Singapore: Raffles Hotel and Grill

Ate at the Raffles Grill the first night, the fine dining restaurant at the Raffles hotel, a colonial style hotel in central Singapore. The restaurant, the service, and the meal were tremendous. The prices were tremendous. Dinner for one was so expensive I reeled from the sticker shock for the rest of the trip. I had a bottle of '89 Cos d'Estrounel, and it was one of the more affordable bottles on the list at $540. There were bottles from 1900 on, the prices climbing into 6 digits. Brutal. But, it was a world class fine dining experience, and that is what I wanted. I was dressed in a taupe suit with tie, and felt a bit under-dressed. It was definitely more of a black suit sort of place.