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HI, TEA!
Penang's English, Chinese and Indian legacies have left an appreciation for tea that remains strong today. More
recent immigrants to George Town have imported an enviable Western-style cafe culture.
Suffolk House
(
www.suffolkhouse.com.my
; 250 Jln Ayer Itam; high tea for 2 RM68; 2.30-6pm) For the ulti-
mate English tea experience, head out of town to this 200-year-old Georgian-style mansion, where high tea, fea-
turing scones and cucumber sandwiches, can be taken inside or in the garden. Suffolk House is located about
6.5km west of George Town; a taxi here will cost around RM15.
sale here but the fun part is deciding which to buy. For RM20 you choose a tea (which you can share with up to
five people), then a specialist shows you how to prepare it the proper Chinese way. A full explanation of all the
different brews is given alongside the tea drinking.
this outlet for a Taiwanese Buddhist group's teachings is a wonderful place to revive in hushed surroundings over
a pot of interesting teas or coffees - all of which go for the reasonable price of RM5.
RM10; 9am-midnight) Located in the rambling China House complex, this cafe-bakery does good coffee and
some of the best pastries and ice creams (on a good day 16 of the latter - we like the salted caramel) we've en-
countered in Southeast Asia.
tea RM52; 2-5pm) The E&O Hotel's main restaurant offers a daily English afternoon tea with scones,
smoked salmon and, of course, cucumber sandwiches.
Café 55
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(
www.coffeeatelier.com
; Coffee Atelier, 47-55 Lg Stewart; coffee from RM8;
8.30am-5pm Tue-Sun) In what was formerly a coffee roaster (ask to see the former roasting oven out back),
this sophisticated cafe, with attached gallery, does both new-school and old-school coffee drinks.
David Brown's
(
www.penanghillco.com.my
; Penang Hill; afternoon tea RM34-78; 9am-6pm) Outside Ge-
orge Town, at the top of Penang Hill, this is yet another atmospheric destination for colonial-style high tea.
