The Record Speakeasy, Plaza Batai

The Record Speakeasy, Plaza Batai

Words: Jacob Weber
Photos: Han Sen Hau

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You don’t want flared trousers and a cool shirt to get into The Record Speakeasy at Plaza Batai.

But for those who personal both, I totally advocate carrying them anyway. You’ll really feel proper at residence.

This elegant retro bar is a snug, convivial place for a cocktail or three. No sweaty crush towards the bar or ear-bursting digital music — it is a place for grown-ups. It’s all classic vibes and 70’s type, from the vinyl records on the partitions to the black-and-white tiled flooring. Classic rock and pop anthems present the soundtrack, in fact.

The Record Speakeasy, Plaza Batai

It’s low-key however top quality. The Record Speakeasy is run by the identical group behind Benang and Desire, so you’ll be able to anticipate glorious service and excellent cocktails. Head Bartender Rickler explains that the cocktail menu is “funky and refreshing”, placing their very own spin on traditional recipes with native elements moderately than something too cheesy or experimental. We can get behind that.

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Oh, and there are 2-for-1 specialty cocktails between 6 and 9 p.m., with costs between RM38 and RM42 per beverage. We can undoubtedly assist that.

(Plus, there are themed nights each second Wednesday, like Gangster Rap or Mexican Night, with 2-for-1 on home pours between 10 pm and 12 am.)

We’re working our manner via the menu so as—being skilled and all that—which begins mild and brilliant earlier than getting a little bit heftier. 

Cocktail Menu & Prices

The Razz Tazz (RM40) is precisely as Rickler described: funky and refreshing. Empress gin and home made grapefruit juice mix superbly with Prosecco and elderflower syrup for a glowing begin with simply the correct amount of sourness to sharpen the palate for the session forward.

We all love the mezcal-citrus combo introduced in Cloudy with a Chance of Orange (RM38), which will get its title from the fluffy orange-flavoured foam that completes this concoction alongside orange bitters and kaffir lime leaf. It’s punchy and very nice.

One sip of ¡Ay, Caramba! (RM38), and also you’ll say one thing alongside these strains. It’s a vibrant, juicy, fruity mix of Herradura Plata tequila that’s been infused with chilli kantan and completed with agave syrup, premium grapefruit soda and lime. It’s Record’s customised model of the traditional Paloma cocktail, with a ginger flower leaf garnish for good measure.

Grandma’s Garden (RM40) is one other fruity little quantity, just like the Razz Tazz however with a little bit extra chew. It’s on the sweeter aspect, that includes As De Picos Tropical Gin, elderflower liqueur, Aperol and lemon, with a thyme leaf garnish. 

I take pleasure in a whiskey, so the Meg-An (RM42) is a private favorite; a layered, advanced cocktail that’s a little bit candy, a little bit smokey, and fully scrumptious. Big Peat whiskey (which tastes prefer it sounds) is clarified with nutmeg milk and combined with pineapple juice, lime juice and home made nutmeg syrup. It’ll shortly develop on you after the primary curious sip.

The Godfather Sour (RM42) is one other creative interpretation of a traditional cocktail, combining a Whiskey Sour and Amaretto Sour to create an attention-grabbing mix with a robust base and a candy end. It’s fragrant, to say the least — perhaps a little bit an excessive amount of for my style, however I do know loads of folks will respect it.

Rickler warns us that the Black Beard (RM42) is “the strongest one on the menu”, so I’m a fan of it earlier than I’ve even tried it. The first sip tells me I used to be proper. It’s very tasty and surprisingly mellow (dangerously so!) for a beverage that mixes darkish and white rum with candy falernum liqueur, completed with apricot, lime and Angostura bitters. It’s advanced and well-balanced, with the a number of spirits complementing moderately than contradicting one another.

(At this level, after seven cocktails, you’d higher imagine we’re loudly singing alongside to back-to-back 80’s bangers.)

We end sturdy with A Gentleman (RM40), the one brandy-based cocktail on the menu. It’s one other expertly balanced mix of tastes and textures, with Hennessy VSOP and vermouth-infused chamomile tea the celebs of the present. Pomegranate juice, lemon and easy syrup add additional sweetness to spherical out the wealthy Hennessy and the fragile chamomile.

One extra tune — you’ll be able to’t go away the bar when Living on a Prayer continues to be taking part in — and it’s time to stumble again into the surface world and the twenty first century. (Pity.)

Reasons to go to The Record Speakeasy: a cool, cosy, comfy bar with critical retro stylish and good vibes all spherical; nice cocktails and drinks offers together with bottle packages; glorious bar group; and naturally, superior music.

The Record Speakeasy
6-2A, Plaza Batai, Jalan Batai, Bukit Damansara
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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@therecordspeakeasykl

The Record Speakeasy Opening Hours
Tuesday-Saturday 6 pm-late

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