What to Do ~ Dining and Restaurants
Cameron Highlands has a great variety of dining opportunities found in restaurants, stalls and cafes in Tanah Rata and Brinchang. The delicious cuisine is fueled directly by strawberries, sweet corn, greens and vegetables grown in the area, ensuring the freshest ingredients. The large Chinese population here also means that there are many Chinese restaurants providing spectacular food and cuisine.
Cameron Valley (Bharat)
Cameron Valley has pleasant cafes situated on their tea plantations in Ringlet, Tanah Rata and Tringkap. The menu is simple but delicious; expect cakes, pastries, scones with the usual assortment of tea blends. The Cameron Valley cafes in Tanah Rata have verandahs where you can appreciate the mangificent scenery while the one in Tringkap is located at ground level next to bushes of tea.
Boh Tea
The Boh Tea Plantation in Sungai Palas, Brinchang, has the most popular cafe in Cameron Highlands. This is because the cafe is situated within a complex that has a shop, exhibits and a tea factory next door, making it an all-in-one tourist destination. The cafe is also perched on top of a hill, giving you an amazing view of tea fields below while you enjoy different flavours of tea with sandwiches, pies, cakes and other snacks.
Restaurants
There are Chinese, Indian and Malay restaurants in the main town centres of Brinchang, Tanah Rata and Ringlet, but by far the most popular and numerous are Chinese restaurants. Chinese food in Cameron Highlands is a must try for all first time visitors and tourists. The Chinese restaurants offer a wide variety of dishes cooked in various styles from spicy to sweet which you can pick from their menu.
You'll also notice another popular type of Chinese dish, which is steamboat. In these steamboat restaurants, visitors will receive a portable stove that's placed on the table. A circular metal pot is placed on the stove and heated with soup till it begins to simmer. Then, patrons pick out fillings from a plate that includes raw vegetables, fish, meat and eggs and dump it into the pot, allowing to cook before eating it.
Cafes and Stalls
Restaurants are not the only places to go for food in Cameron Highlands. Visitors and tourists can head to traditional stalls or fancy cafes that serve local and international cuisine. Most of these cafes and stalls are open-air, allowing patrons to enjoy the soothing atmosphere of the highlands along with their food. You can find them all over Brinchang and Tanah Rata Town, often within walking distance of each other.
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