Final Singapore

On this last day in Singapore, we have lunch with James and Mia on their day off. The restaurant is across the bay from MBS. We began our love affair with Singapore at the Mandarin Oriental 17 years ago. Back then we were upgraded to a corner suite. It had a balcony in the corner and CJ would sit there and count the cranes on the Marina Bay Sands building site. There were more than a hundred. 

The finished product sits across the bay from today's restaurant location which is across from the Fairmont Hotel and not far from Singapore's famous spitting lion.

We think we're having a light lunch with each of the four of us ordering a taco. Mia goes crazy and the table is soon blanketed with food; excellent food. CJ didn't expect a good black lager.

A photo commemorates the event.

It's James day off. Sammy is in New York. We pass our final evening at Wakuda with James' protoge, Amos, and his sidekick for the evening Ryan. It's a great time. We finally discover the contents of the huge ten or so liter bottle at the end of the bar: Cognac. In the three years Amos has been at Wakuda, the bottle has gone from two inches from the top to its present level.

Even though it has been going on twice every evening during our stay this is the first time we've seen the Gardens By The Bay light show. We catch the last few minutes of the first show and the entire repeat two hours later.

At breakfast CJ has his usual killer doctored laksa soup. This is his second one of the day doctored and served up in the Singapore business class lounge. Farewell Singapore, Paris here we come.