Cooking Some Chinese Snack
It was not easy to get to the Lakehouse without your own transportation. My only hope was to catch one of the rare buses from Tapah on its way to Tanah Rata. The trouble is, the buses there don’t seem to follow a schedule, they only leave when they feel like it. I just needed to trust that the buses would come. True enough, after 30 minutes of waiting by the roadside outside The Lakehouse, it finally came. The fare was MYR 2 back to Tanah Rata, I heaved a sigh of relief knowing that I don’t need to walk back up the mountain.
Crowded Night Market at Brinchang
There was still some time before nightfall when I got back to Tanah Rata, I wanted to visit Brinchang which is the town after Tanah Rata. The bus from Tapah does not go to Brinchang, so I needed to transfer to another bus at the Tanah Rata bus terminal. The bus leaves hourly which was good since it was almost time for the bus to arrive. I was hoping I would be able to have dinner there but I was afraid I wouldn’t have transportation back to Tanah Rata, there was no fixed schedule anyway. So I decided to just pay a short visit before hurrying back to Tanah Rata.
They Even Sell Cake Here
Brinchang is most famous for its night market. Fortunately for me, that afternoon the night market is already setting up and there were already a lot of people walking around. The night market is set up long the main road of Brinchang which makes the traffic along this area horrible The night market itself has numerous stall selling primarily snacks, from Chinese to Malay snacks to fruit. Naturally, the fruit sold here is primarily strawberry. It is said that this would be the best place to buy strawberries since competition is fierce. Then again you will never know what you will be getting since they can always give you sweet strawberries then sell you the sour ones as what happened to me.
Sweet Corn is Best Here
To go back to Tanah Rata, you only need to stand on the other side of the road where you got off and hope that your bus comes. Last bus passes by at “around 8:30pm”, it is up to you if you want to take a chance with that. The Brinchang Night Market is a worthwhile place to visit since there is a lot of activity there. Snack lovers will love it there since there are a lot of things to try. Maybe next time, I would try to stay at Brinchang instead and get to explore this area more.
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