Special thanks to Dean for taking the time to show us around the wonderfully vibrant space. The whole setup is one of a cosy space, with the founders envisioning a space that is like entering someone’s living room. The result is a space in a former Art Deco shophouse, with vintage glass blocks creating a mysterious front, which teases a colourfully vibrant interior that has been built with plywood panels and exposed steel beams. As a DJ himself, he always wanted a space for the local music scene to gather and collaborate. Dean himself needs no introduction to the design community in Singapore, with his firm Drawn having designed spaces such as Dearborn and Park Bench Deli. Conceptualised by the co-founders of local music collectives Darker Than Wax (Dean Chew) and Ice Cream Sundays (Daniel O’Connor), the result is a music-centric bar that is artfully designed into a space unlike most other bars in Singapore. Located in the depths of the Concorde Shopping Centre, Samsu Huay Kuan is very much a covert clan for dark spirit enthusiasts. This first episode brings us to a very special space – Offtrack. As such, we hope that for the homeowners out there, you’d have some design tips and inspiration that you can take away for your own homes! Be it a living room inspired by your favourite cafe, or a bedroom influenced by a well-designed boutique hotel, the confluence of commercial and residential design today is hard to ignore. But trust us, that site won’t give anything away at all.While you may be wondering, what any of these spaces got to do with homes, well, we realised along the way that many homes today are inspired by people’s favourite spaces. View Larger Map 28 Hong Kong Bar is located at 28 Hong Kong Street, Singapore Tel. Copyright Suma Beach Couture - Suma Travel Asia Note: We try to ensure that all articles are accurate at. For the more discerning, steady feeling, chill bar hopper looking for one of the best cocktails in Singapore, no look further than 28 Hong Kong bar. Operation Dagger Club Street Hidden Bar Singapore. Singapore may have bars and clubs everywhere, with kids and foreigners just mashing the night away with endless booze batches. It seems to leave a very sensual impression. It is also added with sugar, water, and love. But if there’s a drink worth getting, it will be the Ramos Creole, with its base of curacao, secret bitters, and absinthe.Hard to Port has some house made porter beer reduction on rye whiskey, bonded together with egg white and dashed with a hint of lemon and what appears to taste like allspice.Beautifully crafted with the right balance of flavors. Beginner’s Luck is a vodka-bourbon based drink with home made earl gray and basil gomme.What your camera will legally be able to take when inside 28 Hong Kong Bar Singapore A little imagination will do wonders for the curious at heart. To keep with the mystery, pictures of the drinks will be replaced with a plain black space. Quite expensive when related to Manila standards, but then again, alcoholic beverages in Singapore is around this range.Īnd when you taste the craftsmanship of the cocktails here compared to the clumsily splashed drinks in some of the trying hard, sardine can-like crowded clubs, you will be spoiled and start yelling at sloppy slushing bartenders. We are talking of a range of SG$24.00-SG$30.00 for the drinks. The cocktail mixes are reasonably priced for Singapore standards. But at least it will never be overcrowded as they limit the number of people going in.Īnd it will not be complete without some of its signature cocktails, masterfully overseen by the famous Michael Callahan. The music is on the modern upbeat lounge type with a dash of old school rock, and the noise can get loud. After going through some heavy drapes, you are led to an intimate and cozy place to savor some of the finest cocktails this side of Singapore.įor Manila people, imagine this as like Blind Pig Makati or Door 74 of Amsterdam in secrecy, but with more modern interiors.Ģ8 Hong Kong Bar draws inspirations from trendy New York speakeasy style bars, with hints of the dark Prohibition Era. A receptionist will greet you upon opening and ask for your reservation. The wall behind the bar is lined with apothecary-like rows of bottles, each indistinguishable from the other save for labels with cryptic scribbles. You may even mistake the 29 beside it as the bar given its swanky facade and sophisticated lighting (it is believed to be an architectural firm).īut if you have reservations, just knock on the door. Its run down, shabby frontage makes you think it’s just one of the closed down retail spaces. Some locals do not even know that 28 Hong Kong Bar exists. Heck, maybe one of the best bars in the world for 2012 if it were up to. Yet this mystery is the very reason you will want to make reservations to get to experience one of the best bars in Singapore. It will be quite a pity that the only decent picture of 28 Hong Kong Bar in this post will be its frontage, as they do not allow photography inside.
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