The Singapore Sling is Dead - Tiki Drinks and Food

SS Satan's Sin Member Imperial Beach, CA Joined: Jun 13, 2004 Posts: 729	SS Satan's Sin Posted posted on Mon, Aug 1, 2005 9:40 AM Just got back from a business trip to Singapore and as required by law -- and under threat of caning -- sampled Singapore Slings hither and yon. This drink is pretty much hopeless. The Slings at Raffles are sweet and nasty at the same time. Niggardly in its application of booze. And expensive (15 Singapore dollars). Watched tourists (herded in by the police) to the "long bar" and buy their Slings, drink about half, and leave. Everything else about the Raffles Hotel, btw, is outstanding. Wonderful service. Great food. Time-machine trip back to the halcyon days of the British Empire (Disney version). Sling at my hotel (Sheraton Towers) was sweeter, even less alcoholic, even more expensive. My boss had to be unscrewed from the ceiling when she got the bill. Sling on Singapore Airlines -- which from the lovely stewardess uniforms to the noise-reduction headphones to the on-demand 60-movie selection to the oustanding meal service(s) is by far the best airline I've ever flown on -- was like cherry Hawaiian punch with a dab of rubbing alcohol. The Singapore Sling is a compicated drink -- 1 oz Gin 1/2 oz Cherry brandy 4 oz Pineapple juice 1/2 oz Lime juice 1/4 oz Cointreau 1/4 oz Benedictine 1/3 oz Grenadine 1 dash Angostura bitters -- and complicated drinks require the very highest of the barman's art to pull off properly. In writing and in advertising one message is strongest, two messages is less strong, three messages get complicated and, well, eight messages (as there are in the Sling) is pretty much No Message At All. It takes a talented mixologist indeed to make a multi-ingredient cocktail sharp and tasty. I hereby put a shout-out and toast of tribute to Mrs. Shipwreckjoey, whose rendition of Blood of the Kapu Tiki (five ingredients) is outstanding and sharply flavorful and also renders one completely wasted after one drink. That's how complicated drinks are supposed to be made! And I have tried to duplicate this drink in my own bar -- to no avail. It truly does require talent. Anyway. Wandering off topic. The point of this post is: the Singapore Sling is Dead. So it is written! So it shall be done! [ Edited by: Satan's Sin 2005-08-01 09:41 ]

Just got back from a business trip to Singapore and as required by law -- and under threat of caning -- sampled Singapore Slings hither and yon.

This drink is pretty much hopeless.

The Slings at Raffles are sweet and nasty at the same time. Niggardly in its application of booze. And expensive (15 Singapore dollars). Watched tourists (herded in by the police) to the "long bar" and buy their Slings, drink about half, and leave.

Everything else about the Raffles Hotel, btw, is outstanding. Wonderful service. Great food. Time-machine trip back to the halcyon days of the British Empire (Disney version).

Sling at my hotel (Sheraton Towers) was sweeter, even less alcoholic, even more expensive. My boss had to be unscrewed from the ceiling when she got the bill.

Sling on Singapore Airlines -- which from the lovely stewardess uniforms to the noise-reduction headphones to the on-demand 60-movie selection to the oustanding meal service(s) is by far the best airline I've ever flown on -- was like cherry Hawaiian punch with a dab of rubbing alcohol.

The Singapore Sling is a compicated drink --

1 oz Gin
1/2 oz Cherry brandy
4 oz Pineapple juice
1/2 oz Lime juice
1/4 oz Cointreau
1/4 oz Benedictine
1/3 oz Grenadine
1 dash Angostura bitters

-- and complicated drinks require the very highest of the barman's art to pull off properly. In writing and in advertising one message is strongest, two messages is less strong, three messages get complicated and, well, eight messages (as there are in the Sling) is pretty much No Message At All.

It takes a talented mixologist indeed to make a multi-ingredient cocktail sharp and tasty. I hereby put a shout-out and toast of tribute to Mrs. Shipwreckjoey, whose rendition of Blood of the Kapu Tiki (five ingredients) is outstanding and sharply flavorful and also renders one completely wasted after one drink. That's how complicated drinks are supposed to be made! And I have tried to duplicate this drink in my own bar -- to no avail. It truly does require talent.

Anyway. Wandering off topic. The point of this post is: the Singapore Sling is Dead.

So it is written! So it shall be done!

[ Edited by: Satan's Sin 2005-08-01 09:41 ]

Post #176168 by Satan's Sin on Mon, Aug 1, 2005 9:40 AM