About Cameron Highlands, Malaysia

About Cameron Highlands, Malaysia: More Information

Gift and Souvenir Shops

Most of the gift and souvenir shops in Cameron Highlands are along the Tanah Rata main street. Items tend to be based around anything to do with Cameron Highlands, everything from highlands tea to Asli Craft woodcarvings. The best of these is probably Yung Seng Souvenir Shop for their range of Asli Craft and the nicely presented Roslane Gift Shop. Most of the hill resorts in Cameron Highlands also have gifts and souvenirs.

K.S. One Stop Shopping Centre

K.S. One Stop Shopping Centre in Brinchang Cameron Highlands is full of everything imaginable a visitor or local may need, from colourful sweaters to keep out the chilly evenings, to harmonicas and a complete range of Liverpool football kits! Kumar, who’s helpful, meticulously cares it for and entertaining personality can in itself make a visit worthwhile.

Street Stalls

A delightful variety of food is available at hotels, restaurants and street stalls providing Indian, Chinese, Malay and Western food. They range from inexpensive fast service places, to pleasantly decorated first floor establishments ideal for a leisurely evening meal. There are far too many to mention here, just wander along the old main street and the new centre to make your choice. Dining out in Brinchang is a little more limited than Tanah Rata with most of the restaurants in the area serving various styles of Chinese food.

Most Chinese restaurants offer a wide selection of dishes, or you may opt for the very popular “Steamboat” with the food cooked in a steaming soup. Bite size pieces of fish, chicken, seafood and vegetables are brought to the table, along with noodles and various sauces for dips. Diners place the pieces of meat in the soup and after a few minutes they are ready to eat. A small ladle is on hand to scoop the food from the soup. It is a great dish for those who enjoy a leisurely social dinner.

Malay food is usually spicy and rich as galaxy of spices are used to give it its characteristic piquant flavour. The most important of these are “Belacan” (prawn paste), chilli, coriander, cumin, ginger root, lemon grass, tamarind, turmeric, saffron and star anise.

All Indian cooking is characterized by used of spices to make its staple curries but is not always spicy. Dishes such as “Kurma” have a base of coconut milk. Yoghurt is also frequently used. In some restaurants, foods are severed on a banana leaf. Fish head curry is another popular favourite.