The original?

Of course, you haven't really had a Singapore Sling until you've had it at Raffles, where it was invented by bartender Ngiam Tong Boon sometime between 1910 and 1915. My manager was kind enough to take me off to that Hotel for the experience and being an long-time visitor to Singapore he realised that it wasn't just about getting to the Long Bar but about understanding a little more about the place. So we took a walk around part of the hotel so we could see the front of it - and imagine the days when horse-drawn carriages pulled in to the drive to discharge their passengers. And then a must was a look at the Tiffin Room and the Writers Bar. Then we could go to the Long Bar - but not before we'd walked through to the internal courtyard and admired the many fountains sprinkled through the grounds.

After we'd supped on Slings and beer and thrown peanut shells on the floor, we hurried back to the hotel to bid adieu to two of our team that had assembled for the Workshop we were attending - but as we descended the wooden circular staircase someone mused about the many people who would have treaded the same boards over the years eg Somerset Maugham, Charlie Chaplin, Queen Elizabeth II ... and now members of the AP CBP Workshop team.