While far from being Shinjuku, Akasaka is such a great place in Tokyo because of its eclectic collection of bars. One of these is Stadium Bar, or to give it its full nomenclature, “Stadium Bar Akasaka League”. On the face of it this is merely a baseball themed bar. On further exploration though it is…
Despite being the world’s largest Muslim country, Indonesians like getting on the piss, with the weapon of choice largely being beer. But while most people have only heard of Bintang, there is much more to the Indonesian beer scene. And while we have covered essential food to try, as well as the best drinks in…
Since the slide towards Islamification, getting a beer in Indonesia is often harder than finding a nude photo of Tatiana Zappardino nude. Still, in the right circumstances Indonesian-made beer such as Anker is available. I was to try Anker Beer at a Christian, but also rather touristy restaurant in Rantepao. As Indonesian beers go it…
I do not like to throw around plaudits like Best Bar in Gori without good reason, but with Old Marani I feel I have found not just the best bar in Gori, but one of my new favourites in the world! So, why does Old Marani get the moniker of best bar in Gori? Well,…
There’s a dichotomy to China where it wants to paint itself as living in the future (like Japan), so you now get robots doing shit and QR codes to pay for everything. Then you see a Chinese squat toilet and things are put into perspective. It is this that leads perfectly to the Craft Beer…
When North Korea does something well in country, they then tend to test the water in China, with Dandong being the first port of call. And this is exactly what has happened with the new Taedonggang Beer trend. Basically, they wanted to open a beer bar from North Korea in Dandong and decided that the…
