From Janda Baik to Bentong took about 25 - 30 minutes of drive. Then you will face this huge signboard, proudly erected the word BENTONG on the higher ground to tell you that you are in Bentong of Pahang now.

Speaking of Bentong, what does the locals usually aim for?
It's the Bentong morning market which is a MUST for all the locals of Bentong to go to, but unfortunately, I could not make it in time to visit the glorious market due to some personal reasons, that is why I headed to Janda Baik first.

Apart from Bentong's morning market, many locals and tourists will never fail to pay a visit to the best cold desserts in town that Bentong has to offered, Kow Po , as well as Bentong's best vista with marvelous natural attunement, Chamang Waterfall ! 


i) Kow Po 
Address: Bentong Height, 28700 Bentong, Pahang
Hours: 10 morning to 7 evening (Daily)
Contact: 09-2221258


Kow Po has a long history of serving cold desserts to the community of Bentong. The cold desserts that are served to the community are Cendol, shaved-ice cream, Banana splitters and many more! What makes Kow Po a special cafe or desserts store to die for, was their homemade ice cream that has been passed down from generation to generation. If you are curious on exactly how long did their generation has been running, well I can say its more than 30 to 40 years of business!
That's what makes them renowned as the best ice cream parlor in Pahang today.

No joke, this place is packed with people from all over the states of Malaysia.

Their most potential product is their Ice Cream! This is the Pandan-flavored ice cream that I had ! It was light in taste, the taste of pandan isn't obvious enough for me but pretty strong in terms of  ice molecule.

As a Malaysian, you can identify this bowl has its various of combinations. You can see the mixture of Cendol, shaved ice cream as well as a dollop of vanilla ice cream on top. The ingredients such as cendol and red beans are fine to me, sadly it wasn't sweet enough to me, I supposed there's not enough brown sugar in it. Health-conscious consumer will like it.

ii) Chamang Waterfall
Address: 28700 Bentong, Pahang, Malaysia

Bentong's best point of interest that you should not miss out is the Chamang Waterfall !
It would be a shame if you don't take a dip at the river of Chamang.
Chamang Waterfall is encircled with high-dense of greens, but fret not, obstacle-free if your dream is to get to the waterfall spot instantly without any hassle !

On a side note, visitors must pay before entering the premise.
Local (adult) RM 2 ; Foreigner (adult) RM 5
Local (kid) RM 1 ; Foreigner (kid) RM 2

Wrath of nature makes everything beautiful to look at, fresh air that flows into your lung, the sound of the waterfall downpour that calms down your soul, being a different person as well as being rejuvenate at the same time.

I was hungry too as I left my house without having any breakfast.
Then, I simply drop-by at any one of the store for a good breakfast.

This store offers great Wanton Noodle and selections of ingredients such as wanton meat, meatballs or fish balls of your choice, which is optional.
I picked fish balls and meatballs instead because it was always my favorite. Alongside, I ordered a cup of Teh-C ( hot tea with evaporated milk ) as a finisher to my breakfast.

Children playful and laughter reminds me of my past - the exact situation in the similar environment.

ii) Hutan Lipur Konifer, Bukit Tinggi Bentong
Address: Bukit Tinggi, 28750 Bentong, Pahang.
Hours: 7 morning to 6 evening, daily.
On my way to visit Tanarimba where Purple Cane Tea Restaurant lies, we saw this Conifer forest that is open for public, the gate was open unguarded. Nobody is there either. So, I guess it was nice to walk around when there's no other people around you.

The conifer grew in batches by batches, they are no in one big group, so it makes photography slightly in challenged. I took number of shots and finally found one that I really love it (above).
As I was busy taking pictures of these beautiful conifer, a pine cone drops from no where. It was dried, it seems like the life of the pine cone is going to be expire soon.

Not so sure what species of plant is this, looks beautiful indeed !

iii) Tanarimba & Purple Cane Tea Restaurant
Address: Jalan Tanarimba Pine, Kampung Janda Baik,28750 Bentong, Pahang.
Hours: 9 morning - 7 evening (Wed - Sun)

This place enables you to host an event, if you need to. The structure of the entire building uses high grade quality of wood, you can tell by touching the woods. Amazingly, the wood is still in great shape till today.
Disclaimer: For hosting event, please do contact the agent beforehand.

It also act as a gallery for visitors on certain period of time, however there's even more strict regulations if you proceed further.

Behind the Tanarimba Hall would be the Purple Cane Tea Restaurant. Purple Cane Tea Restaurant took over a business which was used to be a coffee house, due to the lack of profit and some several issues dragging them back, Purple Cane Tea Restaurant became the current existence to the past business. They mainly serve health-conscious food and drinks, which can be relate with the place that they are in right now- being encircled by greens.

Not planning to do much here, will just order one pot of tea to calm myself down.

Click the picture to enlarge, price of menu items - all you need to know.

I ordered one pot of Long Jing Green Tea (Finest) @ RM 13. *You need to beware of this tip: RM 13 is only for one empty cup. If you want two cups for two pax, the price goes 13+13 = RM 26. Well, fuck this - one tea cup @ RM 13 is enough (above) :)

iv) "Danau Daun Chalets" disguised as "Kopi n Kraf"
Address:
Lot 5347, Kg. Sum-Sum Hilir, Malaysia
A chalets that open up for public, of course, reservation is the main priority so that the Team can make it up for you. Enclose yourself deep inside of the Janda Baik's village, which surrounded by greens as well as pool.

Apart from being ordinary chalet, this chalet provides guests with more personal-up close with the nature, as well as providing guests with their very own coffee blend. On top of that, there are facilities of man-made pool which the team named it as Dipping pool and fish pond. These facilities are accessible, with terms and conditions applied.

Should you read more about them?  Visit their site @ http://www.danaudaunchalets.com/


v) Free and Easy, deep inside Janda Baik's Village.
Address: Nil. *Title says it all.*

As I mentioned earlier, I want more from my domestic jaunt to fill the missing piece inside my heart, this required oneself to travel aimlessly to get what you want. As you go deeper into the woods, you will see incredibly authentic force of nature surrounded around you. The state of tranquility is foremost important when it comes to jaunting. Other than that, will be the originality of the source, the lore and so on...
Here, I stumbled across this place from my car, so I decided to stop by and check it out.
How locals react to the enclose nature, it turns out to be pretty natural as if the nature is their relatives.


vi) Restaurant Wonderland Valley Bukit Tinggi
Address: Kampung Bukit Tinggi, Bentong, Pahang
Contact: 012-569 1694

Every human needs food whenever they are starving, so drove all the way down and we found this restaurant with a unique chicky name on it, instantly be the place of our choice.
Man-made pool for fish koi and some other species of fish as an attraction point.


Delicious food indeed with pure ingredient with no injectors inside.

Bottom left: Kampung Chicken with sesame sauce.
Bottom Right: Tau fu with cut assorted veges and mushroom.
Top Left: Sliced pork meat served with coconut curry sauce.
Top Right: Stir fried vegetables served with chopped garlic.

Lovely eh? One plate of Penang Rojak costs RM 5.50 ! Worth the value!

Deep into the dressing!

Address:
2, Jalan Radin Anum 1, Bandar Baru Sri Petaling, 57000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  (Opposite Public Bank)

Inside the grocery mart.

Inside the grocery mart, it looks like this. Otherwise, from the outdoor which is...

Front view via Outdoor Parking of the BV1.

Waiting area of the restaurant.

Wine Chamber.

Desserts!

The restaurant's bar!

The restaurant's menu.

 That night, I ordered:
-1 salad = ( Tonkatsu Salad)
-2 pasta(s)  = ( Alien Invasion) (Crispy Soft Shell Crab)
-1 burger[Main] = (Piggy Mighty Burger)
-1 rice[Asian] = (Pig Rolling In The Mud)
-1 dessert = (Divine Chocolate Sundae)

Alien Invasion (Creamy sauce floods around the spaghetti along with the slices of pork sausages and mushroom)

Piggy Mighty Burger ( Burger itself consists of sunny side up, pork patty, lettuce, cheese, mayo. Serve along side with fries and marinated salad)

Pig Rolling In The Mud ( Rice which served with pork slices and vege(s) - cover up with Japanese Curry)

Crispy Soft Shell Crab ( Similar to Creamy Carbonara, but this one is special with the crispy soft shell crab)

Tonkatsu Salad (Lettuce, Corns, Pork Slice, Cherry Tomatoes, Onions - dressed up with Teriyaki sauce + sesame oil )

Divine Chocolate Sundae (Vanilla ice cream glazed with chocolate and caramel syrup and topped with chopped peanuts)

I'm amazed that the restaurant was able to deliver food on my table way below than the expected waiting time despite the high turnover during peak hours.


 The price to dine here is reasonable and worth every penny you spend on it.

Restaurant details:
http://www.pigsandwolf.com
info@pigsandwolf.com
 Bangsar Village (03-2283 2270)
- Opening Hours: 9am - 11pm

Before I forgot, they have another one in...
Tropicana City Mall, PJ (03-7722 3561)
- Opening Hours: 10am - 10pm

##Pigs(Brunch/Lunch): Early - 6pm
##Wolf(Dinner): 6pm - Late