Singapore Sling and Songs of the Sea

By the time we had got to Singapore we were craving stodge! Asian food is delicious and so healthy which is always good, but it lacks all the things our British bodies have come to crave: potatoes, bread, dairy, sugar! We had started to dream of real chocolate and chips.

We had a whistle stop tour of Singapore, and from memory we loved it. It is funny what things you remember years after something has happened. I remember going to the night safari with the fire dancers and the island of Sentosa and thinking they were fabulous. Sentosa had this “songs of the sea” light and laser show which really is one of those things you have to see to believe, I was captivated!  

Singapore food is full of noodles and chicken along with the obligatory Singapore Sling cocktail, which if you let them make it strong enough can be enough to knock you out on an empty stomach! The cocktail originated from Singapore's Raffles Hotel in around 1910. There are many variations, but here is a recipe that is as close to the original as you can get:

Singapore Sling Ingredients

• 7 ½ ml of lime juice
• 75 ml of pineapple juice
• 7 ½ ml benedictine
• 15 ml cherry brandy
• 7 ½ ml cointreau or triple sec
• 25 ml gin
• 7 ½ ml grenadine
• 1 pineapple slice

• 1 glace cherry

  

How to make it

Step one: Add all the ingredients except the pineapple slice and glace cherry into a large glass

Step two: Add icecubes to top up the glass

Step three: using a cocktail shaker, mix the ingredients for about a minute

Step four: pour into a glass and put the pineapple and cherry on top to decorate

ENJOY!........ maybe I should add, please drink responsibly?

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