Friday, December 06, 2024

Early Christmas Buffet Lunch with the Boys at E@O Hotel.

                                  Ben Ronjen, Eric Taylor and yours Truly hanging out at the bar.
 The Hotel’s restaurants and bar—Sarkies, 1885 and Farquhar Bar—have a celebrated reputation for serving an extensive menu ranging from Penang’s local delicacies to European fine dining.

                 Acting like debonairness for posterity, You don't need to be one but you can act like one. 


                It seems to be destined that my First Christmas tree picture will be at the E@O



                      In the distant horizon one can see a Pleasure Cruise vessel passing by. A rare sight. 




But it was not until the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 and the arrival of the steamship, that travel to Asia assumed unprecedented style and luxury. Writers, actors, playwrights, the rich and the titled, bored with Europe and America, looked to the exotic East to satisfy their wanderlust. Suddenly, there was a new breed of travelers – the globetrotters.
Established by the famed Sarkies Brothers in 1885, whose architectural landmarks also include the Raffles Hotel in Singapore, the Eastern & Oriental (E&O) Hotel in Penang island is the only hotel in the heart of the George Town UNESCO World Heritage Site that possesses prime sea frontage. Over its century-and-a-quarter history, the E&O Hotel has played host to some of the world’s most celebrated artists, writers and heads of state.


 


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