A whisky bar idea known as Horatio, which is predicated on a fictional globetrotter, has opened at Resorts World Sentosa’s Crockfords Tower in Singapore.
Horatio is a whisky-focused venue impressed by the journeys of Horatio Fairchild, a fictional character who has visited all the nice distilling areas of the world.
The character is claimed to be ‘the embodiment of journey and curiosity that outline the very essence of the bar’.
Horatio affords three distinct areas: The Primary Parlour, The Retail Emporium, and The Enclave.
Friends enter by way of The Retail Emporium, which homes a set of uncommon and unique bottles and affords tailored tasting flights.
In the meantime, The Primary Parlour affords signature cocktails based mostly on the world’s ‘best’ components, with a menu titled Trails & Tales. The 12-drink record is impressed by spirits-producing areas all over the world, with every cocktail telling a narrative from Horatio’s journeys.
As an example, Kueh Kueh Spirits is made with Bourbon, palm sugar, coconut, winter melon, calamansi and salted egg yolk. Its story reveals how Horatio found a hidden bar run by a Peranakan mixologist whereas wandering by way of Katong. The bartender teaches Horatio the way to brew a novel spirit impressed by conventional natural cures and spices utilized in Nyonya delicacies.
In the meantime, Scotland is the idea for the Highland Hermit, which options blended Scotch, heather honey, pear, lemon, thyme and shortbread. In its story, Horatio shelters from a storm in a bothy, the place he meets a mysterious shepherd named Angus. Angus takes Horatio to a hidden whisky cave utilized by illicit distillers centuries in the past and teaches him the craft of Scotch.
The ultimate house, The Enclave, is a hidden room accessible solely by particular invitation. It affords a curated menu of uncommon cocktails, every of which is ‘cloaked in intrigue’, inviting friends to uncover hidden tales.
Every cocktail is priced at SGD$26 (US$20).
The venue’s again bar options greater than 300 ‘exceptionally’ uncommon bottles, together with The Macallan The Attain 81YO, Karuizawa Omoiyari 36YO, Port Ellen 1978 43YO, and Brora 1977 45YO.
Horatio additionally bought and bottled a 1988 Macallan cask.
Outdoors of whisky, it additionally affords barrel-aged agave spirits, eaux-de-vie, and amaro.
The meals programme is equally impressed by world flavours, from pan-fried Italian sardines to wagyu beef skewers.
Andreas Reich, senior vice-president of F&B and basic administration at Resorts World Sentosa, mentioned: “At Resorts World Sentosa, we’re dedicated to curating distinctive eating experiences that shock and delight. Following the openings of Pierre Hermé Paris Singapore, Sugarra and KA-MON, Horatio marks our newest addition – a whisky-forward cocktail bar impressed by Horatio’s world adventures. Every go to affords a contact of thriller, attraction and refinement.
“It’s not only a bar; it’s an immersive journey that displays our continued ambition to counterpoint the resort with world-class culinary and way of life choices.”
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