For something different away from the crowds, head to the new Café Tailor Made at Turf Club Road. The bar-café serves coffee and freshly made breads in the day and bespoke cocktails in the evenings. You can also expect high quality cheese and skewers to complement the drinks.
Owner Nakul Pathak, who was former group F&B director of Coriander Leaf, says that his new venture focuses on great drinking experiences in a lush setting. “Indoors is designed like a cosy living room, and the outdoor area is like a garden. Every quarter, there will be subtle changes made to the bar’s interiors, and the menu items will reflect accordingly,” he says. Guests can look forward to the upcoming Caribbean theme, with tiki-style cocktails.
The bar features lesser-known spirits, in particular rums and gins. For instance, Soul Sisters, a Singapore-made gin that fuses juniper with galangal, tamarind and kaffir, as well as Old Young’s Common Gin from Swan Valley Perth. There’s also a selection of 10 to 15 hard-to-find whiskies to be had.
What’s great is that the drinks mostly use natural, organic and sustainable ingredients. Pathak says that instead of refined white cane sugar, organic honey from local bee farms and high grade agave nectars are used. An example of Café Tailor Made’s twist on classic cocktails is the Burn After Reading – their take on the classic Old Fashioned, which uses a 20-herb house-made bitter, organic honey, and Monkey Shoulder whisky.
Address: 100 Turf Club Road
https://www.cafetailormade.com/
