Paquebot Tonkin, 1899 (Orangutan) Celebrity There was a limit on

There was a limit on what and how a guest could order at The Old Red House

000 to open the property

' the Heather Room is replete with Scotch tartans and Coats of Arms

~ Ralph Drybrough

one of the most celebrated restaurants in Paris

Paquebot Tonkin, 1899 (Orangutan) Celebrity There was a limit onThe Paquebot Tonkin was part of the French Messageries Maritimes fleet. Launched in 1898 from the yards of La Ciotat, the Tonkin initially worked the Marseille Saigon Yokohama route, with space for 185 first class passengers, 86 second class and 77 third class. This menu, from February 1899, would be from one of her earliest voyages. The Tonkin took her name from the French term for northern Vietnam, which was occupied by the French at the time.