[台北走逛] 酒吧 Antique Bar 1900

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也试图练习英文写作，但还是掌握不到那氛围啊～

朋友的消息让我们在深夜闯进这家甚至尚未正式开张的酒吧。不只欧风，还是1900黄金年代的欧洲风格，墙上是慕夏是克林姆，吧台后是爱尔兰威士忌是法国来的艾碧斯（Absinthe），一抬头，二楼是大书柜，一本本精装书都是老板从比利时挑拣回来的，有简爱有Dorian Grey，还有更多我看不懂的法文书。

店里古董多，收音机是1912年的，一整架的打字机各有年岁，但也不畏人使用，店里甚至设了一张台，一叠纸，欢迎几杯酒下肚，用力打出心底话。钢琴也可供弹奏，微松的琴键可以感觉出这是台被宝贝地弹奏过的琴，据说弹奏一曲德布西的月光，就能得到一杯免费饮品。

我不喝威士忌，老板说，不然试试艾碧斯吧？看我却步，又解释，艾碧斯其实好长一段时间都是很热门的单饮酒类，直到威士忌兴起取代，好的艾碧斯是淡淡的初青色，不是豪饮类酒吧那样绿到不行的漱口水颜色。被说服的我试了传统喝法，倒出一点酒液，在杯口摆上方糖，再用冰水滴穿方糖，稀释酒到自己喜欢的浓度。入口与以往记得的味道完全不同，带着甜味的草香与茴香味，倒有几分像土耳其的Raki。

真的是好魔幻的一晚，在大稻埕原本就浓浓古早味的街区，走上屈臣氏大药房三楼，突然遇见如此欧洲的酒吧，觉得有种时光倒流，走出酒吧，逼近农历年的时分，街上张了许多灯笼，在光影之间，有种迷蒙的做梦感受。

For those who have a taste for Irish Whiskey or the old fashion way of drinking Absinthe, a new bar in town may just quench your thirst :) The Antique Bar 1900 is hidden away in central Dadaocheng, and brings one from 1860's Taiwan right into the European era alongside Mucha and Klimt.

The bar is on the 3rd floor of the first Watsons in Taiwan. Follow the secret stairway up and you'll find yourself surrounded by bookshelves lined with fine reads, a stoic piano, and a shelf chattering with typewriters! The Antique Bar 1900 is still trying things out, so the drink options are limited to whiskey, absinthe, and Belgian beer.

The boss poured out a shot of French Absinthe into a delicate glass, placed a sugar cube on top, and asked me to drip in ice water to adjust the taste to my liking. It tastes so different from the neon green shots I tossed down my throat in times well forgotten. This absinthe has a delightful grassy smell mixed with a starry anise scent, reminding me of the Turkish raki but sweeter on the tongue.

We walked back out into the night, the streets shining with lantern light set up for the coming Lunar New Year. The night with a library full of English and French literature along side Belgian beer suddenly felt a bit like being wrapped up in a gentle and pleasant dream. Or perhaps it was simply the absinthe?