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5 low calorie cocktails in Singapore
Quaffed your fill of low-calorie beer and wine? Here are five low-calorie tipples to wrap your lips round
With Chinese New Year looming and Christmas just over the last thing you need is to consume more calories.
This doesn't mean you become a teetotaler, here are five delicious low calorie cocktails to imbibe, with little to no guilt.
40 calories: The blackberry sour
A festive-flavored tipple made of fresh blackberries, lemon with a splash of tasty frangelico.
The calories: Surprisingly this indulgent tipple made with the hazelnut-based Italian liqueur and berries won’t pack on the pounds. It’s like Christmas and Chinese New Year all rolled into one. Well, kind of.
Price: S$20
Where: Bar Stories, 57A Haji Lane (+65 6298 0838, www.athousandtales.com)
70 calories: The classic dry martini
A certain secret agent made this version -- using gin instead of vodka –- world famous. Whether you have it shaken, muddled or stirred, it all adds up to be the same.
The calories: The gin contributes 64 calories and Noilly Prat vermouth is just under six calories. Good enough for any budding Bond or Bond girl.
Price: S$27
Where: Chihuly Lounge, The Ritz-Carlton Millenia, 7 Raffles Avenue (+65 6434 5288, www.ritzcarlton.com)
82 calories: The Chili Padi Mary
This modern take on the traditional bloody mary is adapted from the St. Regis New York and has a fiery kick that’ll blow out any hungover cobwebs.
The calories: This surefire hangover remedy breaks down to be: vodka 60 calories, ginger two calories, tomato juice 20 calories and the chili padi is zero calories. Plus, it has the magic fat burning ingredient, chili.
Price: S$19
Where: The Astor Bar, St. Regis Singapore, 29 Tanglin Road (+65 6506 6866, www.stregissingapore.com)
102 calories: Berry Bellini
Fresh raspberries, strawberries with blackberry preserve and Chambord are muddled together and topped off with Prosecco.
The calories: Prosecco is surprisingly low on the calorie scale, at just 78 calories compared to 120 for white wine. Blackberries at 12 calories, raspberries at 10 calories, and strawberries add in two calories.
The price: S$20
Where: Ku De Ta, Sands SkyPark, Marina Bay Sands, 1 Bayfront Avenue (+65 6688 7688, www.kudeta.com.sg)
133 calories: Watermelon Lemonade
This refreshing thirst quencher looks as if it may be a healthy slurp but don’t forget the hidden sugars.
The calories: The breakdown is: vodka at 60 calories, fresh watermelon juice adds in 55 calories and a splash of lemon juice rounds up this concoction with another 18 calories.
Price: S$13
Where: Prelude, Rooftop Waterboat House, #04-01, 3 Fullerton Road (+65 65389038, www.boathouse.com.sg)
