Japanese Shaved Ice Stars in the Interactive Cocktails at Chicago's Gaijin

When it comes to specialty ice, I usually prefer the beauty and slow-melt of a large crystal-clear cube or a hand-carved sphere dominating a rocks glass (althought I’m partial to pebble ice for a cobbler or mint julep). But the drinks at Chicago's Gaijin have turned me on to another ice texture: thinly shaved. Piled inside a coupe in the restaurant's kaki-tails, the ice sticks around for just a...