bar in TOKYO is : CHANGE Bar, in Minato City, Tokyo.105-0001.
Near Tokyo Tower
They have records playing and the Owner is amazing, great Hawaii art inside too~~~
Miss it too! 2016-2019 long term resident. Wifey's mother got ill in LA and had to move back. Feel like I am missing out on the optimum life.
I’m surprised that one of the best bartenders in the world didn’t double strain the White Lady. You can see all the shards of ice floating at the top of the drink at 3:22 Nobody wants to crunch ice when sipping a martini.
I thought that also
Thought the same thing
Strangely, he did the same thing in his BAR TIMES video 8 years ago.
Maybe that's just a thing he enjoys
@@ozymandias3456 Top bartender enjoys crunchy ice in a martini? Not likely.
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Apperantly you jinxed us all with that comment this year has decked us all i lost 15 family members due to COVID
@@ELCochoDelAcordeon I am Sorry Brother I too Lost My Dad To COVID and a Couple other whom I cared For (Surreal Year )
This guy doesnt age at all, 4 years ago and he still looks the same
Now just merge with food tribe with the whiskey Tribe and we have a world dominating channel
was just there last month and can confirm that white grape cocktail is fantastic!
Biggest irony is that the owner doesnt drink alcohol!
Zoetrope in Shinjuku my fave watering hole in Tokyo... awesome selection of Japanese whisky that introduced me to the wonderful world of Taketsuru
Leslie, brilliant video, I love your video style keep it up, you are very underrated in this channel. You're one of the few RUclipsr's that makes a quick yet addicting video that makes you want to come back for more, a format not widely used on You Tube due to their monetary rules unfortunately.
Having been to this bar I can attest they make a great cocktail !
The bartender who served the white lady is now my idol!
Mr. Hidetsugu Ueno is one of the best bartenders in the world... and TBH I didn’t expect to see this in FoodTribe
I was a little surprised that the head bartender didn't use a chilled glass and didn't double strain the cocktail
He might like the texture of the little ice shards in the drink, but not chilling the glass beforehand is unacceptable in my opinion. Maybe he just thought is wasn't necessary for the demonstration.
yeah seriously, ice shards kill drinks
Fuck me. Glad someone said it too! I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the floaties!! 😲😡
Look at 2:13 there are fog on the glass.I thought the martini glass was frozen but it took out too early and wait for video shooting.
Because he use hard shake that the technique hope keep more bubble in cocktail making white lady so he didn't double strain the cocktail
It kinda stressed me to see those Ice chips . The chill glass too but that gin looks frozen as well .
You kidding me with the ice chips in that white lady? You got punked I think.
Best bartender of the year award and he makes a drink like that?😂
Right. No double strain at one of the best bars in the world? This would be the guy to dump 20mL of simple into an Old Fashioned lol
@@blakecooper2262 maybe they prefer the ice chips
One of the best bars I've ever visited is Juuz bar in George, South Africa. They don't market themselves out much, but they make the most amazing drinks. Can't recommend them enough
You'd imagine, the 18th best bar in the world would be worth more than 3:58 minutes....
Another reason to live in Japan from my endless Wishlist 🤭
love this place, really can't wait to go back
I can’t decide between high five and benfiddich for my favourite bar in Tokyo. Both definitely worth a visit
I have been watching this bartenders video for a long time. He attends alot of food events around the world. The owner carves the ice using a very old knife
Amazing place with one of the best cocktails I’ve had in my life
Also, check out “Star Bar”.
Hello, great video! Please visit Czech republic, especially Brno!! Brno is starting to be known as student, cafe, but mostly BAR CITY. I would like to highly recomended Jekyll a Hyde bar in Brno :-)
Good job, Leslie, as always.
Came here for the cheap sandwiches.
But sure, once I've got my PhD I'll gladly go to Tokyo to visit said bar
Really good filming 👍
The experimental cocktail bar in Paris is amazing... If its still there I went about 10years ago
Almost broke my monitor trying to grab that White Lady.
It look like a glass full of c..
awesome place, awesome bartender, word every penny and every minute!
Watching him prepare the cocktail is so cool considering I just pounded a ton of Hennessy shots 😂
dang. that barkeep/tender was chill as fuck.
I'd suggest visiting "Hibiya bar whisky-s" in ginza if you are a whisky fan.
3 Chome-3-9 Ginza, Chuo City, Tokyo 104-0061.
Great selection of suntory brands (yamazakis, hibikis, Hakushus) along with bowmores, macallans, glenfiddich and more.
Wonderful video!! Love this series, wish they lasted longer
The Tap and Tonic in Grantham, Lincolnshire is the cocktail bar I work at. Can highly recommend a visit.
*I guess I would use a strainer b4 pouring after drink, what do you think?* 🤔
"The Rocking Chair" Kyoto
Try these: 26East Bar in Vienna Austria, Artesian and Kwant in London England and Schuhmanns in Munich Bavaria. Good examples of great Bars in the World
Hmmmm.... I feel like knowing how to make a cocktail kinda makes you charming in a way..... kinda wanna learn that as a skill now
there is no food tribe without James May
Damn I would love to attend a place like that and have Bartenders customise fantastic cocktail combinations for me! Sounds devine!
No chilled glass ? And no double strain ? 🤔
small bits of ice in the drink is how it's supposed to be and the glass is clearly chilled, you can see that it's a bit foggy at the bottom.
Hmmm but all the books I own and all the pro bartenders use a doublestrainer and eggwhite for a white lady. If you care about taste, ice shards are not supposed to be in a streight up served drink in my opinion. But hey everyone can do it the way he wants. I was just curious because he won several competitions and does not use a doublestrainer for this type of drink thats all :)
@@larskormann7574 ok go open your own bar and become 17th in the world. Until then, you are wrong. :)
It’s more traditional in Japan to use a 3 piece shaker and not to double strain, it’s just their style
@@larskormann7574 I don't think there's anything wrong with what he's doing if he's world class.
“So I’m making a white lady.”
*throws a can of Lacroix in a cup*
I was here last year. Looks a little different. It is a lovely place
I like my bars to have some old drunk on a barstool on a Merle Haggard tune
I just want to go to Japan just to feel like I'm in Anime for real.
i want a anime to be made of those bartenders
Do Bar BenFiddich next please, Hiroyasu Kayama is a master himself
Don't forget Bar B&F on the second floor ;)
Liked in 3 seconds because of the intro music
That has to be the most basic version of a white lady. With no egg-white, this is as plain as it gets. Just look mysterious while shaking and people will fall for that. Just check out versions like the one made by the Educated Barfly, which surpasses this with both technique and presentation.
3:30 scared the shit out of me
This literally looks like the anime Bartender (2006) in real life, wow...
H Bar in Hohhot City, Inner Mongolia, China. Quiet bar with every whisky you can think of.
Just reminds me of anime and I love it
3 Flippers Just 1 street North of Kawanishinoseguchi Station.
Those drinks look genuinely enticing. I don't drink much, but I'd like to go to that bar. Is it expensive?
Apparently not too expensive.
Bar four seasons (not a hotel) in Ginza is my favorite!
2:22 Plenty of it, flood the cowling.
For another of Japan's best, try 'The Rocking Chair' in Kyoto!
I work in a cocktail bar and can honestly say that I’d prefer a french 75 over his white lady
I was there the night before this video was uploaded, on the 27th. Fantastic bar with great atmosphere and incredible drinks. Try their Absinthe concoctions.
It looks really nice. For next trip I will try the bar. But I can as well recommend “Bar Dealan-Dé”.
Honestly the rules sounds lovely to me.
CLASSY!
Typical bar for Kiryu to come to and have a drink with Nishiki
Awesome 😎
Wow I would get laughed at if I ask for it shaken at the bar I go to.. that looks awesome
Cocktails with lemon or limes in it are almost always shaken or blended. The bar you go to is wrong not to do that with a white lady :)
@@Justice1711 ikr
wait.... for a white lady? those are always shaken. a martini definitely isnt tho
@@lxxwj I went to get one the other day aaand they didnt even have the lemon juice lol.
@@typerightseesight jeez, thats incredibly wack
The simplest cocktails are the best
Smith’s in Maastricht Netherlands 🙌🏼
you could film in 120 fps some footages to get a smooth slow motion! greetings from Argentina
It is difficult to shoot at 120 fps in a dark cocktail bar without special lights...
Just give me the drink I want without any flash and don't charge me an arm and a leg for it. If you do all those things, I will be a repeat customer.
Sometimes the drink people want, requires Flash and costs more than a pbr
Smugglers cove Sf, Dead Rabbit NYC, Three dots and a dash Chicago
really nice
I can only imagine the taste....
I hope there is an anime about bartender
There is one call "Bartender"
The bartender at 0:34 looks like an anime character
You are so horny goooddaym
I would one day my dream vacation on tokyo Japan
Does anybody know which brand of shaker he is using?
A Peruvian Pisco Sour, the best!!!!!
Great
Lloyd from Entourage??
Love this guy, too bad this video baited me i thought it was James May going there on his japan series
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Philippines,,
long time no see. master
Nice
I prefer all the martini to be double strain, still I see some crystallize cubes on martini glass, doesn't look good on martini !
doesnt feel good to drink either
I prefer it with the broken ice shards. That drink looks amazing, and is the way all martinis should look.
@@lxxwj That is in fact NOT what I said.
@@kraglord1997 oh lol, for some reason thought you and jegan were the same person. my bad
Impressive