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My favourite gin is Tanqueray. First distilled in 1830 by Charles Tanqueray in Bloomsbury, London, four botanicals are added during the second distillation: juniper, coriander, angelica root, and liquorice. Tanqueray is fruity, vibrant, and just rightly oily/glycerol. The London gin combines freshness and body in the same glass. Make sure …

100 Top Chinese Restaurants of the World 100全球最佳中餐厅 （2019 Edition 版本） Cuisine and culture are connected. For the first time ever, we now have a collection of the 100 Top Chinese Restaurants of the World, does not however contain a single recipe, but talks about 100 top restaurants, their background, their owners, …

Not 3000 ml bottles but two wines in 1500 ml each. Specially flown in from France for the Singapore e-launch dinner of our new publication 100. Every participant will get a free down-load of the 405-page English e-book. The dinner features 4 Champagnes – including Dom Perignon 2008 and Laurent-Perrier …

This is an exceptional bargain at S$38. I had picked it up from Duty-Free Singapore. The bottle size is 700 ml rather than the more usual 1 litre at duty-free. But, at S$38, it’s a steal. And delicious too. This is a 100% blended or vatted malt but not from …

Bright straw. Honey, vanilla and citrus peel. Delicate sweeetness, a hint of peat, and a burst of fire on the finish from the 46% alcohol. Lovely structureand firm backbone. Enjoyable as an aperitif and also very engaging as a digestif. Douglas Laing & Co was established by its n amesake …

The colour is a mid-Pu erh tea. Quite fruity on the nose and palate, including Christmas cake, figs, raisins, cloves, and orange peel cooked in a compote. There is, to round up that complex richness, a burst of warm, smooth fire on the finish. A brandy to keep close during …

A spirit gets its structure from the strength of the alcohol. As I don’t add water to my spirits – I drink mainly Single Malt, Cognac and brandy – 40% is almost always inadequate because the spirit lacks greater backbone. I am not suggesting that 40% never works, only that …

Spain produces some of the greatest brandies in the world. As they are not from Cognac, they cannot carry the designation of that French AOC. It is, however, accepted by aficionados that Spanish brandies are to die – and live – for. Carlos I Imperial XO was created in the …