The

Viceroy's Bistro e has raised the bar on Brickell happy hours by

lowering the prices on signature sake cocktails and sushi rolls. The deal is called the $5 After 5 p.m. Sushi and Sake Happy Hour. Sushi Chef

Tua, who was previously with Sushi Maki, has been rolling creative

and tasty Japanese chow at Bistro e for three months now. His presentation is some of

the most visually artistic in Miami.

While Tua prepared two rolls, our bartender made suggestions and spoke charismatically about the drinks, including

the Eos raspberry cocktail, with four fresh raspberries, raspberry

vodka, sake, and club soda, and Japanese lychee with lemonade and

sake.

Any cocktail connoisseur should know that anytime the

bartender has to go to the kitchen for ingredients, it means he's creating an extraordinary beverage.

The

Eos cocktails, regularly priced at $14, are also discounted to $5.

The Viceroy Old Fashioned includes Zacappa 23-year rum in place

of bourbon whiskey -- and orange-flavored Angostura bitters substituting for traditional bitters. It is a refreshingly new twist on the antiquated

cocktail. 

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