Garden View, Bukit Tinggi

Approximately 45 kilometres from the heart of the city of Kuala Lumpur lies a quaint little village known as Kampung Bukit Tinggi. Don’t be fooled by its peace and tranquillity for in this village is a a food haven! There are lots of restaurants here and most of them serve Chinese cuisine. We begin our journey from Kuala Lumpur and arrive at Garden View Restaurant after a 45-minute drive as traffic on the Karak Highway was rather slow.

How to get here from KL:-

After the Genting tunnel (Genting Sempah), you will have to go downhill for about 1 kilometre. When you see Selesa Hillhomes on your left, turn in & immediately turn right (follow the signboard that says “BHPetrol”). You will go through a small ‘tunnel’. Turn right at the end of the road & voila! You’ve arrived.

This is the branch of the popular Foon Lock Restaurant which is located just a stone’s throw away. They also have another outlet in KL known as ‘ Canton Kitchen’ in Setapak. Parking is easy as there is a huge plot of land in front of the restaurant. There is also a small shop next to this restaurant where you can buy fresh vegetables. RM 2 for a bundle or RM5 for 3 bundles.

Garden View has a mini farm attached to it. You can take a tour of the farm for free. The scenery here is a feast for the eyes and ears. You can see (and hear) a river flowing and the place is just ….errr..full of greenery. They even rear poultry here.

The first thing I asked for was coconut. I was told that this was not the fragrant Thai coconut but was locally produced ones. At RM4 each it not only managed to quench my thirst but also left a lasting impression on me – local coconuts are better than their Thai counterparts – TRUST ME!

Since there was only 4 of us we ordered 3 dishes:-

This is the two-flavour vegetable (RM6) which is a ‘new’ vegetable – it is a combination of kai lan and choy sum. Very fresh, tasty and there was no trace or smell of chemicals in it. I love every bite of it.

This is the steam fresh river prawn (sang ha). The prawns were steamed in eggs. Although this dish tasted good and the prawns were juicy and tender to the bite, I must remind you that this dish costs RM60 (2/3 of the cost of our entire meal).

We also ordered a dish ofsweet sour chicken (RM10). This was kampong chicken which was reared in by the mini farm here and as such the meat was a little tough (as one would expect of kampong chicken). The gravy was not too sour and was indeed to my liking.

After the meal, we were each given a complimentary slice of papaya….sweet& juicy ones, mind you…what a way to end an already sumptuous meal!

Garden View Restaurant
Lot 19326 & 19327 Pesona Heights,
Kampung Bukit Tinggi, 28750 Bentong
Tel: +609 233 0282 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting Fax: +609 233 0370

 By the way Mastercard & Visa are accepted.