With a pedigree such as Native Bar behind him, you can be assured owner/head bartender Leon's local-centric cocktail programme is built on the shoulders of giants. One of the first cocktails I tried at Laut and probably my favourite, the Pineapple evokes echoes of the bar that made this style all the rage nowadays, but now more than ever with Leon's own ethos and personality stamped on it.

Sweetly tropical on first sip, but with layers of complex flavour unravelling upon your tongue, the base of dark rum and fermented Sarawak pineapples gives way to the subtle smokiness of aged Malaysian molasses and the delightful tingle of Borneo peppers.

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Taste: 4/5