As of today, 12 October 2026, Live Twice on Bukit Pasoh Road has a new drinks menu built around Nancy Sinatra’s 1967 Bond theme, You Only Live Twice. Cocktails run from S$23++, and an opening shot costs S$15++, so a group can drink their way through a spy-movie soundtrack without a secret-agent salary.
If you’re new to the place, Live Twice is the Jigger & Pony Group‘s mid-century Tokyo-inspired cocktail bar. It has been in a 90-year-old shophouse near Outram since December 2019. It takes its name from Ian Fleming’s 1964 novel You Only Live Twice. That book became the fifth James Bond film in 1967, starring Sean Connery. The film’s theme song was written by John Barry and Leslie Bricusse.
At a Glance
| What | Details |
|---|---|
| Where | Live Twice, 18-20 Bukit Pasoh Road, Singapore 089834 (Outram MRT, Exit 4) |
| From when | New menu available from Monday, 12 October 2026 |
| Open | Sun to Tue 6pm–12am · Wed & Thu 6pm–1am · Fri & Sat 6pm–2am (hours as listed by the bar) |
| Opening shot | Nikolaschka’s Gun, S$15++ |
| Cocktails | S$28++ (classics and inventions) · S$23++ (closing chapter) |
| Late food | Gyutan Curry Rice Bowl, S$25++, on the supper menu from 10pm |
Four Lyrics, Four Chapters
The bar has always worked on one idea: everyone lives one life by day and another by night, and the night version deserves its own bar. This year’s menu follows that idea through the shape of an evening. It has four chapters, and each one opens on a line from the song:
1. “Don’t think of the danger, for the stranger is gone” opens with a single ritual shot.
2. “One life for yourself…” holds reworked classics.
3. “…And one for your dreams” holds the bar’s own inventions.
4. “You drift through the years, and life seems tame” closes with the simplest drinks.
The bar uses a lyric about life getting tame to label the easy-drinking section. It’s a neat joke, and it gives a Bond song a lot more to do than decorate the menu cover.
The S$15 Icebreaker
The opening shot, Nikolaschka’s Gun (S$15++), is the best reason to bring friends. It’s based on the Nikolaschka, a measure of cognac taken with a sugared lemon slice. Halfway through the shot you chew the lemon and sugar, so the cocktail mixes in your mouth.
Live Twice infuses Courvoisier VSOP cognac with jasmine and da hong pao tea. Each lemon slice is cut to the same thickness and topped with fine-grained Japanese wasanbon sugar. Few cocktail bars give you a group ritual for S$15, so start here!
Classics, Rebuilt by Hand
The “One life for yourself…” chapter holds classics at S$28++ each.
The Mizuwari has been a Live Twice signature since 2019. It blends three whiskies with Hokkaido soft water: Yamazaki Distiller’s Reserve, Chita Single Grain and Yoichi 10 Year Old. The mix rests in a ceramic tsubo urn for at least three days, and each serve is ladled out with bamboo. The Vesper sits on the list as number 007.
The pick of this chapter is the Rusty Nail. A Rusty Nail is usually Scotch with Drambuie, but Live Twice makes its own honey liqueur. The bar infuses heather honey with liquorice root, cinnamon and saffron, then combines it with peated and blended malt whisky. The liqueur is stirred with The Macallan 12 Year Old Sherry Oak and a dash of absinthe over block ice. The bar says the result is a softer, more complex take on the classic.
The Grasshopper is the one to watch being made. This creamy New Orleans dessert drink gets Wild Turkey 81 Bourbon and Hokkaido milk. It isn’t shaken. Instead, it’s whisked in a bowl with a bamboo chasen, the whisk used for matcha, until it’s light and foamy.
Where the Baijiu Comes In
The “…And one for your dreams” chapter, also S$28++ a drink, is where the bar’s own creations live. “This side of the menu is where we get to play,” says Principal Bartender Luca Lulli. “We wanted the names to read like 1960s spy-thriller titles… enough to tell what kind of night it is, without giving the ending away.”
The White Bikini is the conversation starter. It’s made with Ron Zacapa 23 Rum, fresh pineapple juice, toasted rice and a soybean tincture. It’s shaken slowly with meringue so the foam stays fluffy. A little baijiu, the strong Chinese grain spirit, goes into the tincture, and the bar says it adds “a slight funk”. It’s a holiday drink with a curveball.
There are two gentler options:
- Pear in Bloom uses two barley shochu from the same Ōita distillery plus fresh Kosui pear.
- Red Lantern is a Manhattan with a fig, sake and shoyu reduction in place of sweet vermouth. Order it if you like savoury drinks more than sweet ones.
The Team Behind the Bar
Lulli led the menu with guidance from Aki Eguchi, the group’s Beverage Programme Director. Lulli grew up in Palestrina, near Rome. He worked at London’s Mr Fogg’s Tavern, then became Assistant Bar Manager at 69 Colebrooke Row in May 2021. He moved to Singapore in early 2025.
The team works by the Japanese idea of shokunin: craftsmanship repeated until hard work looks effortless. You can see it in the identical lemon slices and the hand-whisked Grasshopper.
Ending on Simple Drinks
The last chapter has two drinks at S$23++ each:
- Gin Tea Tonic is built on Roku Gin with Ginkaku sencha from Uji and a mango tincture, with a pour of matcha on top.
- Lemon Sour is an izakaya staple of shochu, citrus and soda. This version uses GLOW sweet potato shochu, with sparkling coconut water in place of plain soda.
These are the cheapest cocktails on the list. With so few ingredients, there’s nowhere for a weak spirit to hide. The Lemon Sour is a smart last drink on a late weeknight.
Don’t Skip the Curry
The food is yōshoku, the Western-influenced Japanese cooking that dates to the Meiji era. The new dish is the Gyutan Curry Rice Bowl (S$25++), diced beef tongue in Japanese curry. It’s on the supper menu from 10pm.
The sandos are still on the menu too, from the Tamago Katsu Sando (S$24++) to the Wagyu Katsu Sando (S$44++).
Before You Go
- Coming with a group? Start with a round of Nikolaschka’s Gun at S$15++ each.
- Staying late? The Gyutan Curry Rice Bowl is on the supper menu from 10pm.
- Doing the maths?
Plenty of bars name a drink after a film. Live Twice has turned a 59-year-old Bond theme into a whole night out, from a shot shared with strangers to a coconut-water Lemon Sour at closing time. Book a table through Live Twice’s reservations page and keep an eye on its Instagram. You can find the rest of the group’s bars on the Jigger & Pony Group website. And nobody will judge you for ordering the Vesper shaken, not stirred!
Photos and Visuals courtesy of Live Twice.
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