We wandered around the marina area and then headed to Raffles, the famous hotel. Along the way we got stuck indoors as a sudden downpour that I’d been praying for happened. It didn’t last long. So, Raffles, the main entrance has loads of tourists taking snaps of it and taking a look round the entrance lobby to see the grandeur of the place.
The Long Bar at Raffles is apparently as famous as the hotel and the birth place of the popular cocktail the Singapore Sling. On entering the place you notice a crunchy feeling under foot, this is because you get a bowl full of monkey nuts on the table and you just peel them and chuck them on the floor. The thing to do in here is to say you’ve been and had a Singapore Sling (a snippet at £12).
In the evening we went to Clarke Quay, this is a brightly painted area with most its attractions alongside the river. It has a slight Disneyesque look about the place with so many lights and bright colours. Don’t let that put you off though, there are countless bars and places to eat. Some of the bars are ultra cool, for instance our personal fave was a bar called Clinic, all the seating is outdoors and the seats are either hospital beds or golden wheelchairs. The best bit is the signature cocktail…..a Blood Infusion, it’s a deep red cocktail brought to your table served in a drip on a proper drip stand, disgusting but brilliant (this would set you back £25). The one thing missing from these trendy bars was customers, the area itself was busy but nobody was using the bars, I can only assume it’s down to the cost, shame really.
We went Thai for tea, I ordered an extra spicy papaya salad, if you’ve never had one, a good one will blow your head off.
The Long Bar at Raffles is apparently as famous as the hotel and the birth place of the popular cocktail the Singapore Sling. On entering the place you notice a crunchy feeling under foot, this is because you get a bowl full of monkey nuts on the table and you just peel them and chuck them on the floor. The thing to do in here is to say you’ve been and had a Singapore Sling (a snippet at £12).
In the evening we went to Clarke Quay, this is a brightly painted area with most its attractions alongside the river. It has a slight Disneyesque look about the place with so many lights and bright colours. Don’t let that put you off though, there are countless bars and places to eat. Some of the bars are ultra cool, for instance our personal fave was a bar called Clinic, all the seating is outdoors and the seats are either hospital beds or golden wheelchairs. The best bit is the signature cocktail…..a Blood Infusion, it’s a deep red cocktail brought to your table served in a drip on a proper drip stand, disgusting but brilliant (this would set you back £25). The one thing missing from these trendy bars was customers, the area itself was busy but nobody was using the bars, I can only assume it’s down to the cost, shame really.
We went Thai for tea, I ordered an extra spicy papaya salad, if you’ve never had one, a good one will blow your head off.
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