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October 11th, 2010 by Pak Damai

Better taste, cooler name: May we present The Singaraja Sling

Singapore’s signature cocktail is the Singapore Sling, a cherry-pineapple-gin-concoction famously originating from the legendary Long Bar at Raffles Hotel, a cocktail that by mixological magic somehow manages to be much sweeter than any of the individual ingredients put into it. Now we can present the Singaraja Sling, named after ‘our town’, the nearby city of The Lion King, Bali’s old capital, originating from the not so legendary and considerably shorter bar at the Damai. It has a much cooler name, it tastes great – and, as opposed to the Singapore Sling, children don’t actually like it:

1 oz    Black Label Whisky
1/2 oz Cherry Heering liqueur
3/4 oz Jungle Honey
1/2 oz Fresh Lime juice

Shake over ice and top with sodawater.

Huh? Jungle Honey? Where to get? Don’t worry. See here.

October 2nd, 2010 by Jack Truelove

Shopping Spree

The Singaraja market, Pasar Tingkat, is a not-to-be-missed experience.

Just a twenty minute drive from The Damai, it is where we stock up on a lot of things, where most of our staff do their shopping, and it’s one of the markets where our chef brings guests that have signed up for our cooking classes. I went today with Pido, shopping for brooms, detergents, T-shirts, sewing kits and office supplies.

For the faint of heart, these markets can be quite overwhelming, but more than that, they are a sobering experience, one that makes it crystal clear that ours is an imperfect world, in which too many people are having to do what human beings in this part of the world seem to most; make do!