GET SERVED BY Women BARTENDERS
You may not have noticed the quiet revolution, but some of Singapore’s best bars are fronted by women bartenders – one even has an all-female team – and they bring a distinctly amiable and amicable touch to the scene.
Some of Singapore’s best bars are fronted by them, including one where all the bartenders are women. Time to get your round in.
KINO SOH, 31, HIGHBALL GO FOR: A CELEBRATION OF SISTERHOOD
Singapore’s fi rst and only bar with allwomen bartenders is an intimate gem in Kampong Bahru. Highballs (spirit plus non-alcoholic mixer) are their speciality (natch), but exuberant founder and head bartender Kino Soh says the tight-knit fourmember team has no problem whipping up other bespoke cocktails on request.
Not all of us are alcohol aficionados, and drink names can be as confusing as the beef between Nicki Minaj and Cardi B, but her menu is designed to be friendly. “We put consumers before the craft. The menu is such that everyone can easily understand the drinks and pronounce the names. I have been to bars that made me feel uncomfortable and intimidated, so I am trying to achieve the opposite of that,” says Kino, a foodie on her days off .
Try the Jim Beam Citrus Highballs ( lower in ABV) that showcase special round ice cubes. Kino’s signature is a fruity concoction called Xoxo with French gin, white peach, yuzu and tonic, smoked with lavender. Fridays are hot; weekday happy hours are 4-7pm.
79 Kampong Bahru Road