Category: Shebeens to Top Shelf

New Asia Bar – a greatly missed Singapore icon

The New Asia Bar Singapore

The New Asia Bar, Singapore. High in the clouds 71 floors over Singapore City in Swissotel The Stamford, once the highest bar in the southern hemisphere and a favourite of Liquid Sunshine’s since the 80’s. Back then it was a favoured after-work joint for locals and a tourist haunt during the day, with an always […]

Dandelyan – the life and strange death of the world’s best cocktail bar

Night time view from the New Asia Bar Singapore

Dandelyan, in Sea Containers Hotel on the South Bank of the river Thames in London, was an innovative cocktail bar from Ryan Chetiyawardana – Mr Lyan. For decades, the south bank of the Thames was seen as the poor cousin of the north side from Westminster to the City. Though always lively, it had lacked […]

J D Williams Whisky Bar – Amsterdam neat

Canalside frontage of JD Williams Whisky bar

J.D. Williams Whisky Bar, a whisky bar Amsterdam style – laidback, mellow and welcoming with a dry, dry sense of humour. J D Williams Whisky bar on Prinsenstraat has long been one of Liquid Sunshine’s favourite whisky bars. Since its opening in 2014 this laidback whisky bar has been a go-to destination when we’re in […]

Milroy’s of Spitalfields : an excellent east end expression

The frontage of Milroys Spitalfields

Opening in 2019, the second outpost of London’s most famous whisky shop, Milroy’s of Soho, was set across four floors in the East End of London, just beyond the City. With a ground floor whisky bar offering 1000 whiskies, a basement cocktail bar – the Proofing Room this time, rather than the Vault – a […]