Singapore Sling in Singapore

Posted in Stories by LadyMay on 4 November 2022

I’ve always wanted to visit Singapore and go to The Raffles Hotel but never had the chance. Then, my company sends me to Sydney to do some training. I was so excited just to fly THROUGH Singapore. We were approaching the airport and I was transfixed by the city below, trying my hardest to see Raffles Hotel! Obviously I had no idea what I was looking for. We had to change planes and had a 2 hour wait. When we got off the plane we were informed by the airline that there was an issue and our connecting flight and a 24 hour delay. This being the late 80’s, the airline actually put us in a decent hotel for the night. Not the Raffles but close enough. I literally dropped my bag in the hotel and ran downstairs to jump in a taxi. I ran upstairs in the beautiful Raffle Hotel and straight into the Long Bar. I ordered a Singapore Sling and the barman looked at me in a very perplexed way. He said “I can’t do that!” I laughed and said “Why, are you out of ‘Slings’?” He smiled and said “No, it’s 8:30 in the morning!”