Indeed they can be. I remember a res at Melisse not being terribly easy last I checked as well. I think they’re only doing 7 seatings/week, so you might need to jump on it asap
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Yup you’re right. No reservations for Melisse. Husband found something for Nozawa Bar. Any thoughts on this ? He’s always wanted to go…
Nozawa Bar is good. Wife and I went a couple of weeks ago and enjoyed it. Nice room, nice chef, feels like a special occasion restaurant. I would rank the following places higher though: Sushi Ginza Onodera, Udatsu, Mori Nozomi, Kaneyoshi, 715, Morihiro.
Pair Nozawa Bar with the Maybourne Whisky Bar across the street and you could talk me into it.
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We will have to check out the whiskey bar! Thanks for your advice!
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Hi! I wanted to ask you… and everyone here what your recommendations are for a great anniversary gift? My husband loves Japanese whiskey but obviously I don’t want to buy too much as re sell. Would you suggest something like Louis? Yamazaki 18? Hakushu 12? Those are some options I see that are available. Hibiki 21 or 30 would be amazing but I don’t want to pay an exorbitant amount. I know sometimes BevMo or Total Wine might have something. He also loves caviar and is a foodie like me. Anything you would recommend?? It doesn’t have to be alcohol or food I’m just out of ideas on what guys would like LOL
Sorry, I don’t know much about Japanese whisky.
I think it would be insane to buy Louis XVIII. If you really want to splurge on cognac, I would buy this one: Tesseron “Exception” Lot No. 29 XO Grande Champagne Cognac (750ml) (Local Delivery Only - cannot ship) - SKU 1023538
with cognac or armagnac you can also try to find specific years, e.g. birth year
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Do you have any suggestions on good brands? I don’t drink much at all so I have no idea lol
Japanese whisky prices have been slightly dropping as of the last year, but still pretty expensive.
Hibiki 21 you can find for $500 a bottle now in auctions/FB groups. Hibiki 30 went from 6-8k a bottle to around 5k. Other good brands I recommend from Japan are Chichibu and Mars. You can find Mars in bottle shops like mission liquor.
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One of these, I’d be very happy if the wife bought me one of these 0.5/1kg tins.
The teeny tiny portions at restaurants never cut it for me. Same story with truffles at restaurants.
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