Eastern & Oriental Hotel, Penang, Malaysia - The Food!
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Eastern & Oriental Hotel, Penang, Malaysia (popularly called The E&O) is a colonial-style luxury hotel in the capital George Town.
It was built in 1885 by the Armenian Sarkies Brothers in an ideal location fronting the sea and is known for its architecture, accommodation and restaurants.
Many, many famous people have stayed there, including King Charles III.
It was the first of a series of magnificent hotels, which included the Raffles Hotel in Singapore in 1887 and the Strand Hotel in Rangoon, Burma, in 1901.
Famous visitors also include Noël Coward, Douglas Fairbanks, Hermann Hesse, Rudyard Kipling, Somerset Maugham, Charlie Chaplin, Hassanal Bolkiah Sultan of Brunei, Lee Kuan Yew, Kim Il Sun, Emperor Hirohito, Pol Pot, Karl May, Sun Yat Sen and most recently Jonathan Copeland.
It was built in 1885 by the Armenian Sarkies Brothers in an ideal location fronting the sea and is known for its architecture, accommodation and restaurants.
Many, many famous people have stayed there, including King Charles III.
It was the first of a series of magnificent hotels, which included the Raffles Hotel in Singapore in 1887 and the Strand Hotel in Rangoon, Burma, in 1901.
Famous visitors also include Noël Coward, Douglas Fairbanks, Hermann Hesse, Rudyard Kipling, Somerset Maugham, Charlie Chaplin, Hassanal Bolkiah Sultan of Brunei, Lee Kuan Yew, Kim Il Sun, Emperor Hirohito, Pol Pot, Karl May, Sun Yat Sen and most recently Jonathan Copeland.
