From new resorts and beach clubs to world-class cocktail bars and a reopened natural gem, here are just a few highlights for travelers planning their return to the kingdom.
From new resorts and beach clubs to world-class cocktail bars and a reopened natural gem, here are just a few highlights for travelers planning their return to the kingdom.
BANGKOK, Oct 24 As gin bottles gather dust, a Bangkok bar owner is trying to keep his joint going through a Covid booze ban with fruity mocktails seasoned with kratom, a recently decriminalised tropical herb. The Thai capital’s once-legendary nightlife has been hammered by a seven-month ban.
From
its soaring ceilings to opulent details, the Art
Deco-inspired interiors of Atlas in Singapore
channel the grandeur of the 1920s (Photo: Courtesy of Atlas)
“Singapore was historically a trading post and financial hub, so you have different cultures and ethnicities coming together to promote creativity,” explains Jason Williams, a Queensland native who moved to the Lion City five years ago to serve as creative director for Proof & Co as well as Master of Gin at Atlas.
“There are tons of expats from the United States and elsewhere, along with a local middle class that have come up in a globalised economy. They experience cocktail culture elsewhere and bring it back here. And since food culture in Asia is so integral, people already have much a broader palate compared to in Australia, where I’m from. Here, they’re more willing to try new things, from smoky mezcals to European liqueurs.”