EAT in Cameron Highlands

I had done research online on where to eat and dine at Cameron Highlands. With a few in the list, we only manage to cover some of them, not all, with all the yummy snacks available at the Brinchang Night Market, its impossible for us to make room for more food!

Here is a summary of lists with good reviews online, which I intended to go during my stay in CH:

a) Restaurant Ferm Nyonya

-serves Malay, Chinese, Western, steamboat.

-signature dishes: chicken rendang, assam seafood, spicy & sour beancurd, sambal beans.

Address: 78A-D Persiaran Camelia 4, Tanah Rata (same row as Maybank)

b) Uncle Chow's Kopitiam

-opens daily: 0800hr - 1800hr

-serves noodles, nasi lemak, toast, nyonya kuih-muih

Address: Jalan Persiaran Royal Lily, Tanah Rata

c) Golden Win Restaurant

-opens: 1000hr - 2200hr

-signature dishes: assam fish, steamboat 

Address: @ Brinchang

d) Cameron Organic Produce Steamboat Restaurant

Address: 10, Bandar Baru, Brinchang

e) See Wu Restoran

-serves Chinese food, steamboat, cantonese dishes

Address: 12-13, Jln Felicia 1, Habu Height Felicia, 39200 Ringlet

f) You Hoo Seafood Restaurant

-serves teo chew style food

-signature dishes: herbal pig trotter, Indonesian curry fish, hotplate tofu 

Address: No. 3 Jln Besar Brinchang

g) Highland Restaurant

-serves charcoal steamboat

Address: behind main street of Brinchang, on the way to Rosa Passadena Hotel

i) Strawberry Moment Dessert Cake

-must try: Mango cheese cake, strawberry struddel

Address: 24, Jln Angsana 1, Brinchang Point

First day in CH, dinner at Restoran Highlands...where we had charcoal steamboat. We actually dropped by at the restaurant and made a reservation before hand with the boss. We returned for a good pot of yummy steamboat after some shopping and snacking at Brinchang Night Market, which was just nearby.

All the ingredients were pre-selected, according to the number of people. There were seafood, meat, tofu, and greens. Only the local veggies fascinated me the most. After stuffing myself with lots of craps from the market, I was quite full. So I took lots of greens which I found very fresh.

The traditional charcoal steamboat, where the hot burning charcoal underneath fiercely churning out fire from top of the pot. The boss would always top up the soup, as she explained that this pot cannot be left dry with active burning charcoal inside.

Lunch on the next day, was at You Hoo Seafood Restaurant.

We ordered some fresh lala, stir fried with onion and ginger. Lady boss said its super fresh coz was sent in early morning.

Some stir fry local greens with salted egg yolk...yummy. Or its yummy because I love everything with salted egg yolk.

Herbal pig trotter...nice with the herbal infused gravy.

Steamed pomfret Teo Chew style, too tiny for our appetite!

As night fell, we had dinner at Restoran Ferm Nyonya, situated at Tanah Rata, nearby our hotel stay.

The menu with many dishes to choose from.

We ordered a plate of stir fry local greens.

Assam fish head....which the head was chopped into smaller chunks, instead of whole fish head. I found the meat was overcooked, though the assam gravy was still bearable.

Sambal prawn petai (stinky beans)

Braised tofu with minced meat....quite nice. My kids love this as the gravy went well with plain rice....though the picture doesn't do justice on the taste itself.

Steamed garoupa Teo Chew style. Overall, food served was OK. Worth the visit.

On the last day, we skipped morning breakfast at The Smokehouse. We wanted to try Uncle Chow's which many had raved about online. However, the friendly hotel staff packed us hotel breakfast of some toast and fruits for our journey home. Very heart-warming.

Uncle Chow's Kopitiam is located at a more secluded place, which is further in, away from the main road. But looking for it is not a problem at all. There are so many signages around which will eventually lead you to the right place in no time.

This place was jam-packed despite the time was still early.

Not only the food serves are heavenly, Uncle Chow keeps his patrons entertained. He speaks very fluent English, in fact most of the time, he speaks English. He reaches out further to explain to his customers about places of interest around CH and recommends dishes we should order from his stall.

He will greet his male patrons 'brother', to both young and old, which made him even closer to his customers. Uncle Chow, the one with the grey vest, below.

Varieties of foods and drinks available here. There are many nyonya kuih-muih for sale too, freshly made everyday.

Hubby had Assam Laksa....spicy and sour enough.

Son had noodle soup, which Uncle Chow explained the soup base was boiled for hours and was yummy.

Mine: Prawn noodle soup..very strong prawn stock. Yummy..but the minus point was there's not a single prawn in sight?? Why?? Maybe they forgot to add in prawn into my bowl??

Teh tarik....nais too!

 With grade A for the cleanliness, no wonder Uncle Chow got so many patrons visiting his stall.

We had some dessert too.

Daughter's toast set with half-boiled eggs. The toast comes with nicely sealed butter and home made kaya in a small little tiny container just enough to spread on 2 toast.

Those who visit CH, should drop by to try the food at Uncle Chow's Kopitiam. They are really nice, please mark my words. Its a shame if you give it a miss.

We packed some snacks to have on our journey home, some eclair thing.

Some nyonya kuih-muih.

Thats all for some of the restaurants and eateries we tried during our CH stay. In short, they are quite OK, although they are not really superb compare to those in big town. And one more thing, they are all easily accessed.