The view from my hotel room here in Singapore. We went and had a Singapore Sling here tonight. The Singapore Sling was originally created by Mr. Ngiam Tong Boon for the Raffles Hotel, right around the corner from where I'm staying. The exact date is in question, with some people claiming it was in 1915, some 1913, while the hotel itself claims that it was created sometime prior to 1910. There is plenty of disagreement as to how closely the current version of this drink that is served at Raffles is to what was originally served. Apparently the original recipe was lost and forgotten sometime in the 1930's, and the drink that they currently serve at the hotel's Long Bar is based on memories of former bartenders, and some written notes that they were able to discover.
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