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food dtalls at Brinchang night market - Cameron Highlands
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Stalls along the Road: Strawberries, fresh flowers, fruits and honey
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  • Wild_Orchid
  • Updated By Wild_Orchid on August 23, 2006
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  • fried & fresh flowers stall - Cameron Highlands
    fried & fresh flowers
    stall
    by Wild_Orchid,
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    Stalls selling fresh produce and plants from Cameron Highlands line the main road at various locations.

    Among them are Green Farm, Bee Farm, Kea's Farm, Stawberry Farm (there are a few of these), Cactus Valley, Rose Valley, etc.

    Some charge entrance fees (averagely RM2-5), while others do not. Some specialise (eg. Cactus, Honey or Strawberries), while others are more general in nature.
    Address:
    2-5 km from major hotels (Merlin or Equatorial)
    Directions:
    2-5 km from most major hotels. Drive along the main road from Tanah Rata to Brinchang and onwards to Kg Raja, there are many stalls and shops along the way. You can also take the local Regal Bus (no aircon), if you don't have a car.

    What To Buy:
    Fresh or dried flowers - available everywhere!

    Fresh fruits (some local to Camerons and others are from the low lands)-strawberries, if you like them. Jams and juices.

    Tamarillos - Cut into half, then sprinkle sugar, and scoop out with a spoon. Yummy when served cold! This fruit is only available in Cameron Highlands!
    (RM2 for 6 fruits ot RM5 a kilo)

    Plastic strawberry balls (see picture) which are a sure hit with the kids.

    Potted Plants at RM5 to RM10 each, suitable to brighten up your office or living room. I like the cactus because they are very hardy, and require so little care but are attractive in their own way.

    For a healthy treat, buy some freshly steamed sweet potatoes (RM2 per bag) and steamed corn in a cup (RM1-2 per cup) for a quick nibble. - they are quite yummy on a cool day!

    What To Pay:
    RM5-10 for plants and you can bargain a little by buying a few more.

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  • Theme: Local Craft
  • Address: 2-5 km from major hotels (Merlin or Equatorial)
  • Directions: 2-5 km from most major hotels. Drive along the main road from Tanah Rata to Brinchang and onwards to Kg Raja, there are many stalls and shops along the way.
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    BOH Tea plantations: Tea, of course!!
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  • Ines28
  • By Ines28 on August 12, 2004
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  • BOH Tea is the biggest plantation and offers a wide variety of tea. Before you buy, you can sit down, relax and taste the tea you are interested in.

    The golden blend black tea is very good, I also especially like the peach apricot flavoured tea.

    Prices for the different teas can vary considerably. Be prepared to pay 10 - 30 RM

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  • Theme: Food and Drink
  • Address: BOH Tea plantations, Cameron Highlands
  • Website: www.boh.com.my
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    markets everywhere..: strawberries, flowers, vege & cactus..
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  • eelaine
  • By eelaine on February 25, 2003
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  • ..colourful flowers for a song.. - Cameron Highlands
    ..colourful flowers for a
    song..
    by eelaine
    colourful markets lining the road all the way from tanah rata to brinchang..

    everyone who goes to camerons will buy strawberries, flowers, vege & cactus.. strawberries coz this is the only place in malaysia where you get fresh ones.. flowers and vege coz it's fresh and cheap.. cactus.. hmm.. for reasons unknown.. :)

    most prices in the market is more or less then same.. but if you're buying a lot, bargain for a slightly lower price.. or maybe get them to throw in a few more freebies..

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    Honey, more strawberries please...
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  • illusion_huanr
  • Updated By illusion_huanr on December 5, 2004
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  • When you buy the strawberry, don't forget to buy a bottle of honey at the bee farm.

    Just pour some honey on the berries as dressing. you'll find it..... It's sooo delicious...
    Yummy...

    Since your honey won't finish at once, so...

    More Strawberries please....

    PS: It's works great with others fruits..... too!

    Honey, strawberries, fruits or baby tomatoes.

    RM 20 ~ 35

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  • Theme: Food and Drink
  • Address: Bee farm & stall along roadside upabove Brinchang.
  • Directions: Along roadside up above Brinchang. Those strawberry farms & fruit stall are all around the Ee Feng Gu Bee Farm.
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    kasimanis strawberry farm: strawberry everything..
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  • eelaine
  • By eelaine on February 25, 2003
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  • ..strawberries galore.. - Cameron Highlands
    ..strawberries galore..
    by eelaine
    this is actually a little store outside the strawberry farm..

    yummy strawerries.. even yummier strawberry jam.. the best i've ever tasted!

    rm7 for a jar of very delicious strawberry jam..

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  • Theme: Other
  • Address: lot 103, jalan kemunting, 39000 tanah rata.
  • Phone: +60 5 4912260
  • Directions: it's by the road after tanah rata town.. if you're on the way up, it's on your right..
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    Small Potted Cactus
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  • y_lyn
  • Updated By y_lyn on March 21, 2007
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  • Cameron Highlands Shopping
    by y_lyn, 1 more photos
    At the tail end of the Pasar Malam, there is this local shop that sells biscuits, tea, chocolates etc at the front of the shop. You'll need to walk further down into the shop to catch these cute little cactus. They sell the small potted cactus at 6 for 10 RM, slightly more expensive than the pasar malam. However, it comes with a plastic packaging to put your potted cactus nicely. For convenient sake, I decided to buy my cactus here and in fact, I bought 12 of them! I find that the cactus here are nicer than the ones sold at the market.

  • Theme: Flowers
  • Address: Brinchang
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    various: Is this a wind up? The Burmese Army trekking stick
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  • Updated By sourbugger on March 9, 2004
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  • Hillpiggy's stick - Cameron Highlands
    Hillpiggy's stick
    by sourbugger
    Various gift-type shops sell the Burmese Army trekking stick, which is useful for jungle walks in the Cameron Highlands as it is :

    "indispensible for safe trekking particularly when negotiating sharp inclines and fording quick-moving streams."

    It is constructed of baby bamboo with a solid row-boat handle.

    A little paper 'biography' comes with a purchase of the Burmese Army Trekking stick of its founder : Sir Jeffrey Hillpig-Smyth, but I am still trying to find out how much of it is a wind-up.

    Anyway, here is a shortened biography :

    1910 Born, London

    1918-28 Schoolboy, Harrow. Overweight, few friends, poor student, non-athletic yet polite. Called "Hillpiggy" by the staff.

    1930 Sent down from Oxford for "indecency."

    1934 Unsuccessfully stood for Parliament as an Independent from the small constituency of Looting on the Thames, finishing fourth in a field of three.

    1935 Alcoholic

    1936 Published at his own expense an angry and spirited collection of short essays entitled Sticks and Stones.

    1937 Alcoholic again

    1938 Published a second collection of short essays entitled Mudpuddles and Other Outrages

    1939 Joined Military Intelligence & Engineering, the elite I&E Group
    1940 Assigned to British Special Forces, Burma

    1941 Recovering from a minor fall, designed the Military Trekking Stick

    1944 Disappearance

    1953 Knighted in absentia

    Unofficially there have been periodic sightings of Hillpiggy in the Burmese Jungle. A reward of 25 pounds sterling for information confirming Hillpiggy's status remains in effect.

    Eccentric or what ?

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    Plantation Tea Shops
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  • By tremendopunto on March 21, 2008
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    Along the road in Cameron Highland: Buying Strawberry
    daryll
  • By daryll on July 7, 2005
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  • Besides of flowers and vegetables, strawberry fruit is widely sold in the markets and stalls along the road in Brinchang.
    Not so sweet as European grown strawberries but all this actually are organic home grown strawberries which famously foreign fruits for the locals

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  • Theme: Food and Drink
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    Brinchang Market: Vegetable shopping!
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  • Updated By zuyao on March 22, 2007
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  • Do a spot of vegetable shopping at Brinchang market. Great bargains for cheap and very fresh vegetable. Get huge-sized cabbages, tomatoes and all sorts of vegetable! You can spend the whole morning here! Get flowers too and fruits!

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  • Directions: Up ahead after equatorial hotel. Just drive on till you see a market on your right!
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