RPM by D.Bespoke

Tucked along Duxton Road, RPM by D.Bespoke – conceptualised by Daiki Kanetaka of D.Bespoke game – is a vinyl-clad bar that champions Japanese shochu and high-fidelity sound. Floor-to-ceiling shelves packed with vintage vinyl line the walls, and every from city pop and Japanese jazz to soul and funk plays through massive JBL speakers.

The bar programme revolves around shochu, a distilled Japanese spirit made from sweet potatoes, barley, rice, or chestnuts. Ask to try it neat – they're sold by the glass or bottle – or go for approachable shochu-based cocktails (from $27) ranging from refreshing lemon sours and dark & stormys to spirit-forward negronis and the barrel-aged Taimatsu. For an award-winning selection, there's the Mariel with Bacardi, coconut water, orange juice, honey, absinthe, and cinnamon powder (you can also swap the Bacardi for Nagasaki barley shochu). 

By day, the space transforms into Corner Corner, a daytime Japanese jazz kissaten (listening café) concept. Here, guests can drop in for slow-drip filter coffee (from $8), rare Japanese cold brew teas like Tokushima Awa Bancha ($9), retro melon cream soda floats ($8), and Pantler patisserie desserts. Playlists spanning bossa nova and exotica loop all day long.