31 December, 2009
The most unusual bars in Singapore from 2009
Syringe-shots, The Beatles, industrial freezers and hookahs. Just a regular crawl round Singapore's most extraordinary nightspots
Thirsty for something red and sweet? The Clinic at Clarke Quay quenches your darkest medicinal desires.
Among the countless Singapore bars, pubs and lounges, precious few come with both awesome drinks and an engaging personality. But for pub crawlers with a sense of adventure, not to mention a taste for medical malpractice, military history and the best jazz in Singapore, we've picked out some unique venues that are a must.
Camp Bar @ House
House specialty: The Mintberry Gin Fizz. Gin, fresh berries, mint, lemon juice, gomme, berry liqueur, soda. Comes in a jam jar.
8D Dempsey Road
tel +65 6479 3511
www.dempseyhouse.com
El–Sheikh
House specialty: The hookahs are popular and flavors can be mixed on request. Peach and grape smoke anyone?
18 Pahang Street
tel +65 6296 9116
www.elsheikhrestaurant.com
Yello Jello Retrobar
House specialty: The tangy Yello Zingy combines pineapple with grenadine and plum wine. Much better than it sounds.
Blk 3C The Cannery, Clarke Quay, River Valley Road
tel +65 6877 3733
www.yellojello.sg
Jazz@Southbridge
House specialty: A bottle of Suntory Vintage Malt (1980) goes for S$1,300. It's no longer in production and there are reportedly only a handful of bottles left in the world.
82 Boat Quay #02-01
tel +65 63274671
www.southbridgejazz.com.sg
The Clinic
House specialty: The novelty drink to end all novelty drinks: Sex on the Drip. Yes, it comes in an intravenous drip bag.
3C River Valley Road #01-03
tel +65 6887 3733
www.theclinic.sg
Eskibar
House specialty: With lychee and blue Curacao, the Eski Blue is a winner.
Eski Bar Holland Village
46 Lorong Mambong, Singapore
tel +65 6469 6180
riders
13 October, 2009
“Raffles hotel” designated as a national monument and built in 1887 being one of the few oldest hotels in Asia. Comparisons are inevitable to a global traveler and the “Raffles Hotel” has a lot of similarity to the “Classic Taj Mahal,Mumbai”, except in its design and spaciousness. Surprisingly the “Classic raffles Hotel” is absolutely spacious with fortress type walls and huge ceilings typical of ancient buildings, a sheer luxury in 21st century space cramped Singapore city. Strolled through the hotel and finally camped at the “Long Bar” for a taste of Singapore’s famous cocktail invention to the World, “The Singapore Sling”. Famous writers who have stayed and written about “Raffles Hotel” have been Noel Coward, Somerset Maugham and Rudyard Kipling hence “Hinglish Aspiring Author” yours truly felt a sense of being in the presence of “Hallowed Ghosts”! Another humorous anticlimax of the “Raffles Long Bar Lounge” was the free serving of “groundnuts” as snacks along with drinks and the waste shells of the “groundnuts” had to be thrown on the floor of the bar a strange paradox and tourist attraction for a country fascinated with “City Cleanliness”and imposing huge fines for littering. I was absolutely perplexed and inquired with the lounge steward if littering on the hotel floor was permissible and he humorously replied that I would be fined for non-littering the hotel as this was a part of the hotels “Bar Etiquette!”. The “Singapore Sling” cost me 23 S $’s(Rs625), not costly for a “World Signature cocktail”
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riders
13 October, 2009
“Raffles hotel” designated as a national monument and built in 1887 being one of the few oldest hotels in Asia. Comparisons are inevitable to a global traveler and the “Raffles Hotel” has a lot of similarity to the “Classic Taj Mahal,Mumbai”, except in its design and spaciousness. Surprisingly the “Classic raffles Hotel” is absolutely spacious with fortress type walls and huge ceilings typical of ancient buildings, a sheer luxury in 21st century space cramped Singapore city. Strolled through the hotel and finally camped at the “Long Bar” for a taste of Singapore’s famous cocktail invention to the World, “The Singapore Sling”. Famous writers who have stayed and written about “Raffles Hotel” have been Noel Coward, Somerset Maugham and Rudyard Kipling hence “Hinglish Aspiring Author” yours truly felt a sense of being in the presence of “Hallowed Ghosts”! Another humorous anticlimax of the “Raffles Long Bar Lounge” was the free serving of “groundnuts” as snacks along with drinks and the waste shells of the “groundnuts” had to be thrown on the floor of the bar a strange paradox and tourist attraction for a country fascinated with “City Cleanliness”and imposing huge fines for littering. I was absolutely perplexed and inquired with the lounge steward if littering on the hotel floor was permissible and he humorously replied that I would be fined for non-littering the hotel as this was a part of the hotels “Bar Etiquette!”. The “Singapore Sling” cost me 23 S $’s(Rs625), not costly for a “World Signature cocktail”
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