Next stop is Tanah Rata in the Cameron Highlands. Although small in comparison with KL and Penang, Tanah Rata appears to be the largest of the hill stations/towns in the CH and has quite a number of eating places.
Hot pot Chinese style steamboat (chicken stock) which is served with a wide selection of locally grown vegetables and mushrooms sounds delicious, and there are road side fruit stalls selling local fruits - star fruit (carambolla), guava, tree tomatoes, Malayan apples (jambu ayer), mandarin oranges, pomelo, custard apples, chikus,(sapodillos), pineapples, water melons and mangoes.
When I was in Cape Trib I went to an exotic fruit farm and tasted delicious tropical fruits, and I really liked the pomelos and mangosteens, but I'm not sure if mangosteen will be in season when I'm in Malaysia. I have it on good authority not to try durian - it is, I'm told, an acquired taste and has a unique odour which many find overpowering and offensive. It's been banished from some hotels and public transport in S/E Asia. In other words, if you eat durian, do so at your own peril - if you eat it everyone will know - they'll be able to smell you a mile off!
Strawberries with clotted cream eaten in front of a blazing fire. I'm told there are several places that serve this - Bala Chalet, T Cafe and the Olde Smokehouse Inn Hotel.
To sum up Tanah Rata dining
a) Hot pot Chinese style steamboat
b) Tropical fruit locally grown
c) Strawberries with clotted cream - Balas, T Cafe and the Old Smokehouse.
d) Tea from the local tea plantations.
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