Category: Bars
10 years, 10 Michelin Stars — since the Michelin Guide’s 2016 foray into Singapore, only 12 establishments have the honour of claiming such pedigree. Staying alive in Singapore is already a challenge for most, even star-studded trailblazers; staying relevant and at the zenith of an oversaturated scene is an art requiring finesse.
Undisputedly Singapore’s biggest cocktail bar in the last year, BOP (Bartenders of Pony) answers the question: “What happens when the most successful bar group in Singapore lets the world’s most popular Korean bartender have creative freedom?”
Our island is home to a staggering multitude of craft cocktail bars — including some of the best in the world. But carousing doesn’t always need to be serious, and, for anyone simply craving a fun night, there’s probably no bar in Singapore that fits their needs more than Hopscotch.
Somma, Bar Bon Funk, Artichoke, et al. While New Bahru had only come into existence five months ago, it’s impossible to miss how the location has speedily grown into the prime estate for intimate hangout and date spots. It’s essentially an enclave of the most voguish third places currently in Singapore.
Wrinkled, subfusc curtains fell from the ceiling, halting an inch before touching the exposed grey floor. Cream-coloured surfaces covered the space, and strokes of suave mahogany stalked it. That’s how the scene is set at Bar Bon Funk, New Bahru’s stylish new denizen.
Passing by Domino’s Pizza sparked a certain bemusement in me, as I inched closer to Arab Street’s hottest new opening that lay a few doors down, Beyond the Dough. Continue reading “Beyond the Dough”
A billion nights spent at Keong Saik have taught me one thing: Things will come and go but The Guild? The Guild is forever.
At 45 Craig Road, a blast of salacious neon rains down on passers-by, dying them in a lusty crimson. To the side hangs a translucent sign, bare with a tousled weave of florid light tubes. On it, a vertical etching of “nou” greets the passers-by on the road, face first, whilst flanked by three words meant to succinctly elucidate what ensues upon entrance: “noodles & cocktails”.
The Lion City has been undeniably blessed by a gamut of cultural cuisines. It’s certainly not all-encompassing but already diverse in the spectrum. Naturally, certain styles still get lost within that flourish, criminally underrepresented and laden with potential — and it seems that African cuisine is one of the niches awaiting a breakthrough with the opening of the swanky new Tamba.
There’s a memory imprinted into every bar hopper in Singapore — one where they meander about Chinatown before bumbling onto a viridescent door at 20 Sago Street, then taking a leap of faith to trudge up the seedy flight of stairs to reach Sago House. Continue reading “Sago House”
