Indonesia Tatler – July 2019

152 indonesia tatler. july 2019

“I DON’T LIMIT MYSELF WHEN

CREATING. I LIKE TO CHALLENGE

MYSELF EVERY DAY.”

TATLER TAKES FIVE

IMAGES: COURTESY OF THE OLD MAN AND @AGPRABS; JAMES BOSWELL (AGUNG PRABOWO); SHUTTERSTOCK (ERNEST HEMINGWAY, BRAZIL)

MY LAB

This is where

I go to be

alone and

concentrate

on my work or

on creating a

new cocktail.

The co-owner of the Old Man, lauded as Asia’s

best bartender by the 2019 Drink Magazine

Bar Awards, shares five of his inspirations

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HUMILITY

I think the one ingredient that’s

underappreciated in creating drinks is humility.

You can’t serve guests or excel at hospitality without it.

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I’ve never been there but I really want

to visit the Amazon and forage for

ingredients for my cocktails.

BRAZIL

A MOVEABLE FEAST
#1964
The cocktail that blows my mind. Exclusive
to the Old Man in Hong Kong, it is
a recreation of Ernest Hemingway’s
favourite drink, the Bloody Mary, made with
a combination of sand, seawater and fresh
clams blended and redistilled with vodka;
clear and spiced cherry tomato juice, coconut
syrup, and basil, all infused in cheese wax,
and garnished with an oyster leaf. We spend
a few hours preparing this cocktail so it has
many layers of flavour, and this is my proudest
concoction of 20 years working behind the bar.

Agung Prabowo

ERNEST

HEMINGWAY

The Old Man is a concept

bar that pays tribute to Ernest

Hemingway and therefore

many of my concoctions

have been inspired by him.

I’ve read all his books, know

where he lived and travelled,

and studied his favourites.

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