One of Akasaka’s newest residents is the first international outpost of Hong Kong’s craft beer brewery Carbon Brews. With dark green accents that are reminiscent of Hong Kong’s old school city trams, the bar’s minimalist interior is sleek and inviting at the same time.
On tap are six types of IPA and lager which will be standard features of the menu, plus one beer that will change seasonally. Heavy hitters include the Feels Good Man, with notes of cardamom and orange peel, as well as the Crazy Rich Lupalins with concentrated flavours of tropical fruits like mango and papaya – careful with this one, it's got an abv of 8.2 percent. Beer is offered by the pint or by the glass, but you can grab a few of the colourful cans to take home.
While it’s hard to pick which cheeky brew to order first, the food items here are equally enticing. The dishes are modern takes on Hong Kong classics like the typhoon shelter squid sprinkled with curry powder, mapo tofu cheese fries, and the pineapple buns which are available with char siu egg or anko raisin butter fillings.