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Bar Kap gives Tan Yeok Nee’s 1885 mansion a spirited new chapter
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Penang Road’s skyline has grown a great deal taller since 1885, when Teochew merchant Tan Yeok Nee built what is now the sole survivor of Singapore’s four grand mansions as his private residence.
A Y-shaped bar console anchors the space, built for watching the pours up close.
(Image credit: Courtesy of Bar Kap)The drinks: six cocktails, six eras, one shared history(Image credit: Courtesy of Bar Kap)The menu, developed with Studio Ryecroft, tracks the building’s eras through six cocktails apiece.
The food menu runs a similar arc, from a salmon roe and yuzu granita through Mee Kapitan – a mala-spiked house noodle with pork and shrimp paste – to a rendang-stuffed Bar Kap Bao.
(Image credit: Courtesy of Bar Kap)Bar Kap is located at 101 Penang Rd, House of Tan Yeok Nee, Singapore 238466Wallpaper* Newsletter Receive our daily digest of inspiration, escapism and design stories from around the world direct to your inbox.