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I couldn't believe my eyes!! - 2008/02/24 23:50
Hello guys and girls out there in this forum, i would like to share some of the beautiful and memorable moments that i had during my visit to Cameron Highlands last week. I just came back today!!
Uncertain, curious and beaming with joy were the feelings i had when my husband drove me all the way up to Cameron Highland from KL city. I was uncertain as i was told that the entire journey might take up to 4 hours if i'm not going with a fast-driver and well, i have sorry to say i have a loose bladder. That myth has been busted by now, as i found that there are lots, i mean LOTS of rest stations along the highway.
At the end, it took us only 3 hours to reach the cameron highlands area and i was totally AMAZED by the scenery and weather exhibits by the place!!!!! It is(i suppose)the place that has the coolest weather in Malaysia, with refreshing-looking waterfalls and the Tapah route is simply worth all the nausea that was brought forth by the windy road!!There are quite fruits stalls along the road and i consider myself really fortunate to have to chance to taste a very special fruit which has the flavor of a mango, but much juicier and has a unique fragrance. It's pretty expensive by the way, we bought two of them(with the size of our fist) at the price of rm13. It helps for those who always suffer from Asthma(according to the fruit stall's owner).
My husband and i's stay at equatorial hotel was simply out of the world. Cooling breeze blowing into our room, excellent room service food and..what beats a clean room with a huge, soft bed! The location of the hotel is by itself, very strategic, Equatorial hotel prides themselves for their location at the peak of Cameron Highland and that proves to be very true. One good thing about equatorial hotel which i should mention is the food vouchers that we were given during the stay. We were staying in a superior room and so, were given an rm88 voucher per day for food and beverages, so we didn't have to worry when it comes to ordering the notoriously expensive food service food.
We stayed in Cameron Highlands for 4days and 3 nights and had 5 steamboat meals..so to be frank, we actually had steamboat meals everyday during our visit to Cameron Highlands.. There were nothing much to be done in CH though, visiting the strawberry farms, butterfly farms,night market and grab a few pots of roses..we did that in just one day.
We weren't that adventurous to opt for jungle trekking etc, so we actually spent most of our time playing board games in the hotel room, it wasn't that bad actually, we sat at the room's balcony during the play and ordered some drinks as well. So we're actually making full use of our room! (note: Never try the pegaga juice and tamarine juice if you're not the inquisitive kind of person) We bought all our board games from a supermarket which is surprisingly well stocked in Brinchang town. You can find any board games that Malaysians play there-Monopoly(or saidina),scrabble etc.)They even sell The Advanced Learners' Dicionary by Oxford!!!
Oh, back to the steamboats..i find the one served at the Lodge Hotel pretty impressive, we were served a HUGEEEEE portion of food for 2 persons at the price of rm18 per head.As a person with humongous appetite, i was totally put to shame when we left with half the ingredients still remaining in the plate. I tried the steamboat offered at the Cameron Highlands Restaurant and it wasn't up to my taste. The chicken fillet were badly sliced, and i'm 100% sure it wasn't sliced from the chicken breast part,some of them even have bones sticking together with it.(Ewww!). Mayflower was tastes pretty well, it was highly ranked in this forum, so it's somehow expected of the quality).
My dinner at the Golden Win was really notable as it's the one that i initially thought as the best steamboat restaurant in CH. It turned out that the opposite is true. I tried the assam fish as well, wasn't really that impressive, perhaps i'm not used to assam. The steamboat's nothing much to be compared to the Lodge, instead i think the latter's much better in comparison. Oh, did i mention the fresh strawberries served with whipped cream? That's really a MUST TRY. I would rank it above every dish in CH, this includes steamboat. We had it as dessert for twice and it didn't disappoint us at all. In fact, it enlightens us even more the second time we had it.
CH might be a boring place to many people, i can't help agreeing with that. However, i would say it's simply an invaluable land for couples/partners who wish to spend quiet and peaceful time together. That's why i was enjoying my stay there so much with my hub!
Post edited by: admin, at: 2008/02/25 13:41
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