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THE BIG THREE
How many of you world travelers have had a drink at the bar of this hotel and two others that make the famous BIG THREE in Asia?
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pacificobob
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The raffles hotel. I've had drinks there on dozens of occasions. The first was 1971 whilst on r&r from Vietnam. Later during many Singapore
layovers. The birthplace of the Singapore Sling.
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My wife her sister and I stayed there for a week in the late 80s. When checking out we had a good laugh at the bill. The Singapore Slings really added
up !
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I was there in 1968, when my ship had a break from the gun line in Viet Nam. The Singapore Slings were deadly.
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Not sure about the other two of the three
But yes, been at the Raffles bar
How many have had high tea at the Peninsula Hotel in Kowloon?
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My total Asian experience is limited to South Korea, from Seoul north to the DMZ, and an R&R to Tokyo and surrounding areas. That was in 1969, so
I have no idea what it is like now.
I couldn't afford Tokyo then, probably would not be able to now.
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Never had high tea,but had breakfast there many times.i recall it was really cheap for a first class meal. the company I worked for used the Sheraton
around the corner on Nathan blvd.
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Marc
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Quote: Originally posted by thebajarunner  | Not sure about the other two of the three
But yes, been at the Raffles bar
How many have had high tea at the Peninsula Hotel in Kowloon?
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Not tea there but got very drunk at the bar. Kowloon was off limits to Navy in 1959. Took me 30+ years later to get there.
The Big Three: (hotel bars)
RAFFLES in Singapore
STRAND in Rangoon
PENNINSULA in Hong Kong (Kowloon)
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Wow, I have never been but would love to go!
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My watering hole in hong kong was the american club. Never a dull moment!!!
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Looks like the type of old colonial place tourists visit because they saw it in an old b&w movie, or rick steves mentioned it as a must-see for
pensioners on vacation.
I bet they charge a lot for drinks, and regular Local folk dont drink there because prices are for tourist.
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I got really sloshed in the Tiger Bar at the hotel. What a tourist I was drinking Singapore Slings and paid the price with a huge hangover the next
day. They say it’s named the Tiger Bar because they had to shoot tiger there that snuck in. The Raffles also has a great history when the Japanese
during WWII took it over and the employees buried all the silver to they wouldn’t be used by the troops.
I stayed there around 1993 before the fancy remodel and the price was around $125 and I heard that it is 5 to 10 x that now. Each room had the names
on the door of the famous people who stayed on that room.
The place reeked of history and was a real highlight to the trip.
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In 1971 the raffles was a run down single story building on the edge of the jungle As i remember. It got the Disneyland makeover in the 80s...as i
recall ...it was a long while back.
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We are flying to Singapore today. 17 hours flying time.
Will post a pic from Raffles.
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See if they still have the names of the “famous” people that stayed in your room posted on the door to your suite. Dare I ask what the price is
now days for a room and a signature c-cktail at the Tiger bar?
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JZ
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| Quote: Originally posted by Howard | | See if they still have the names of the “famous” people that stayed in your room posted on the door to your suite. Dare I ask what the price is
now days for a room and a signature c-cktail at the Tiger bar? |
We aren't staying there Howard. It looked like it was $1,000 or more per night the last time I looked. 
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