7 New Hip Cocktail Bars to Dive Into in Singapore
"Swanky Cantonese restaurant Madame Fan by famed restaurateur Alan Yau has just launched its own bar helmed by award-winning mixologist Davide Boncimino, who wants to create a cocktail program that’s “good enough to eat"—and by that he means meticulously crafted cocktails that fuse ingredients and techniques usually reserved for restaurant kitchens. These include housemade culinary-inspired ingredients such as the finest selection of Tie Guan Yin tea, milk-washed vodka and savory shiso vermouth, as well as special garnishes cooked up by the kitchen, such as the amber honeycomb that accompanies the "Tián Mì Mì" cocktail with black peppercorn cordial and mandarin fruit skin. For all the thought and work that go into the cocktails, the signature drinks are very approachable: the "(Not) Classic PBJ" features Chinese kumquats that have been caramelized into a liqueur with a peanut butter fat-washed Glenfiddich 15 whisky, while the "Velveteen" infuses a rich mix of Plantation Pineapple Rum with salted coconut infusion and house-made gula melaka ice cream." - Rachel Tan
