Visit From The Stoneda's - Part 1

On December 26th our friends Paul and Chandra finally came to visit! They spent a few days in Tokyo beforehand, and then came to enjoy a tropical New Year's Eve with us. We did all the basic tourist things and then some.

Singapore Slings and throwing peanuts on the floor at Raffle's Hotel:

A visit to the (now freshwater) harbor and The Esplanade:

We hosted a cooking class at our house where we learned to make Chili Crab, Char Kwei Teow, Coconut Rice and Beef Curry. Our signature drink for the night was called "Her Sarong Slipped" (see recipe at the end), which was a hit.

We visited Sentosa Island, which included The Southern Most Point of Continental Asia (a bit controversial because it's on an island (Imbiah) off an island (Sentosa) off of an island (Singapore) - how is that "continental"?), the Wave Pool, refreshments (ask David what that was - I have no idea), and the Fish Spa.

We also went to Little India, which always has something going on.

If you give this guy money, his bird will pick out your fortune before he hops right back into his cage (the bird, not the guy):

The Hindu temple was packed that day (where were all the women?):

The mosque had a full house, too:

Though we didn't go in. I think it was guarded at the front by this lady. 4'10" and I was afraid to cross her.

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Here's the recipe for "Her Sarong Slipped" from a book called Party Drinks:

Ice cubes

4 ounces fresh lemon juice

12 ounces brandy

3 ounces grenadine

One 750-milliliter bottle chilled Champagne

Strawberry slices for garnish

1.) Fill a large pitcher half full with ice cubes. Add the lemon juice, brandy, and grenadine, in that order. Stir well.

2.) Strain the mix equally into 10 white wine glasses (or comparable stemmed glasses).

3.) Top off each glass with Champagne. Garnish each glass with a strawberry slice and serve with stirrers.

Enjoy!