Raffles Hotel

We'd heard previously before departing for Singapore about the famous Raffles Hotel. The hotel was established in 1887 and is named after Sir Raffles Stamford who also founded modern Singapore City. The hotel itself is probably most famous for two instances in its history. The not so nice one is that Raffles hotel is apparantly the spot where the last wild tiger of Singapore was shot, the more pleasant instance for its fame is the cocktail drink the Singapore Sling. It is known that the Singapore Sling was invented/created in 1910 by barman Ngiam Tong Boon. Raffles has played host to many a famous and prestiged guest over its time.

The hotel itself is in colonial style and very grand looking.

We decided to visit and sample this famous cocktail in this famous hotel. The bar known as the Long Bar had loads of little sparrow type birds flying around, but to our surprise there was no bird mess!

The Singapore Sling has many recipes and I'm not sure to which is the original as used in Raffles. The recipes vary, but generally contain gin, cherry brandy, grenadine & soda.

The cocktail cost approximately £7.50. It quickly became a favourite of mine, but I didn't have too many considering the price!!