WHERE IN SINGAPORE TO GET THE BEST SINGAPORE SLING

                                                                 

Ask yourself a question when you are in Singapore, what to do and what to have in Singapore. Plenty... thats the answer. 

As this Country growing bigger you will find mostly anything here ,from mixed culture to entertainments, from eating to drinking place.

One of the famous cocktail drink invented here is  is Singapore Sling. 

After getting to know this country a little bit more and longer so far I found  2 places in which serves the best of the best Singapore Sling. The First is One degree 15 Marina club and the other is on board Singapore Airlines.  Don't believe me !!.... I suggest you try the drink yourself.

Many trial I did where ever I went and nothing beats those 2 places I mentioned.  The drink mix, liquor and cordial are mixed perfectly to my expectation. The cordial is balancing the others and the liquor is not too overpower so that you can still enjoy the other flavour.

Decoration of cherry and pineapple is standard, suit the drink. Price of these 2 place is very reasonable too for the size of the glass they use to serve this.

I had several places I could name but honestly those places are not worth visiting and this including Raffles hotel ( LONG BAR - upstairs ) which is the very first place of this drink invented from. At Long Bar I was shock to find the mix really bland and I could not taste the liquor as the other ingredients was just over power the liquor. 

It is important to balance the mix, a bit more of liquor always depending on what is the main ingredients of the drink. If the drink mix is not right then you will get disappointment like I had at that place and  with many places in Singapore when ordering Singapore Sling. Consistency of the drink has been spoiled by putting too much of juice or cordial and most of places a bit stingy using the liquor. 

With One degree 15 marina club you can expect to have the same consistency every time, and with Singapore airline too. The good thing with Singapore airline is you can buy the liquor mix on the plane duty free ( unsure with the airport  ground duty free ). It came with the instruction on what juice you need to mix with. 

Perhaps I like my Cocktail a little bit too much, so I am a little bit fussy with drinks I am going to have  on a night out. 

CHICKEN KIEV

This meal is simple for the family to enjoy. why not try

Ingredients :

- 4 Chicken breasts ( for 4 in a family )

- 4 Tbspn Olive oil ( for cooking the chicken ) 

- 2 Tbspn olive oil ( for cooking the rice )

- 2 Broccoli ( will serve 4 - 5 )

- 1 Packet of beef bacons ( chopped / diced )

- 2 Tbspn flour ( for the sauce 

- 5 -6 Tbspn flour for batter

- 2 large eggs

- 1 Tbspn Blue cheese for chicken 

- 1/2 Teaspoon blue cheese for sauce

- 250 gram butter

- 6 garlics

- 1/2 Tspn of thyme and 1/2 Tspn of rosemary

- 8 slices of old bread ( to make breadcrumbs, or you can buy this ready made from the supermarket )

- 1 1/2 cup of rice ( cook as normal )

- 1/2 onion ( diced )

- 200 - 250 ml milk

How to make :

=  Made the butter stuffing by leaving the butter in room temperature then when its soften mix with finely chopped / diced garlic ( use food processor if you like it to be more like a paste look in the butter ). 

After you mix the butter and garlic well then put the 2 Tablespoon blue cheese in it, then season with pepper and just a little bit of salt as blue cheese already has salty taste. 

= Pulse the bread in food processor to have a little bit fine grain result, make sure it is not going too soft like flour or too rough to have a nice finishing batter to cover the chicken with.

= Prepare the batter mix. You  need 2 flat dish. 1 for seasoned flour then another 1 for the breadcrumbs which you already make in the food processor or supermarket made. Then you also need a bowl for the whisks eggs.

= when all that ready make sure the chicken is clean and dry, cut the middle part of the chicken breast, enough for you to stuff with the butter stuffing, put aside then do the rest of the chicken.

= Chopped broccoli then put it in the pot with water enough to cover the amount of broccoli in it. Only boil it when you start cooking the chicken, so by then it will be ready to serve together with the others. 

= Heat the griddle pan or skillet or normal pan  then put in olive oil when the pan looks hot ( you can see by the smoke appearing from the side of the pan ). Dip the stuffed chicken breast onto seasoned flour then dip onto egg then dip onto breadcrumbs. repeat until chicken breast is well covered Then put in the hot frying pan. Do the same with the other chicken breast. 

Cook for about 4 minutes each side or until the inside part is no longer pink. Make sure you do not burn the breadcrumbs

= While chicken is cooking you make the wild rice. Heat up another pan, put olive oil when its hot fry the bacon and onion fry for  2 minutes or until onion caramelised then season, put the herb then rice stir fry for about 2 - 3 minutes.

Serve the rice and chicken with broccoli then make the sauce using the oil from the chicken. Sift the oil onto a small pot then add little butter and put 2 Tbspn flour and milk pour onto the side of the plate or on top of chicken if you like and serve.

Bon appettite