Imagine getting drunk on Nasi Lemak or Pipagao cocktails 😉
Mojitos and lychee martinis are so passé. Think Singapore flavour in a well-shaken blend of booze and creativity. Be it a chillax session with khakis or showing some overseas friends the local bar scene, these Laksa and Rojak cocktails will transform your typical Friday night out. These must be the most unusual cocktails that have been concocted in our food-loving nation.
Kaya Toast Cocktail
If it was acceptable to have drinks for breakfast, it would be this. The Kaya Toast Cocktail at Bitters & Love is served in a kaya jar with a slice of plain white bread and jam. The drink is a sweet blend of Mount Gay rum, Earl Grey tea, lemon juice, honey, and kaya.
118 Telok Ayer Street, Singapore 068587
Kopi Cocktail
Sometimes you need a little more kick than your regular kopi. Loof’s Kopi Cat is a cocktail made with salted caramel vodka, Kopi, hazelnut, condensed milk, orgeat and a dash of black salt. The name is also cute and fitting, in the manner that they ‘kopi cat’ the way coffee is served at local coffee shops. Other notable Singapore-inspired alcoholic drinks at the rooftop bar are their Kaya Lumpur, Stylo Milo and Loof Bubble Tea.
331 North Bridge Road, #03-07 Odeon Towers Extension Rooftop, Singapore 188720
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Milo Cocktail
The Secret Mermaid serves up an ‘upgraded adult’ version of Milo-peng. By day, the shop is actually Shinkansen, a Japanese Salad Bar, but by night, it transforms into the speakeasy bar with interesting artisanal cocktails. Their Moonshine Milo is made with distilled moonshine spirit, milo powder, water and corn whiskey, and embellished with dehydrated raspberries and sticks of Pocky.
10 Collyer Quay, B1-08 Ocean Financial Centre, Singapore 049315
Tiger Beer Cocktail
Inspired and named after the ‘big bosses’ at the coffee shop, Hopscotch’s Dai Gor Dai drink is a twist to the classic cocktail The Godfather. It is also one of the popular drinks at the cosy and chic bar. Tiger Beer is added to the drink, served with peanuts in a tin cup, truly reminiscent of the beer drinking past time of the ‘uncles’ at the coffee shop.
Ondeh Ondeh/ Bak Kwa/ Bandung Shots
Hopscotch also serves up a myriad of locally-inspired shots like Bak Kwa (literally served with a piece of the barbecued pork), Ondeh Ondeh, Bandung, Lemon Barley, and others like Root Beer and Thai Milk Tea.
Cereal Prawn Cocktail
In celebration of Singapore Cocktail Festival 2017, there are also three new concoctions that would bring you nostalgia: Cereal Prawn, Mango Sago, and Milo. These limited drinks are only available from 16 – 21 March.
28 Maxwell Rd, #01-04 Red Dot Traffic Building, Red Dot Traffic Building, Singapore 069120
Rojak Cocktail
The name Ah Sam Cold Drink Stall also tells you how adorably retro this bar is. Their Rojak Cocktail is nitro-charged with gin and ginger flower, with ingredients like grilled pineapple tamarind shrub, lime juice, shrimp paste syrup, cucumber and garnished with tau pok and peanut butter.
Laksa Cocktail
The bar along Singapore River also serves up more signature drinks like Laksa Boy and Milo Whiskey. The second-storey shophouse will take you on a blast to the past.
60 Boat Quay, Singapore 049848
Tau Huay Cocktail
Mr Bean is Jekyll & Hyde’s most unsuspecting drink. It consists of butterscotch liqueur, kaya, Frangelico, vodka — and there is actual beancurd in it. It’s not just any beancurd either, the joint uses the famous Lao Ban beancurd for its creation. By day, the place is a mani-pedi salon, by night, it’s a bar specialising in gin cocktails.
49 Tras St, Singapore 078988
Nasi Lemak Cocktail
One of our most iconic local food transformed into a drink. The Seah St. Power Nasi Lemak at Tess Bar & Kitchen contains Tanqueray No. 10 gin, barley with pandan syrup, fresh coconut water and lemon juice in a metal container. It is then garnished with a cute coconut leaf cone of sambal chili and peanuts because you can never have Nasi Lemak without them.
38 Seah St, Singapore 188394
Pipagao Cocktail
Featured in this picture are Ding Dong’s alcoholic drinks with a Singapore twist: Roti Kaya, Stylo Milo, Pipagao. Their Roti Kaya features whisky, aged rum, gula melaka, pandan, coconut cream and egg yolk topped with some bread crumbs; Stylo Milo is served in a green cup reminiscent of one you get at everyone’s favourite Milo vans; Pipagao, yes, the cocktail is made with the cough syrup many Singapore kids love to eat, just because.
#01-02, 115 Amoy Street, Singapore 069935
