Water Cress Valley Restaurant at Brinchang, Cameron Highlands

Before we leave Cameron Highlands on the last day, we drop by this Water Cress Valley - Chiew Garden Cafe (N4.50811 E101.41643) for lunch, the garden cafe is truly unique that located in the middle of the Water Cress farm.

Water Cress Valley - Chiew Garden Cafe

The entrance of the Garden Cafe

Before we reach the cafe, we passed by the water cress seeding area...

The design of the cafe entrance is some kind of similar to Taiwanese restaurant...

Water Cress Valley Garden Cafe

Once step into the dining area, it was a breathtaking view of the water cress farm...cooling and nice! Very relaxing too...

 

 The cafe dining area...

I was fall in love at the first sight for this cafe...

Let me show you the scenic view from the cafe...

The Water Cress Farm

Beside water cress, they also planted some other vegetables and fruits...

View from the cafe...

The friendly lady boss took our order and she recommended their special drink - water cress juice! It had a unique taste and special! Not bad.

Water Cress Juice

Our lunch:-
*  Fried rice.
*  Recommended Special Ramen (signature dish)
*  Stir fried water cress
*  Recommended Special sauce Chicken (signature dish)

Fried rice

The Special Ramen - Signature dish

The Special sauce chicken - signature dish

Stir Fried water cress

The fried rice was nice! The Special Ramen taste good but the noodle not springy enough. The chicken was really special and we all like it! The water cress was definitely fresh and good! Overall, satisfied with the meals!

The Damage : RM52.00 for 2 adults and 1 child included the water cress juice. Reasonable price with the cool environment and the scenic view!

The Cafe just started about 6 months ago, but the farm has been through 5 generations of the family. The cafe open daily without off day during the school holiday season.

We spent almost 2 hours there to enjoy the view and we will visit it again!

The staff harvest the fresh water cress

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*  My Cameron Highlands 3 days 2 nights trip on November 2012

Water Cress Valley Sdn Bhd

Lee & Chiew Cafe

Jalan Besar, Batu 44, Tringkap

39100 Cameron Highlands

Tel : +605-4961071

Email : watercressvalley@yahoo.com

Business hour : 10am - 10pm

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Mountain House Charcoal Steamboat Restaurant at Brinchang, Cameron Highlnads

Most of the poeples will try out the steamboat when they visit Cameron Highlands, same as us especially in the cold weather. Bringchang town is famous with the Steamboat Restaurant and we decided to have a walk then simply pick one of them for dinner...

There are about 5-6 restaurants in the same row of KFC Brinchang town, another 3-4 same type of restaurant across the main road. We decided on this Mountain House Restaurant (N4.49180 E101.38856) because of not crowded that we no need to stand and wait for table. I like the way when the boss or person-in-charge approched us...

Mountain House Charcoal Steamboat Restaurant, Brinchang.

Service was fast, less than 10 minutes...everything was on our table...

Fresh vegetables and mushrooms

Bean curds, fish cakes, fish and meat balls...

Prawns, pork, fish and some cutterfish...

Noodles and eggs

You can request 2 types of soups without extra charges...one tomyam another side was normal soup...

All vegetables, mushrooms were really fresh! Same as the prawns and others, but we were disappointed with the soup, because of too much msg that made it over salty. The boss noticed that and apologies politely. Well, we did enjoyed the steamboat dinner due to the cooling weather...:)

Kind of unique charcoal steamboat

The Damage : RM30.00 for 2 persons included drinks. Children are free of charge. The price was reasonable...

We saw the next door restaurant which was also same with the charcoal steamboat had a 'Tripadvisor' sticker presented on the wall...we decided to visit it in our next visit...

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*  My Cameron Highlands 3 days 2 nights trip on November 2012

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Uncle Chow Kopitiam (The Hidden Gem) at Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands

Recommended by one fo my friend - Ben, and read a lot of positive review of this cafe...we decided to give a try during lunch time.
From the guide of Garmin GPS device, we drove into Taman Royal Lily which is located at the inner part out of Tanah Rata town. The Uncle Chow Kopitiam (N4.46722 E101.37244) is situated at the corner unit of Jalan Royal Lily 4/2.

Uncle Chow Kopitiam, Tanah Rata

No problem on the parking area and the shop just next to a small hill, cooling and refreshing!
The setting is simple and cozy, even it called it kopitiam but I'm quite disagree with it because of the comfort, clean dining area, it should at least name it - Cafe. :)

The setting and environment

The kopitiam is selling Local, Chinese and Western food, beside that...they also have many type of snacks and dessert, a good place for afternoon tea break too...

The dessert of the day...

The snacks and kuih-kuih displayed in the glass cabinets next to the counter...I saw some Nyonya kuih (snacks) also available, surprised! :)

Kuih-kuih (snacks)

We placed our orders...with the lady boss. She was friendly!

I had a Nasi Goreng Kampung (Traditional Fried Rice), my wife and daughter sharing a bowl of Chicken congee and order the Aloe Vera dessert...

Nasi Goreng Kampung ( Fried rice)

Chicken Congee

Aloe Vera Dessert

Food taste were above average!
I like the fried rice with the sambal chili. Nice!

The sambal served with the fried rice

My wife and daughter were happy with their Chicken congee and especially the Aloe Vera Dessert! The dessert was nice and not too sweet...
The Damage : RM21.00 for the meals above included drinks.
Too bad we will leaving soon, otherwise I would like to have the tea break again in this 'Kopitiam'.

I had a chat with the friendly lady boss and realized that the cafe awarded the 2nd position in Cameron Highlands by its Cleanness and Comfort by the town council, another award was 'One of the Top Restaurant at Cameron Highlands' by Cameron Highlands Online.

The awards for the restaurant

Do visit the Kopitiam if you happen to be around at Tanah Rata town, I think you will like it! Recommended cafe in Cameron Highlands.

Uncle Chow Kopitiam

 C2-G-01 Block C2
Jalan Royal Lily 4/2,

Taman Royal Lily,

Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands.

Business hour : 8am - 4pm.

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Night Market (Pasar malam) at Brinchang, Cameron Highlands

The Night Market at Brinchang (N4.49422 E101.38930) - Cameron Highlands is located around the area of Police Station Brinchang. Normally the night market is held on Friday & Saturday every week, but during the school holiday...the night market is carry on non-stop for the last 2 months of the year...

It was lucky that the rain stop after our dinner at Hong Kong Restaurant - Tanah Rata. So we just had a night market walk in the cooling atmosphere...it was not crowded maybe because the rain just stopped.

Night Market (pasar malam) at Brinchang town, Cameron Highlands

Most of the stalls here sell, fresh vegetables, fruits, souvenires, local foods and etc...
We bought some of the 'small' strawberries (not sweet) and dried starwberries which was not bad...

The night market will easily spent about an hour or more for us to walk around, the stalls were located at both side of the main road...
We found one interesting 'Sea Coconuts' which from Thailand, and decided to taste on it...one coconut cost RM6 for big and RM4 for small...tasted sweet. :)

Sea Coconuts stall

He cut it on-the-spot and let us taste before we buy, nice and honest guy!

When almost at the end of the night market, I found this stall very interesting! The strawberries which sell together with hot chocolate!

Hot chocolate strawberries stall

She will pour the hot chocolate on the strawberries depends on how many stick you want...we tasted one and continue to buy another two sticks. Hmm...tasty! 1 for RM2 and 3 for RM5.

The strawberries with hot chocolate

After finished our strawberries, said bye-bye with night market...and we walked back to the shops behind Rosa Passadena Hotel for some shopping...included to stock my beers...:)

That end our first day on Cameron Highlands...

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Hong Kong Restaurant at Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands - Pahang.

After walking around Tanah Rata - Cameron Highlands, we settled our dinner at this Hong Kong Restauarnt (N4.47053 E101.37751) along the main road of Tanah Rata. Our initial plan was having our dinner at Restaurant SKG (N4.47504 E101.37239) which is surrounded by a farm, unfortunately the restaurant had stop operation, closed.

Hong Kong Restaurant at Tanah Rata

We were there quite early in that evening, and looks like the crowd just started...it has a simple setup for indoor and outdoor dining area.
The lady boss came to served us and recommended some signature dish for our dinner...(she was friendly).

The environment of Hong Kong Restaurant

Our ordered :-
*  Fried rice
*  Hot plate pork with onions and mushrooms
*  'Mah-po' tao-fu (bean curd)
*  Marmite chicken

Fried rice

Hot plate bean curd with onions and mushrooms

Mah-po tao-fu (bean curd)

Marmite chicken - recommended by Angie (the lady boss)

The fried rice was above average, the tasty hot plate pork was tender, the bean curd had a special taste and we like it! The honeyed Marmite chicken was flavourful and succulent! It was moist enough and well marinated.

It was a delightful dinner for us in the cooling climate at Cameron Highlands. We had a chat with Ms Angie (lady boss) and realized that she was from Kuala Lumpur and started their restaurant business here since 40 years ago...she has many regular customers from everywhere in the world included Malaysia and Singapore. I think we will become her regular customer too! :)
Beside the restaurant business, they are also the Authorized Booking Agent for : Bungalow, Apartment, Chalet, Hotel and Cottage.

The Damage : RM50.00 included drinks for 2 adults and 1 child. It's reasonable for the delicious foods on the Highlands.

We'll be back again on our next trips to Cameron Highlands in the future! :)

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Hong Kong Restaurant

27, Main Road,

Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands,

Pahang.

Tel : +6016-5657333 (Ms Angie Ng)

Business hour : 11am-9pm

The restaurant is open 7 days a week during school holiday

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My Cameron Highlands Trip on November 2012

We visited Cameron Highlands at Pahang again on the 2nd week of November 2012. This was our first time visit the highlands almost year end, just to feel the cold and relax...

I purposely drove through the Simpang Pulai Toll and via the wider road to CH that took additional 'One hour' journey compare with the Tapah road...total of 6 hours+ drive included rest time from Muar, Johor.

Our itinerary as below :-

Day 1
*  Check in to Rosa Passadena Hotel, Brinchang.
*  Free and easy at Tanah Rata.
*  Dinner at Hong Kong Restaurant, Tanah Rata.
*  Brinchang night market.
*  Rest...

Day 2
*  Simple breakfast at Hotel
*  Butterfly Farm, Brinchang.
*  Sungai Palas BOH Tea Centre.
*  Simple lunch at Uncle Chow Kopitiam, Tanah Rata
*  Big Red Strawberry Farm, Brinchang.
*  Dinner at Mountain House Charcoal Steamboat, Brinchang.
*  Rest...

Day 3
*  Visit Sam Poh Buddhist Temple, Brinchang.
*  Check out from Rosa Passadena Hotel, Brinchang.
*  Lunch at Water Cress Valley Restaurant
*  Bye-bye Cameron Highlands!
Stay tune on my following detail blog posts for the above...

We had a wonderful vacation on Cameron Highlands this time even the climate not as cold as expected. It was relax and easy holiday for us without heavy traffic congestion. Never forget we had the 'best' Teh Tarik (our preference) at Brinchang, love the different dining experience at Water Cress Valley Restaurant, also realized that not 'all' charcoal steamboats at Cameron Highlands are good...haha!

Too bad the Restaurant SKG had closed down...and we missed the chance to visit the Famous My Lord's Cafe...both located at Tanah Rata.

We just simply Love the cool air (even not as cold as those days...) and the climate on the Highlands. We will try our very best to visit the highlands every year. Do you? :)

History of Cameron Highlands

"In 1885,William Cameron, a government Surveyor, discovered a plateau at an elevation of 4500 -5600 feet above sea level.He then brought this part of Pahang into History,thus naming it the Cameron Highlands. From 1896 - 1902, the narrow path to the Highlands was widened and improved.Meanwhile surveys were carried out to identify the actual plateau in this area. In 1925, Sir George Maxwell paid a visit and its was then decided that the Cameron Highlands,which is situated in the present Tanah Rata and Brinchang areas, be developed into a Hill Station. Between 1926 - 1931 this area was zoned into areas reserved for the Department of Agriculture,Township and Residential Sites, Aras of Services , National Park ,General Adminstration and Recreational areas. After the Japanese occupation interest to develop further was revived but progress until the 1960s was hindered due to Emergency.After the termination of the Emergency,the Hill Station was carefully developed into a popular resort which not only attracted local tourists but overseas tourists as well."
Source from Here.

Another visit to MaMa Nyonya Restaurant at Taman Molek, Johor Bahru.

We had been visited the MaMa Nyonya Restaurant (N1.52412 E103.78532) at Taman Molek for few times in the past, and I would like to share some Nyonya dishes served by the restaurant with you.

Beside that I mentioned on previous post, these are some of the Nyonya Delicacies that you will not going to miss it...

Ayam Keluak (Authentic Nyonya dish)

Ayam Keluak from MaMa Nyonya Restaurant

The Authentic Buah Keluak from Indonesia

If you like know more about 'Buah Keluak', please click here : Peranakan Cuisine.

The preparation of the dish above took much more longer compare with other dishes...estimately one day. Some peoples might not easy to adapt the taste of the Buah Keluak, we normally mixed it with the rice and we like it very much! The curry chicken was tender and tasteful.

Garlic Ginger Fish

Garlic Ginger Fish from MaMa Nyonya Restaurant

The fish was fresh and the taste goes well with the dried garlic.

Ayam (chicken) rendang from MaMa Nyonya Restaurant

I believe most of us will think, this Ayam Rendang is commonly available anywhere around Malaysia. But the taste was different from the normal stall I visited, it had a thick rendang and nice frangrance taste. One of the Nice Rendang Chicken I ever taste before..

Sambal Petai Sotong (squid)

Sambal Petai Sotong from MaMa Nyonya Restaurant

If you follow my blog post, you'll notice that we like this dish very much! As long as the dish available in the restaurant, we'll ouder. It taste like others, but the sambal was different and Good!

Bean Sprout with salted fish

Bean Sprout with salted fish

This was average but the satled fish was nice!

Nyonya Spicy Steamed Fish

Nyonya Spicy Steamed Fish

Normal steamed fish mixed with Nyonya Homemade Chili paste. This was my first time tasting the Nyonya dish! The homemade chili paste and the steamed fish really enhanced this Nyonya Delicacy very well! Hardly describe by words, you have to taste it yourself for the Delicious steamed fish!

We had a delightful dinner every time we visited the restaurant, we listed as one of our Favorite Restaurant within the Taman Molek area.

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* MaMa Nyonya Restaurant (Home cook) at Taman Molek, Johor Bahru.
* Nyonya Popiah at MaMa Nyonya Restaurant, Taman Molek - Johor Bahru.

MaMa Nyonya Restaurant
8, Jalan Molek 1/28,
Taman Molek, Johor Bahru
Tel : +6016-7167190 (Grace Lim)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/MaMa-Nyonya-FOOD/110292562374357

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