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…
When in search of the best bar to watch football in Beijing I discovered a few things. Firstly that the expats left here tend to be embassy and high-end toffs, secondly that the Scottish Premier League is fixed and lastly that Paddy O’Shea’s is the best place for live football. As an Irish bar of…
Despite being a relatively small Japanese city with a somewhat dark past, Nagasaki punches way above its weight when it comes to bars and nightlife. This ranges from expensive sake joints to expat hangouts and the infamous coin bars that are frankly epic. In fact things are so good here not only is it worth…
One thing you gotta love about South Korea is that they got a proper dive bar culture, which even includes quite literally walking distance from the airport. And this is where I found The Cinder Bar a proper local boozer. What the Cinder Bar Cinder Bar was opened about ten years ago by a Korean…
Irish pubs tend to come in two varieties, actual Irish pubs and fake Irish pubs that call themselves Irish to get people to go there. Well would you guess that the imaginatively titled “The Irish Pub” in Gangtok, Sikkim falls into the latter. The worst part of this though is I got so excited after…
During my first trip to Sikkim I had been largely unimpressed by the beer scene in Gangtik, until some local help got me to The Square Restaurant and Bar located on Mahatma Gandhi Marg (MG Marg). Not only did this deliver a well earned pint after a day at a dry wedding, but it also…
