House of Change – A Trip to India

Earlier this year in March-April 2019, I was honoured to participate in a program called “House of Change” created by the Grey Goose team in India. You can imagine how excited I was to go to “The Land of Spices”. The whole Grey Goose training and philosophy behind “House of Change” is exactly what it sounds…

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World Whisky Day

When I lived in Ireland, where I first learnt about whisky, I thought that no one, except the Irish, could have so much passion for whisky. That is until I moved to Singapore, where whisky rules the bars. I had never seen anything like that in my life! Ladies asking for small producing brands with specific finishes…

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World Cocktail Day

As a cocktail lover and bartender for 16 years, I always search for any reason to ‘toast’ with a cocktail in my hand. Certainly, the 13th of May is one of the most awaited days for any cocktail lover and it is to celebrate the first printed mention of the word COCKTAIL on 13th May…

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Cinco de Mayo

Today is the 5th of May, aka Cinco de Mayo in spanish. Today is the day where celebrating Mexican-American culture is on the forefronts of our minds.  But, do you know, why this date is so important for Mexico? Many of us confuse this day with Mexican Independence Day held on 16th September, in fact…

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Palm Sugar

While I was wandering around food markets in Singapore, I found brown sweet cakes of different colours and shades. When I asked the uncle in the store what it is, he looked at me like I was martian and said that they were “one of the most essential ingredients for cooking young man, it is…

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