There are so many different kinds of cocktails available today in bars, clubs, restaurants and I'd love to know which creative individual comes up with the names for all these wonderful fruity cocktail recipes. It seems too, that those watering spots you've seen in films over the years can boast a bartender who, generations ago, became a household name by creating his own unique cocktail and giving it its name.The world-famous Singapore Sling was created by an Asian bartender named Mr. Ngiam Tong Boon during the Colonial years between 1910 and 1915. He was the bartender at the historic Raffles Long Bar in Singapore and he prepared his delectable concoction of equal parts of gin, cherry brandy and Benedictine, added a splash each of bitters, Cointreau, grenadine and lime juice and served it in a tall frosty glass, garnished with fresh pineapple. Thus was born the most famous of fruity cocktail recipes. Rudyard Kipling regularly enjoyed his Singapore Sling at Raffles, along with Ernest Hemingway and many other iconic figures, including royalty.
