Goodbye Jeffrey Ong, creator of Malaysia's only classic cocktail, Jungle Bird


Jungle Bird is Malaysia's only internationally recognised classic cocktail. Photo: The Star/Darran Tan

The Malaysian bar scene lost one of its greatest unsung heroes earlier this week - Jeffrey Ong Swee Teik, the creator of Malaysia's only internationally recognised classic cocktail, the Jungle Bird.

According to an Instagram post by local beverage website Thirst Magazine. Ong passed away peacefully in Penang on Tuesday. He was 71.

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