Bar Noble
Yokohama is a port metropolis known for its vibrant arts and crafts beer scene, Chinese food, together with sports bars. Rarely create you lot always listen of in that location beingness a existent traditional bar establishment, peculiarly i catering to the to a greater extent than sophisticated crowd. Bar Noble is that bar, together with is mayhap the most upscale bar I accept always ready human foot in, together with is on a par equal to that of the keen bars inward Midtown, Roppongi Hills, together with the Ginza. When passing through the wooded doorway you lot instantly spot alongside the timeless beauty together with allure of what I see to last a classy bar.
When a existent bar comes to heed I intend of gorgeous mahogany counter tops, dimly lit ambient lighting arrangements, well-dressed bartenders alongside stoic faces, a low-cal melody playing from some distant speaker somewhere, past times some forgotten keen whose advert I tin quite remember, only is somewhere on the tip of my tongue. I dear the extra added help together with attending to item placed on my drink, together with the degree of service together with special help I have from the bartender. I dear the whole mood of a bar similar this, only I never idea I would always respect such a house inward Yokohama City, at to the lowest degree non i that exemplified such elegance together with refinement.
While seated at the bar I at nowadays noticed the quality of the counter top every bit I ran my manus along its smooth surface. While admiring the shine of freshly polished wood, I noticed that the bar counter felt different. Bar Noble's counter top is made of Zelkova Serrata wood, inward Japanese it's called Keyaki, or Japanese Zelkova, which is a type of smooth soft warm woods most oft used for making bonsai trees together with taiko drums. In North America you lot may run across either Mahogany or Oak counter tops, thence for me, this was a rare exposition of woods decor. The counter top is the iconic symbol of whatsoever "bar" experience.
Inside Bar Noble, you may notice patrons either ordering upwards whole bottles of Courvoisier together with sharing it alongside their trouble organization associates over exotic cheeses together with crackers, or you'll notice couples exchanged intimate words over fruit inspired cocktails alongside cherries roughly the rim of their glasses. The tabular array accuse is ￥700 together with comes alongside appetizers each uniquely paired to whatever you lot are drinking. There are well-nigh 500 kinds of alcohol at Bar Noble, together with the bartenders are all real knowledgable, non alone well-nigh the touchstone cocktails similar Gin & Tonic, only also to a greater extent than exotic cocktails alongside cognac together with fresh cream every bit a base. Standard cocktails are betwixt the 900 - 1100 yen cost range. Fruit inspired cocktails tin larn a piddling to a greater extent than pricey at roughly 1300 - 1500 yen cost range.
The existent argue I came to Bar Noble was because I needed to elbow grease the March 11th inspired cocktail that won the World Cocktail Championship, which was held inward Poland inward Nov of 2011. The cocktail is called [the Great Sunrise] and was a creation of Mr. Yamada, the possessor together with caput bartender at Bar Noble. The sip is a vibrant xanthous which symbolizes promise for the victims of the March 11th disaster. One constituent that actually ready this cocktail apart was the acai berry juice, a modest dark royal fleshy fruit. My initial impressions were vivid, refreshing, together with clean. It is a vodka - based sip that's a piddling sweet, smooth together with refreshing. Wonderfully build clean complete alongside proficient aromatics. You tin experience the sunrise correct upwards into your mouth.
We thence ordered upwards an assorted mix of cocktails later finishing are Sunrises. I ordered the rum based sweetness white patato and nutmeg cocktail. Real sweetness white patato was blended alongside a manus blender right in that location inward front end of me on that large dark shiny Zelkova woods counter top. Watching every bit the finished products was poured into an elegant stemmed cocktail drinking glass was textbook bar-tending at its finest. My partner ordered the Strawberry Mojito, made alongside fresh strawberries mashed inward a decorative drinking glass mixer, together with thence garnished alongside mounds of mint leaves together with served upwards alongside ice. The dark was progressing smoothly together with wonderfully.
There are v bartenders, only alone 3 were working the counter the dark I went, together with all 3 were dressed to impress. The counter seats seven. There are other intimate tables for 2 away from the bar, only I create non suggest sitting anywhere only the bar counter. Another affair I peculiarly similar was how each bartender stood past times to answer whatsoever questions well-nigh the cocktails they made. The bartender made recommendations to us that were based off of our previous cocktails. So if I ordered a rum based cocktail thence he/she would brand a recommendation that was either real similar or an alternative alternative that worked well.
Getting in that location is pretty straight-forward. You tin larn off at JR Kannai Station via the Keihin Tohoku Line. Cross the top dog intersection close where a large thoroughfare alongside pachinko parlours. Once across the top dog intersection plough correct together with walk directly until you lot accomplish Yoshidamachi Street. Ask soul if your bearings larn tricked up. The constabulary box should last on your correct manus side. Turn left on Yoshidamachi together with you lot should run across Bar Noble on the corner. It's slow to miss, thence pay attending to your location. As for clothing code, I'd recommend trouble organization casual.
２−７ Yoshidamachi
Yokohama Naka Ward
Open all year. Hours 6:00 pm–3:00 am