seven drinks. one price. the ice took longest.
the cocktail list is seven signatures, each eighteen dollars: mango sticky rice, the oolong fashioned, japanese cold noodle, lychee peachy, the savoumami marg, pandegroni, and tiger style. two more pour without alcohol and give up nothing for it.
they read like the menu because they were built like the menu — tea, rice, lychee, the flavours the kitchen already speaks, worked into drinks instead of plates.
under most of them is clear ice, which we freeze slowly and cut by hand. it melts slower, so the last sip tastes like the first one. that is the entire reason. it is a lot of work for one reason, which is roughly our whole philosophy.
the bar seats you without a reservation, and the full à la carte menu is served there — every plate except the chef's tasting.