Lunch At Restoran J.J. Fatt, Lawan Kuda, Gopeng

Our next stop after breakfast at Restoran He Ping Xiao Shi in Brinchang, Cameron Highlands was at Kea Farm. Our purpose was to get some vegetables for home use or as gifts for our neighbours. 

Nice view from Kea Farm, Cameron Highland.

White clouds and blue sky

It looked like it will rain soon.

We are now in the midst of the northeast monsoon season, and we decided to start our journey home early before the rain started.

Daikon or white radish from Cameron Highlands.

No, we didn't buy this because I have this growing in my garden.

We bought some local grown beans and asparagus to take home.

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We reached the lowlands about 1:00 pm and stop for lunch at Restoran J. J. Fatt, Lawan Kuda, Gopeng.

Stir fried fern heads or paku pakis with spicy prawn paste.

Roast pork with leek.

We ordered snakehead fish (sang yu).

The flesh used for stir frying with ginger slices and spring onions.

And the bony parts of the fish used for boiling herbal soup with wine added.

We came across this Vespa bike during one of our early morning walks at The Quintet.

Thank God for His protection and journey mercy to and fro for our 3D2N holiday in Cameron Highlands.

Linking to Happy Tuesday, Image-in-ing & Tuesday's Treasures.

We live within the shadow of the Almighty,

sheltered by the God who is above all gods.

This I declare, that he alone is my refuge, my place of safety;

he is my God, and I am trusting him.

For he rescues you from every trap and

protects you from the fatal plague...

(Psalm 91:1-3, The Living Bible-TLB)

2nd Breakfast At Restoran He Ping Xiao Shi, Cameron Highland

For the 2nd morning in Cameron Highlands, all 6 of us woke up for the morning walk. After the morning walk, we tidied up, packed up all our belongings and loaded them into the car. We have decided to check out of the homestay early, go for breakfast, do some shopping before heading back home to Ipoh to avoid the weekend crowd.

 From Tanah Rata, we drove to Brinchang. Instead of looking for a new place for breakfast, we went back to the same place we had breakfast the previous day.

 This time we ordered a plate of roast pork to try.

 I ordered the above sweet porridge or sweet potato tong sui.

 Some fried stuffed bean curd sheet to share.

 Someone ordered this porkie noodle

 Curry soup noodle with assorted ingredients for hubby and I.

 Curry pork noodle (dry version) with lots of beansprout.

 Steamed glutinous rice (lor mai kai).

Restoran He Ping Xiao Shi, Brinchang.

After breakfast, our next stop was the Kea Farm.

Pink African Daisies.

I have tried to grow this before but after a few months they all died.

How can men be wise?

The only way to begin is by reverence for God.

For growth in wisdom comes from obeying his laws.

Praise his name forever.

(Psalm 111:10, The Living Bible-TLB)

Sunrise & Morning Walk At The Quintet, Cameron Highlands.

Surprisingly I slept quite well the first night in Cameron Highlands. After a few hours of good sleep, I was awake before 5:00 am the next morning. I went out to the living hall to do my quiet time and reading. Then it was hubby's turn to wake up. By 6:00 am, we were ready to go out for our morning walk while the rest of our friends were still sleeping.

6:20 am

 Our homestay is at the ground level of the above block. We walked a few rounds in this compound before venturing out to the opposite apartments.

 This is facing The Quintet.

 This was the car we saw the previous day and it was parked here. I used flash to take this snapshot and the words "Red Bull" stood out as white in colour.

6:45 am

 We walked back to The Quintet to continue our walk.

 Waiting for the sun to rise.

 Took this flower under the street light.

 Water droplets from the early morning rain on the Red Amaryllis flowers.

 6:50 am

 6:52 am

 7:03 am

 7:04 am

 Recreational centre at The Quintet.

Pretty orange marigold flowers.

Linking to Friday Bliss & Skywatch Friday.

The grass withers, the flowers fade,

but the word of our God shall stand forever.

(Isaiah 40:8, The Living Bible-TLB)

English Scones And Tea At Ye Olde Smokehouse, Cameron Highlands

We have made many trips to Cameron Highlands but this is the first time we visited the Ye Olde Smokehouse in Cameron Highlands. One of us has a friend working there and so we stopped by for a visit and of course to taste their English scones and tea.

Front view of the Smokehouse.

We were interested in the homemade jam and English scones.

Stone cottage.

We want to enjoy the flowers and garden. We took pictures and left behind our footprints.

Fountain in the garden

Sweet pink flowers

Red Anthurium

Pink flowers

Come, let's explore the inside.

Homemade jam and cookies

Unique candle holder

Dining room

After the photography session, it was time to sit down to enjoy our tea and scones.

Paper napkin

I drank my Cameron tea with milk minus the sugar.

We each had a scone.

Strawberry jam and clotted cream for our scones.

This homemade strawberry jam is so delicious.

This was a wonderful experience for me, eating English scones and sipping tea in a beautiful garden.

These was our lunch on the 2nd day of our holiday.

Walking to the car park.

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For the 2nd day's dinner, we had hot pot again just to finish or use up whatever food or ingredients we brought to the highlands.

This time we had 3 packets of fresh mushrooms added to the hot pot. We finally managed to finish all the food and nothing was wasted. We spent the rest of the evening chit chatting and looking through all the photos we had taken. For future trips, we hope to take along some card games to play. 

This cute Snoopy dog picture was hanging in our room.

The 2nd night was not as cold as the first night.

Good news from far away is like cold water to the thirsty.

(Proverbs 25:25, New Living Translation-NLT)