Malaysia

Malaysia — Kuching — Topspot Food Court, 93000 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

Nick Morris

Nick Morris

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My top (pun intended) food place in Kuching

June 2015

Whenever I am in Kuching, I always try to make time to go to the Topspot Food Court and get a great meal. On this visit, I did a ‘pick your own’ meal. Fantastic. So good.

The Topspot is on top of a car park, and it is not apparent it is up there. You will need to ask for directions.

The meal was a first in that we not only picked our fish (it is pretty common in Malaysia to point to a fish in a tank), but we also picked our shrimp, crabs and vegetables, and it was all then taken away and cooked for us.

The following three photos show the choice of fish.

Photo by Author — picking your fish at the Topspot Food Court, 93000 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Photo by Author — picking your fish at the Topspot Food Court, 93000 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Photo by Author — picking your fish at the Topspot Food Court, 93000 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Photo by Author — picking your fish at the Topspot Food Court, 93000 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Photo by Author — picking your fish at the Topspot Food Court, 93000 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Photo by Author — picking your fish at the Topspot Food Court, 93000 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

The meal was sold by the kilo, and once I had picked my fish, it was weight, and I was billed (you pay once you have eaten).

Photo by Author — picking your crabs at the Topspot Food Court, 93000 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Photo by Author — picking your crabs at the Topspot Food Court, 93000 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Photo by Author — picking your shrimp at the Topspot Food Court, 93000 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Photo by Author — picking your shrimp at the Topspot Food Court, 93000 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

The resulting meal was excellent. The shrimp were fried with salt and pepper.

Photo by Author — my cooked salt and pepper shrimp at the Topspot Food Court, 93000 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Photo by Author — my cooked salt and pepper shrimp at the Topspot Food Court, 93000 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

The crabs were cooked with curry leaves, and the result was fantastic.

Photo by Author — crab with curry leaves — Topspot Food Court, 93000 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Photo by Author — crab with curry leaves — Topspot Food Court, 93000 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

And the fish was steamed.

Photo by Author — steamed fish — Topspot Food Court, 93000 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Photo by Author — steamed fish — Topspot Food Court, 93000 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

The resulting meal was excellent, and the cost of the food? RM110 for three of us (£22 or £7 per head; US$33). The beer was RM18 per litre (£3.60; US$5.40).

One odd thing happened during the meal. And I had never had this happen before in Malaysia. The person who brought us the beer asked for a tip. She didn’t ask at any of the other tables. Very strange.

Anyway, a top meal at the Topspot.

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