藏樂 KURARA is a bottle store at 75 Neil Road in Singapore's Chinatown, carrying a perfect 5.0 rating on Google and sharing updates through its Facebook page. A good bottle store earns its keep through curation rather than sheer range: shelves chosen bottle by bottle, stock turned over briskly, bottles kept away from heat and light. The staff's own palate matters most — say what you usually drink and what the occasion is, and let them steer you towards something the supermarket would never stock. Regulars tend to ask what has just arrived and what the people behind the counter are drinking themselves, since small allocations and seasonal releases rarely linger. And where delicate bottles are concerned, sake above all, it never hurts to ask how long something has been sitting on the shelf. On a stretch of Neil Road better known for restaurants and bars than shops, KURARA gives Chinatown a neighbourhood bottle store worth knowing.