If you never try Cameron Highland’s steamboat, meaning that you wasn’t there before. In this little town, steamboat restaurant is just one next to each other. In the cool temperature, its best to have hot steamboat at night. The most traditional would be the charcoal steamboat.

We asked around for the most recommended one, as advised Restoran Highlands could be the popular among the locals. It is just located behind the busy street, not that obvious, but their business is consider very good. They serve traditional Charcoal Steamboat with the very long funnel to avoid big wind blow off the fire.

The shop was just a simple coffee shop style. They will asked you the portion you want, and just wait to be served.

We ordered for 2 person’s portion. First plate served with Bihun, Veges, Assorted Meat Balls & Eggs.

The second plates come with assorted seafood.

And the final plate comes with meat plates. These are the plates that served for steamboat.

All looks so fresh and delicious! Tender & Juicy!

Alright, both of us are very hungry. Can’t wait any longer for the things to cook. We finished up everything except the plates!

Let me show you the tall funnel. Very cool right? And look, the charcoal are burning inside.

We enjoyed the meal There’s actually lots of other steamboat shop around. Some serve organic foods.

Anyway, we are happy with the food here. It’s only RM16 per person. I don’t think I could get these yummilicious steamboat back in Miri!  Yet another, MUST TRY! =)

I’ve been told by my friend, Eunice, that there’s a weekend pasar malam in Brinchang Town, Cameron Highlands. Which it is very popular that almost all the tourist will aim to pay a visit.  The pasar malam only open for business during the weekend or school holidays. So if you come on weekdays, probably you don’t get to see all these interesting things.

In Miri, we do have Pasar Malam selling varieties of things, however, among 20 stalls, i bet 10 stalls are selling the same thing and they aren’t selling things that are extra ordinary than usual. But in Cameron, choices and prices are much more attractive.

This is one of the favourite stop. I bought Cactus for my 2 beloved friends in KL. At the same time, Alex bought me dozens of roses too! Haha, roses here are just too cheap! RM 10 I can get 2 dozens and they give you free some other flowers as well.

Not to forget, if you wanna eat cheap strawberry, then please get all in Pasar Malam. They said the strawberries here might be rejected or those overnight strawberries. So if you really want to buy, please check carefully and don’t bring it home. By the time you get home, its already rotten.

Vegetables are everywhere, they have sweet corns, cabbage, spinach and many many more. The sellers would claim that they plant at the backyard of their house in Cameron. That is just to assure you that the vege are fresh from Cameron. However, its not 100% true, the fact is lots of plants were import from Ipoh! Don’t believe? Then you go explore around Cameron, you hardly see other plantations other than TEA. Do correct me if I’m wrong.

I found my favorite here, Tomatoes!!!
I take it as tidbits. They are selling 4 boxes for RM10. These are cherry tomatoes, not so sour, just nice.  In Miri I could hardly get such tomatoes, if yes, they are selling like RM10 per box!

The specialties from Cameron would be sweet potatoes, sweet corns and FRIED MUSHROOM! Most of the stalls are selling the tempura style mushrooms, vege and prawns. Price start from RM3. For the first few bites it could be very nice, but the more we eat, I think its a bit too oily.

Kenny Roger’s sister was here too. You check out the way they grilled the chicken. So professional la!

Surprisingly again, I saw lots of replica Crocs here. They are selling for RM20 per pair.  During this trip to KL, I finally realize there’s so much crocs in the market that we could hardly differentiate the replica and the genuine. Food good sake, buy the replica one is enough! Its 5x cheaper than the original!

Of course quality does matter! Please be a smart consumer lo!

We enjoyed the shopping at the pasar malam. We’ve filled up the tummy with many many tempura mushrooms, strawberries and sweetcorns. Other than the flowers Alex bought for me, and I manage to grab some magnets as souvenirs.

Take a look at those fruits magnets, it looks so real especially the Langsat! These are what we call valued for money! Its only RM2.50 for one magnet! Hahaha… I believe after reading my post, you would love to visit the pasar malam too right?

Don’t worry, school holidays is coming, do plan your trip earlier!

Finally come the best moment that I had in Cameron, that’s having afternoon tea with my dear at Strawberry Moment. I’ve been a big fans of strawberry, for the fact, I love its colour,its shape but not the taste!

The first thing we saw in Cameron, wasn’t the big cactus statue by the road side, but many many shops and stalls selling Strawberry’s product.  And this Strawberry Moments located at Brinchang Town was located strategically  to grab our attention! It was at the back part of Brinchang Town, near to Weekend Pasar Malam.

Before we proceed to take our order, we went to the shop next to it. It runs by the same entrepreneurs. Just that the green one are more into Cameron’s local product. I saw lots of new product that I hardly get it elsewhere. But of course, we are not going to buy as I hate to bring too much things back home. My bag will be very heavy! Ooops!

Proceed to the counter, I saw lots of Strawberry flavoured cakes and dessert. Oh, its my oh my! I love the cakes, they looks so yummilicious. However, we want to keep some space for steamboat dinner. So I ended up order a piece of Strawberry Strudel.

I’ve been seeing lots of blogs recommending Strudel in Cameron. At last, I know how nice is Strawberry Strudel taste like. The puffs are soft, with fresh cream and strawberry topping.  Arrrgh, it is real great!!

As for drinks, of course, the Fresh Strawberry Juice. We couldn’t find this anywhere else in Malaysia. Hello, I know you would tell me, it might be blend from rotten strawberries. I don’t care la, take it as detox lo!

We really enjoyed the afternoon tea, sit by the corridor of the shops, enjoying the cool breeze. It was raining cats and dogs so the temperature were a bit low.  I love this place so much, and I’ve become a Strawberry Freak!! So do Alex!

This is highly recommend, the things sold here are ranging from RM5-8. Price are reasonable! Don’t forget to give them a visit ya!

Finally I’ve officially tried Food & Tea Hong Kong Restaurant. The franchise in Miri was launched 2 weeks ago, however it is still packed everyday. At least I could finally write a proper review for them.

As I mentioned before, the built up area wasn’t big enough. Hence, during the peak hours we could hardly get a seat.

Desperately, eagerly, we finally got a table for 3 of us! Hurray. Thanks to the boss for helping us the ladies to reserve a table.

It took us sometime to look over the menu.  The green jumbo glass that I’m having is Jumbo Green Tea. Worth for the price, best thirst quencher of the day!

Meanwhile, Yen order Double-Boiled Apple with Red Dates Tea.
It looks much different from the menu.

Pris, she’s been tempting for the 2 balls that I posted in FB the day before. So of course she’s here for the glutinous ball in ginger soup.

Surprisingly, my Shanghai Style Vegetable Rice with Chicken Chop came first. I was really surprised, its totally different from the pictures.

Before I order, I’ve doubt it would  be too costly to have this RM10.90 per bowl. But now the answer is obvious, its overcharged for this dish compare to the portion served. Other than the price, the food are okay.

Yen says that the Macau Pork Chop Burger taste good, RM5.90 I think its worth.

I remember when I was in Macau, I did queue to buy the pork burger which was very popular in Macau. Since then, I swear i would not recommend anyone to eat that as its totally tasteless!  So no need to go Macau, you can get it here in Food & Tea.

Buttered Chicken Diced Rice. The picture shows good, the real dish looks even better. However, Pris says, the taste wasn’t that great!

This is the carrot cake, take away for Pris’s Ah Ma. RM 3.20.
Have to ask Ah Ma how does it taste lo..

Food Wise, need lots of improvement.
Drinks Wise, quite good.
Service & Attitude: Very friendly, but maybe they are busy, so some ladies over here look so stressed and fierce.
Environment: Hopefully they can expand bigger room.

Overall for this second review, everything is in my expectations.
Total expenses: RM46.55

Actually I’ve been travel a lot for the past few years, but I rarely travel domestically, NO.. please don’t say I’m showing off, but its truly that travel within Malaysia actually cost more!

A few things to share and compare here.

* The Air tickets to International sometimes are cheaper than to KL.
* Lots of places like in Peninsular needed to access by car, if you don’t have a car, then anything else would be expensive.
* Hotels and tour packages for domestic are usually very expensive. Compare to those travel packages that offered for our neighborhood country, everything in Malaysia seems more expensive.
* Travel information are hard to get online

Anyhow, there’s actually lots of great places to explore within Malaysia. Cameron Highlands is one of the place that I wish to go but always ended up to other places. I’ve been study online for the information for the highlands, with the helps of friend who always travel up and down, only then I manage to get ourselves the free and easy trip!

Maybe some of you might be thinking, drive from KL to Cameron easy only la, why make its sounds like you are going oversea? Excuse me, I’m really going over the SEA. To go Cameron Highlands, we need to travel from Miri to KL over the sea. Then only we could take BUS up to the highlands. Journey seems long to us, but its worthy for our never ending honey moon.

Arriving Cameron , Tanah Rata Tourist Centre

The very first important thing we need to take note for the free and easy trip is you need to get a a simple local tour from Cameron. The one get from here seems good. I don’t need a luxury tour, but just bus transfer from KL, pick up, accommodation and simple country side tour.

Note: They charge extra RM50 during the weekends, same things goes to Hotel rate.

What’s the first thing you would request when your pizza is serve? As for me and my friends, we would definitely ask for Cheese Powder. That is compulsory for the Pizza, Spaghetti and the Mushroom Soup.

Pizza Hut at Sing Kwong , Sibu

However, its really disappointed that we found out Pizza Hut at Sing Kwong, Sibu does not serve Cheese Powder. Not only that, the cheese which is suppose to be on the Pizza also seen lessen compare to before.

So who steal the cheese? The worker itself? The management wanted to cut cost? Or Cheese being stolen by the rat?

We tried the new Chunky  Loaded Pizza, its crispy, lots of ingredients. You get 30% off if you have maybankard.

There were 6 of us, I’ve requested Deli Wings, my favorite.

Joseph had the lasagna.

While we shared the spaghetti and the cheese baked rice.

You must be thinking, we were really big eaters. Actually it was Will’s treat after getting his final allowance. $$$. Thank’s for the treat. And it’s my pleasure to join in the lunch together with Will’s ex-colleague.

Nice meeting you guys, Ah Kiong, Joseph & William.

The next time before you take your order, please remember to ask , “Do you have cheese powder?”

We were invited to join KongKay and Will Chua for dinner at BBQ House last night.  However, we did not make it due to certain reason.  Will keep recommending that the food are great, to no regrets, Alex and I opt to go here for dinner tonight.

BBQ House

BBQ House  韩江烧肉 is located at the shop lot next to Paramount Hotel. The exact address: No.1 1st Floor, Jalan Kampung Datu, Sibu Sarawak. Tel: 016-886-3868. They serve Korean food, BBQ style and also side dishes.  Operating Hour: Monday to Sunday. 11.30am-2pm & 5.30pm -10.30pm.

The interior of BBQ house is just simple, a reception on the left of the entrance and a few tables comes with the BBQ set on each.

Apparently, there is another restaurant that serve Korean Food, which is Manna Cafe. But I would prefer BBQ house, its more authentic.  When we just arrive, the owner, Mr Hu greeted us and asked if we were first time to its restaurant. He introduced us the dishes and take order for us.

While waiting for food,  as usual, I would take picture of the surrounding. Alex would be busy taking picture with his digital cam too.

As it is only the 2 of us, it would be wasteful if we ordered too much.

The BBQ set would be on the middle, the waiter would help to lit up the fire, and bbq the meat for us.  We just have to sit there, wait and eat! And I love this sauce,  I hade 3 of it. Haha, not to be missed ok? You must blend it together with the meat and vege, it taste absolutely great!

Beef and Chicken for BBQ.
The meat were marinated before served to BBQ. Taste good. Maybe next time we should try lamb.

Veges, mushroom & Tofu as the soup base to be boiled by the side.

We have side dish too, dumplings, kimchi and seaweed strip.

We finished all the food we ordered except the dumplings. Alex says the dumpling taste funny, but I found its okay.

We enjoyed the dinner so much.
Total spent: RM41.80 inclusive of drinks.

Who says Sibu only have best Kampua, infact, we do have nice Japanese Food and nice Korean Food. Most important thing, it all comes with reasonable price!

Yay! Goolooloo is back with yummilicious seaFood . I know, its too tempting that we almost migrate over to KK just for the fresh and juicy seafood. We are honored to visit our friend, Alexander in KK on the opening of his new Seafood Restaurant.

As what we understand, as a tourist in KK (Kota Kinabalu), you’d probably get stuck in town if you don’t have a car. Hence, you’ll always miss the chances to taste the best seafood in town!  The 5 of us rented a car from the airport so its much more convenient for us to travel around.

From the direction from 1Borneo (we were staying at Tune Hotel, KK), its about 20minutes drive to Bundusan Square, Penampang. It’s a little bit outskirt from KK city. For the sake of seafood, its worth to pay for the Taxi Fares!

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This is really the best seafood I ever had in my life. Once again, my diet plan spoiled. Cholesterol increased!

Let’s zoom in and see what we’ve hunt!

p/s: very sorry, I just can’t recall most of the seafood’s name! :p

First of all, let me introduce you my classmate, Mr.Alexander Sim. He is the owner of East Ocean Seafood Restaurant.

Look for the big red sign of East Ocean Seafood Restaurant, you won’t miss it!

Alex has been waiting for our arrival. He had prepare a special menu for the 5 of us. At first we thought to have a simple meal, but end up its a 11 courses meal.

It started with some vege…

If not mistaken, this is the Sabah local vege, which is their local cangkuk manis.

And a special dish, Deep Fried Bittergourd which I never expect it would be so crunchy and nice!

We had vege soup with century eggs.

Here comes the big seafood platters. I think I missed out certain dish.

We had 2 types of crabs.

All the crabs are real fresh and juicy!

Prawns

Fish

东风螺 Dong Feng Luo . Its a kind of Snail.

Alex teach us the way to eat the Snail. Not only that, he taught us the fastest way to enjoy the crab meat without much hassle.

Phew.. what a heavy meal we had. Let’s have some refreshment!

Highly recommended by Alex, Vegetable Juice. It doesn’t taste awful but i taste so fresh! Its better than any fruit juices. Even camel also can finish the juice!
Alright. Done Eating. Let’s go and look around all the live seafood!

Alex show us the big live crabs.

He says this is not consider big, it could be bigger depends on season.

The place they breed the snail.

This is the prawn in the bottle.

Awesome!! Awesome!!!

The meal was really awesome !!

Thanks Alexander for the treat. We’ll be back again soon!~