Still at Cameron Highlands

We took a ride around Tanah Rata( literally flat land translated from Bahasa Malaysia) & Brinchang. We stopped along the roadside stalls, bought some steamed "jagung" ( corn maize) bits bathed in a slap of margarine and lightly salted  served in a cup plus a box of locally harvested strawberries. The jagung bits were sweet and juicy but the strawberries was bearable, not sweet, more towards sourish and small in size. Wish I had the ones I ate in New Zealand....those were juicy, big and sweet. Ah...but to get local strawberry is a treat indeed.

With nothing else much to do, we went for tea at this place :  Great Taste. It is situated  between Equatorial Hotel and Brinchang. Along the right hand side if you are coming from Brinchang. For exact directions, please call number published. They serve the best tart pastries rocker57 and I have ever tasted. We didn't expect it to taste sooooo good.

Though we were both quite full, we went ahead to order 3 types of tarts, namely strawberry, pineapple and cheese tarts. All three flavours were simply mouth watering and delicious right to the last bite. Had we traveled by car, I would have certainly pack a few boxes.

The caffe latte and cappucino went well with the tarts. Wished I could tucked in more but I was afraid that the tyres would puncture what with my "extra" load. Rocker57 ever mentioned that I'm about the only woman he has encountered that can match him in food intake!!! Incidentally, the outlet opens from 9am-9pm daily.

After the sumptious tea, we took a walk along EQ hotel vicinity. It was cooling and pleasant to walk about. As we were on our way back to the hotel, it started to get misty and colder. We hastily retreated to the comfort of warmth in the hotel lobby. We hung around for a while before returning to our room to shower for our dinner at the hotel.

We were served local malay food, malay kuih-muih (deserts) but oddly it came with mushroom soup! an odd combo, i.e. to me and rocker57. As it was near Hari Raya Aidil Fitri or Eid Mubarak to the middle east, for starters, we were served dates with malay kuih and to wash it down, they also served super duper sweet air bandung which most patrons took a sip and stopped consuming it totally!!! This was followed with mushroom soup & 7 types of vegy, meats & malay salad served with white rice. Subsequently, we had fruits and coffee to complete entire course. We were bursting to our seams after the lavish spread, however, the older Chinese couple next to our table happily tucked in every single bit of food served!!! Truly admire their capacity....just like a mini cooper, small yet compact and powerful!! WOWZA!!

As we tucked in our wide array of food, we were kept amused with our neighboring table. A young Caucasian couple who were experimenting with our food. It was amazing how they apportioned their food and segregated the food that isn't to their liking. It was kinda cute the manner they smell each item before trying it.

We called it a night after watching TV till almost midnight so that our food is at least digested somewhat before we sleep...ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...