Order a Singapore Sling in Singapore

through my Big Bro who has a stopover in Singapore on the way to Australia.

I asked him to have one for me while he was there…

^{Nearest I can get for now}

i hv company!!!!! :D

What a disappointment, a rather sour drink which is not pleasurable to the pallate. Raffles hotel with all its opulence and splendour has an unusual long bar where peanuts are served for the masses (The local Pigeons) who show their gratitude by shitting all over the place. Unbelievable – or is this how Raffles and his chronies envisioned the future, poisoned by CO fumes and drowned out by pigeons and traffic noise. Give me a B52 or Absinthe anytime!!

I ordered a Singapore Sling in Raffles hotel, Singapore a couple of years ago. Raffles is a strange place – the floor is carpeted with shells from peanuts, and there are little birds hopping around everywhere. Which is a bizarre contrast to the otherwise incredibly formal environment (waiters in dinner jackets and bow ties etc.) Oh, and the drinks aren’t cheap… ;)

My dear brother, nearly as clever as me and MUCH much wiser, is currently working in South Africa for a multi-national. He’ll be reposted in the next year or two and is in line for being in charge of the Far East. Singapore or Hong Kong will be his choice of home – I’ve been to HK loads of times so I’m hoping he chooses Singapore!

One of my dreams…its on the list now so it WILL happen. Its the magic, you write it down, it happens.

we sat in raffles and ate lots of free peanuts, (we’d spent all our money on slings)

while men in tux played music in the background

then we went to the loo en-mass and ogled at the gold taps in the toilets

we then strode out into the night (very steamy and hot outside) and were awestruck by the christmas lights

I only have warm fuzzy recollections of that night…

I blame the slings

The thing is to go to the Long Bar at Raffles where it was invented. We did that. The slings there were tasty, but expensive, so we left to a cheap place down the road and got another round of slings, which tasted completely different and then too many beers.