Colonial nostalgia

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For those interested in colonial nostalgia (where's Davita??) and don't mind spending a few bob on a meal, you might like to try Suffolk House.  It's at Air Hitam, west of Georgetown.

http://www.visitpenang.gov.my/portal3/where-to-eat/food-blogger-ck-lam/suffolk-house-restaurant.html

I've just been reading about the building.  It used to be Francis Light's residence, founder of the British settlement (as was) of Penang.  The original building was built some 200 years ago and has now been completely restored.  It looks just fabulous.

As a cheapskate, I normally head for the nearest foodcourt, but once in a while.....  Think this place could be good for that special occasion.

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For those interested in colonial nostalgia (where's Davita??)

Suffolk House....Now THAT'S what I'm talking about.....

Thanks for the link papaya...it is bookmarked for reference for our next visit.

Nostalgia indeed...the Lone Pine Beach restaurant where playing footsie under the table only got one's shoes filled with sand! (pre birth-control pill).

The permeating frangipanni smell that once, in Vancouver, I mistook for POT!

The girl that refused my ticket at the Penang Palais de Dance... Yup, you bought tickets to dance with girls...it was their income.
I confess I was an unattractive runt then but...she did not know that, in 2008, I would be voted 'Most Sexy Man' in Peurto Vallarta .
(It was a sympathy vote for the old guy and I bribed the all-female jury. Seems cash trumps biceps.)

Sitting in the Mess at Minden Barracks drinking Tiger Tops then calling for curry ayam and roti. A taxi would arrive with the food stash and we paid the driver. I cannot fathom the smell in that taxi on return to Georgetown.

Getting the little monkeys 'mabok' in the Mess at Butterworth. They would steal the beer left unattended.

Driving the jungle route to KL with a sten gun on our lap...knowing we didn't even know how to fire it.  Not even sure it had bullets.

Attending the Volunteer 'meet the local ladies' dance in Bukit Mertajam, where I fell in love with a telephone operator, and married within a year in Singapore. Divorced in UK 22 years later.

Sitting otside the E & O watching the Hoy Peloy inside...could not afford to enter but dreamt...maybe one day.

Taking-off from Butterworth in a Vampire training jet. (I was not yet a pilot but it encouraged me) Swooping low over Penang, buzzing fishing boats to Langkawi and returning at jungle tree-top height past Alor Star, and landing.....then off for more Tiger Tops.

All great memories of Penang (The Pearl) but nostalgia prevails, only in ones mind.

David

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hi, papaya,

Thanks for the post, and it's certainly a place to visit, with the camera. I remember reading some time ago a newspaper article about the restoration of Suffolk House. The article said that proposals were being looked at for the future use of the house. I wish the restaurant every success.

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Suffolk House....Now THAT'S what I'm talking about.....

Thanks for the link papaya...it is bookmarked for reference for our next visit.

Nostalgia indeed...the Lone Pine Beach restaurant where playing footsie under the table only got one's shoes filled with sand! (pre birth-control pill).

The permeating frangipanni smell that once, in Vancouver, I mistook for POT!

The girl that refused my ticket at the Penang Palais de Dance... Yup, you bought tickets to dance with girls...it was their income.
I confess I was an unattractive runt then but...she did not know that, in 2008, I would be voted 'Most Sexy Man' in Peurto Vallarta .
(It was a sympathy vote for the old guy and I bribed the all-female jury. Seems cash trumps biceps.)

Sitting in the Mess at Minden Barracks drinking Tiger Tops then calling for curry ayam and roti. A taxi would arrive with the food stash and we paid the driver. I cannot fathom the smell in that taxi on return to Georgetown.

Getting the little monkeys 'mabok' in the Mess at Butterworth. They would steal the beer left unattended.

Driving the jungle route to KL with a sten gun on our lap...knowing we didn't even know how to fire it.  Not even sure it had bullets.

Attending the Volunteer 'meet the local ladies' dance in Bukit Mertajam, where I fell in love with a telephone operator, and married within a year in Singapore. Divorced in UK 22 years later.

Sitting otside the E & O watching the Hoy Peloy inside...could not afford to enter but dreamt...maybe one day.

Taking-off from Butterworth in a Vampire training jet. (I was not yet a pilot but it encouraged me) Swooping low over Penang, buzzing fishing boats to Langkawi and returning at jungle tree-top height past Alor Star, and landing.....then off for more Tiger Tops.

All great memories of Penang (The Pearl) but nostalgia prevails, only in ones mind.

David

David,

You're transporting us back to your golden years in Penang. 

Cheers

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Papaya,

Thank you for the link.

I have been trying to dig out more photos on the net……here they are

http://www.what2seeonline.com/2010/01/suffolk-house-restaurant-dining-in-a-penang-heritage-and-historical-site/#more-10702

http://www.penangtalk.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=1274

I know it’s located near Methodist Boys School (MBS) but I ‘m clueless how to get there from MBS.  Will find it out.

Another link below the article http://www.what2seeonline.com/ is nice too!!    Almost all restaurants, cafes, hawker centres, kopitiams in Penang are covered in this website.   Few cool places to have food and feel the ambience are :

1)   The Sire Restaurant and Museum on King Street (near the Esplanade)
http://www.what2seeonline.com/2008/06/the-sire-museum-restaurant-penang/

2)   David Brown’s Restaurant and Tea Terraces on Penang Hill.
http://www.penanghillco.com.my/webpages/gallery.htm

3)   Ferringhi Garden Restaurant
http://www.what2seeonline.com/2008/05/ferringhi-garden-restaurant-penang/

4)   Coffee Lane
http://www.what2seeonline.com/2009/12/coffee-lane-penang-something-is-brewing-in-the-cafe/

http://www.what2seeonline.com/2009/12/coffee-lane-penang-something-is-brewing-in-the-cafe/2/