The Raffles Hotel has been a Singapore institution for 130 years. Synonymous with luxury, the property has survived war and other periods of upheaval, including the Lion City becoming an independent nation, in 1965.
The Raffles Hotel Cookbook, published in 1994, recounts some of the country’s history among the recipes. Gluttons might be jealous to hear the description of what one visitor enjoyed for breakfast at an unnamed hotel in the 1880s: “Beef-steaks and mutton chops, one or...
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