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Analogue Initiative

Singapore

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The big idea at Analogue Initiative is to make the bar experience as environmentally low-impact and planet-positive as possible. For owner Vijay Mudaliar that started at the build. The rippling, luge-like bar that forms the centrepiece of the space has been 3D printed from 1,600kg of recycled plastic bottles; it rises and falls, making space for wheelchair access.

In the surrounds are tables, their tops made from inoculating mycelium spores with organic matter to form a self-growing structure. And on them – just one of the many thoughtful details – are coloured coasters made from plastic waste. So it follows that the dishes and drinks have a similarly mindful bent – they’re made from what Mudaliar sees as the ingredients of the future: sustainable produce outside of our pervading food systems.

The drinks list is full of wondrous combinations: try the Wabi-Sabi with pumpkin seed distillate, peach and soursop pulp and matcha hydrosol, or the Faux Espresso with toasted chicory, dandelion root, carob, toasted barley, cinnamon, coconut nectar and chocolate milk. Ethical drinking yes, but without flavour compromise.

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