Cap’n's Cabaret #31: Singapore Swing!

| June 23, 2012

Our tropical tryst continues here at the Cabaret today in the Gibraltar of the East, Singapore!  And how better to enter Singapore than by a Singapore, a Short Singapore Flying Boat, of course!  A bit of a choppy go compared to an Empire Class, but the orient is for adventure, is it not?

 

And what a fabulous night it is here in this beautiful, tropical, and not to mention secure island fortress of a city.  Sure, ol’ Tojo is saber-rattling again, but there’s no way they’re getting through those big guns the Brits have put up unless they think they’re marching an army across hundreds of miles of jungle!  Tonight we’re at the glamorous Raffles Hotel, where the local boy done well Al Bowley, who got his start right here, will be performing for an adoring crowd.  This master crooner has spellbound audiences the world over with his hits “Midnight, the Stars and You”, “Goodnight, Sweetheart”, “The Very Thought of You”, “Guilty”, and “Love Is the Sweetest Thing”, but it is his “Melancholy Baby” that’s setting us swooning tonight! 

 

 

Smooth as silk, isn’t he, folks?  Well, tonight’s libation is too.  Another local work of art, the Singapore Sling was first developed right here in the Raffles Hotel by local mixologist Ngiam Tong Boon:

 

Singapore Sling:

  • 1 1/2 oz gin
  • 1 oz lemon juice
  • 1/4 oz simple syrup
  • 1 1/2 tsp powdered sugar
  • 2 oz club soda
  • 1/2 oz cherry brandy

 

Pour gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, and sugar into a shaker, shake well over ice and strain into a highball glass with ice cubes.  Add club soda and float cherry brandy on the top by pouring over the back of a bar spoon. Add a lemon slice and a maraschino cherry for garnish.

 

And with that, folks, we bit you adieu. Enjoy the sights of Singapore and have a good flight out!

 

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We Interrupt Very Srs Blog Bzns to Bring You A ToC: The Steampowered Globe

| December 20, 2011

So, there hasn’t been that big a buzz about this everywhere, because firstly, The Steampowered Globe is a collection of steampunk short stories from Singapore, and secondly, it’s published by Two Trees, a tiny little press in Singapore itself, with the succint description, “Two-person family business making books that we want to make because we can.” These people are already out for my heart after making me burst out laughing with its website’s layout.

The anthology is the result of a collaboration between the Happy Smiley Writers Group, edited by Maisarah Bte Abu Samah and Rosemary Lim. And here is the table of contents! oh my goodness will you look at that nary a white surname in that list.

“Ascension” by Leow Hui Min Annabeth
“No, They Dream Of Mechanical Hearts” by Claire Cheong
“Morrow’s Knight” by Viki Chua
“Colours” by Yuen Xiang Hao
“The Morning Glory Incident” by Mint Kang
“Help! Same Angler Fish’s Been Gawking for Eight Minutes!” by Ng Kum Hoon
“Captain Bells and the Sovereign State of Discordia” by JY Yang

Maisarah tells me that she has very much to say about the selection process, so stay tuned!

You can order the Steampowered Globe from Two Trees. Dead-tree versions only, it seems, alas, BUT, they WILL do international shipping! Prices are SG$ 18 for locals, SG$20 for folks in Asia, and SG$25 for those of us in the rest of the world! I know, I know, not enough time for stocking stuffing, but! You can order them anyway.

Singaporean writers, Singaporean editors, Singaporean press. Yes, technically I’m supposed to hate on them, since they’re on the wrong side of the Causeway, but they are kind of on the other side of the Pacific anyway, so, bagi chance lorrr…. ;D

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