Yummy Malaysiana: Afternoon Tea @ Jim Thompson Tea Room, Cameron Highlands Resort

Afternoon Tea @ Jim Thompson Tea Room, Cameron Highlands Resort

When the clock strikes four, everything stops for tea - Jack Buchanan.

Afternoon tea is served daily at the Jim Thompson Tea Room in Cameron Highlands Resort from 3pm-6pm. 3pm was a little early since we finished lunch an hour ago, but come 4pm, we were ready. We seated ourselves in the comfortable seats outdoors facing the koi pond... how blissful.

What sets the afternoon tea experience here apart from its counterparts in Malaysia is definitely the ambience. Surrounded by lush greenery and cool air, it almost feels like being in a country house in England.

Beautiful setting

The afternoon tea, traditionally known as low tea, is laid out beautifully in a 3-tiered stand, very much like the one in their sister hotel, The Ritz-Carlton Kuala Lumpur. Priced at RM60/2 person or RM35 per person, the afternoon tea here was very popular. We spotted many Japanese tourists stopping here in bus loads just for the afternoon tea.

The tea selection at the resort focuses on local varieties namely the finest Boh teas from Cameron Highlands. Once again, we settled for the Bukit Cheding no. 53 which went well with both savouries and sweets.

Service with a smile from this young chap

Tea selection - finest teas from Cameron Highlands

Tea for my lady

Reading tea leaves?

A nice cuppa

The 3-tier afternoon tea boasted a selection of freshly baked English scones, fresh strawberries, savoury sandwiches, and an assortment of delectable looking pastries and cakes.

One of my favorite parts of aft! ernoon t ea are the scones. Unfortunately, the scones here were disappointing since they were not light enough. I was really hoping they would be as good as the ones we had at Ritz. At least they were warm and a slathering of homemade strawberry jam and Devon clotted cream did do some wonders. The chocolate sauce served with the strawberries this time was of proper dipping consistency.

Strawberries dipped in chocolate sauce.. yum yum.

I did not think much of the tuna sandwich, but the other fillings (smoked salmon, egg and cress, cream cheese and cucumber) were decent.

Savoury sandwiches

The assortment of cakes were my favorite tier for this particular afternoon tea. I especially enjoyed the chocolate pyramid, a mixture of dark and milk chocolate and was rich and creamy inside. The cake topped with strawberries and cream was also very delicious. The lemon cake was light and tangy. The other two cakes were not particularly memorable, think it was fruit cake and something else.

Cakes galore