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Rumours Comes to Jewel Changi Airport, and I met our PM too
Author: Alex Chua Yes, the rumour is true. While we were just about to walk into Rumours Bar & Grill at Jewel Changi Airport last Tuesday evening, Singapore’s PM Lee and his entourage just passed us by. Wonder where he dined at? Rumours? Lauded as an awesome hangout spot for families and friends, I wouldn’t be surprised if it is true. If you’re familiar with its first Holland Village outlet, this award-winning Bali casual dining restaurant packs the same lively vibe, same awesome food plus more open space. I always love the idea of al fresco dining to soak in the sunlight minus the heat, and its location at the…
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beGIN: Chic New Bar at Boat Quay for an Innovative Gin Fix
Author: Alex Chua beGin takes a typical gin – usually drank in a traditional English-style habitat with upholstered furnishing – and gives it a chic new spin. Situated upstairs Singapore’s oldest traditional English Pub – The Penny Black, beGin is the only speakeasy bar that houses over 50 gins from different countries. Gin lovers can sample the vast selection in different ways (neat, with tonic or in fashionable cocktail) and pair it with savoury British-Indian small plates. Expect colours, delicious bites and upbeat music with friendly bartenders tucked inside this rustic, moodily-lit speakeasy. Starting off the course is the Royal Chatanee (S$4), which consists a medley of mild to punchy…
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Customise Your Own Bespoke Cocktail at DRINK Cocktail Bar
Author: Alex Chua Finding the perfect drinking spot that your friends or colleagues will enjoy is easy, now with the opening of DRINK at the historic site of Victoria Theatre & Concert Hall. DRINK the cocktail bar is the brainchild of FOO’D by David Oldani, the latter of which was conceptualised by Italian celebrity Chef Davide Oldani, Chef-owner of the 1 Michelin-starred D’O in Cornaredo, Italy. This stylish metropolitan bar is helmed by award-winning mixologist Mike Cheong, who had clinched 8 international and regional awards including Asia’s Grand Champion in the 2015 La Maison Cointreau Cocktail Competition. While you might be intimidated by the ‘bourgeois’ façade and think the drinks…
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Savour a Lipton Moment
I like teaaaaa. I like coffeeeeeee. I like literally ANYTHING with caffeine. Having said that, I like cocktails and cocktails too. Anything, anything interesting. J and I spent one afternoon with Lipton, George Young and The Cufflink Club in creating cocktails and cocktails with tea. I was amazed because there were 16 unique cocktails and cocktails recipes with a variety of Lipton tea for us to experiment different ways to experience the tea. Your tea is no longer just some plain hot boring tea (although hot tea can be nice too, but it doesn’t hurt to explore). The recipes give a new twist to your hot tea by turning them…
