May 10, 2021
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As the clock ticks six, a sleek bar cart glides to center stage at The St. Regis Singapore’s Astor Bar.
Head Bartender Yvonne Tay launches into a deft theatrics of mixing and measuring, capped off with martini throwing – a long pouring of the tipple at a height (not unlike, she quips, ‘pulling’ teh tarik ).
Violet-laced and velvety, these libations are handed round to every guest in the bar. We sip, and it tastes like a communion across time – for this is an age-old ritual known as the Violet Hour, happening as night falls on every St. Regis property around the world.