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This is Asia's best cocktail menu.

Tucked away behind a retail shopfront in Penang, Malaysia, Backdoor Bodega has gained cult status not only for its irreverent 'merch store with a bar menu' approach, but also for its drinks programme that goes big on local flavours.

Its latest menu, The Backdoor Bodega Guide to Penang – recently crowned winner of the Siete Misterios Best Cocktail Menu Award 2025 as part of Asia's 50 Best Bars – offers more than drinks, it's an all-encompassing guide to the flavours, culture and history of the island.

"We'd been thinking for a while about how to showcase Penang not just as a setting, but as an ingredient," says the bar's founder Koh Yung Shen. "When I started the bar in 2016, I had zero bartending experience. I was just picking up local ingredients from the market and seeing what I could make work," he adds. "Over time, we realised the things we took for granted, like native ginger flower, were completely new to our guests. That's what sparked the idea of writing it all down."

To achieve this, each page of the menu acts as a local guidebook annotated with where to eat and what to try, linking every cocktail to a street, dish or memory associated with Penang.

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