THE AL CHEMIST
There’s no menu but there is house-made Campari prepared à la minute before your very eyes with angelica root, cochineal, tonka beans and other arcane ingredients scooped from apothecary jars. It’s all part of the magic of the bar Ben Fiddich in Shinjuku, where bartender Hiroyasu Kayama deploys the mortar and pestle as much as he does the shaker tin to craft memorable cocktails. Soon you’ll be able to pull up a stool at Kayama-san’s second bar, slated to open by mid-year in the same building. Ben Fiddich,
9F, 1-13-7 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo