Monday, December 23, 2013

The Grand Dame of Bangkok

The Author's Wing of The Oriental Hotel. The elegant residence for many famous authors and a cure for writer's block. When Somerset Maugham came here nearly dead from malaria, he overheard the manager tell a porter that a death on the premises would be bad for business. He recovered and finished the novel he was struggling to complete.
Afternoon Tea here is one of the Seven Gastronomic Wonders of the Modern World-complete with three kinds of sugar. It is Bangkok, after all.

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Steps and stairs

Stracciatella (chocolate chip gelato) is easily burned off one step at a time.

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