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Bar

Sago House

A hand-built Duxton Hill bar that writes six new cocktails on the window every week and wipes them the next. Order off the window; the Sesame Negroni is the one constant.

  • Where: Tanjong Pagar
  • Price: S$30–60
Korean

Na Oh

Corey Lee of Benu cooking Korean home food on Level 3 of a Hyundai plant in Jurong West, with greens from the factory's own smart farm. The best reason to go west in years.

  • Where: Jurong
  • Price: S$60 and above
Korean

Odem

Singapore's first craft makgeolli bar, in New Bahru: 20-plus small-brewery rice wines, flights to work through and anju from a Daegu chef built to match.

  • Where: River Valley
  • Price: S$30–60
Chinese

The Dragon Chamber

A kopitiam front on Circular Road where the drinks fridge is the door to a secret-society dining room. A group dinner with a party trick; check the current menu and hours first.

  • Where: Boat Quay
  • Price: S$60 and above
Bar

Cat Bite Club

Find the neon cat at Monument Coffee, push through the grey curtain and you're at a shelf of 200-plus agave bottles. Start with the margarita; the milk punch helps the cats.

  • Where: Tanjong Pagar
  • Price: S$30–60
Japanese

Tentsuru

An omakase counter at The St. Regis that fries instead of slicing: deep-fried sea urchin, A5 wagyu with truffle. Ask for a middle seat; the ends see little of the frying.

  • Where: Orchard
  • Price: S$60 and above
Wellness

Plunge Club

A social bathhouse three floors up on North Canal Road: a 40-person sauna, two ice baths, neon lighting and alcohol-free socials. The CBD's new after-work round is a round of the circuit.

  • Where: Clarke Quay
  • Price: S$30–60