Fatt Kee Mixed Fish Soup @ Jin Jin Seafood Restaurant - Hilltop

It's been a while since we breakfasted at Fatt Kee's, operating daily from Jin Jin Seafood Restaurant. The fish meehoon soup here is famous in KK and rightly so in my opinion! I had the mixed fish for the first time, various fish products including fried fish slice, fish ball and fried fish cake slices were amongst some other things all swimming in the delightfully fresh tasting tomato broth, this soup really is delicious!

The Little Nibbler opted for fresh fish slice, which was jam packed with fresh ingredients.

We opted for a side dish of fish paste dumplings but also got some fried fish cake slices too, haha oh well! These were served with a sweet chilli dipping sauce.

Jin Jin Seafood Restaurant is located at Hilltop, just look for the crowds!

The Bill : 1x Mixed Fish, 1x Fresh Fish, Mixed Dumplings, 1x Kopi C Ping, 1x Teh C Ping = 38 MYR

Lovers of fresh fish should head here for breakfast, quick what are you waiting for!?!

Penang Asam Laksa @ Kedai Kopi Maxim - Hilltop

Last time I was in Hilltop I noticed that Kedai Kopi Maxim had a large sign outside advertising 'Penang Flavour' and Asam Laksa. Having only ever sampled Penang Asam Laksa once before,I thought it was time to try another, and also introduce The Little Nibbler to new flavours. Unfortunately I was quite disappointed with the laksa that was served to us. Now taste wise for me it was quite good, sour and very spicy, the problem comes from the ingredients or lack of them in my opinion. Now I'm no expert but I've done some research and from what I can gather pineapple and cucumber are key ingredients to a Penang Asam Laksa - both were absent from the dish. Also there was hardly any fish in the broth, no chunks as such just a small amount of tiny flakes. Now I'm not sure if the dish was lacking because of the time we visited, around 11am, which I know can be quite late for some Laksa stalls (in which case 'habis' should have greeted my request) or they just don't use pineapple or cucumber in their ingredients, but I think the soup would greatly improve all round if they were to be added. A little more fish would be appreciated too!

Kitchai Ping and Kopi C Ping.

 

Kedai Kopi Maxim is located next door to Pick N Pay, it's undergone a refurbishment since I last visited for Chinese BBQ Rice, which I have to say was really good! The coffee shop is bright and very clean.

 

The Bill : 2x Penang Asam Laksa, 1x Kitchai Ping, 1x Kopi C Ping = 14 MYR

With 3 vendors operating out of Kedai Kopi Maxim there's plenty of reasons to return!

Kari Laksa @ Kedai Kopi Yu Kee - Hilltop

Our Laksa arrived shortly after we finished our Dim Sum, perfect timing!!! The Kari Laksa at Kedai Kopi Yu Kee is very mild and creamy, no chicken or omelette strips here just seafood, namely prawns and fish cake slices. The sambal helps spice things up a bit, actually the sambal is very much too my taste here, not too heavy on the belacan and quite zesty.

Busy, busy, busy!

The Bill 2x Laksa = 10 MYR

A tasty mild Laksa with delicious Dim Sum, I love Sundays!

Dim Sum @ Foo Phing Dim Sum - Hilltop

On Sunday mornings we like to eat Dim Sum or go for Laksa, luckily at Hilltop we can have both with Foo Phing Dim Sum and Kedai Kopi Yu Kee being located in close proximity to each other. The area between the two rows of shops transforms into a lively food court packed with hungry diners and Dim Sum vendors pushing their carts to waiting customers. It's a great spot for breakfast with a buzzing atmosphere and delicious Dim Sum!

Fish Ball.

I'm really not sure of all the names of Dim Sum but these had the classic combination of prawn and pork.

These where my favourite on the day, pork ribs with chilli and black bean, tender and very tasty.

Foo Phing Dim Sum viewed from the road. Parking can be a real problem!

The Bill : 3x Dim Sum, 1x Teh C Ping, 1x Kopi C Ping = 13.90 MYR

Geat atmosphere, great food, Sunday breakfast doesn't get much better!

Tom Yam @ Jin Jin Seafood Restaurant - Hilltop

Jin Jin Seafood Restaurant is a very popular breakfast spot and rightly so. Their Fish Slice Mee Hoon Soup is amazing! This morning I thought I'd have a change and try their Tom Yam soup, I opted for prawn and fresh fish slice mix. The seafood tasted so fresh in the spicy aromatic soup with hints of chilli, ginger and lemongrass. You can taste the quality in the ingredients. It doesn't rank as the best for my taste but it's right up there and shouldn't disappoint.

The Little Nibler opted for the old favourite of Mixed Fish Slice Meehoon, mixing together fresh and fried fish slice in that wonderful sweet tomato broth.

We saw a lot of people this morning with this extra side dish, Fried Fish Cake Slice, so we thought we'd give it a try. I wasn't too impressed but the Nibbler enjoyed it. It was served with a sweet Thai style chilli sauce.

All I can say is come early to avoid disappointment! In the evening a different vendor operates from the restaurant.

Lots of happy diners enjoying their breakfast.

The Bill : Tom Yam 15, Fish Slice Meehoon 10, Fried Fish Cake 5 = 30 MYR

Come join the crowds for breakfast, a great start to the day!

Ngiu Chap @ Kah Hiong Ngiu Chap - Hilltop

I've always been scared to try Ngiu Chap. Mainly because after some research about the dish I found out that it contains a lot of animal parts I really don't want to eat. Now I wish I did eat those parts because I do believe that if you're going to kill an animal you should use every last piece of it but I just can't bring myself to eat some things, I'm sorry. I guess it's from being brought up in England, though people do eat offal there, I don't. 
Luckily for me at Kah Hiong Ngiu Chap you can choose your ingredients, which I'm guessing you can do at other establishments too, also with an added bonus of an English menu! Excellent! So as an inexperienced eater of Ngui Chap I opted for Fresh Meat only for my soup. The savoury beef soup came with mee hoon, lots of tender sliced beef and a couple of turnip type vegetable pieces this was topped off with sliced spring onion. You can also opt for kon low mee to go with your soup instead of having noodles added inside.

Kah Hiong Ngui Chap is located at Hilltop next to the large, lively Dim Sum Restaurant.

The Bill : Ngiu Chap, Chinese Teh Ping = 7.50 MYR


A great place to eat Ngiu Chap from the inexperienced, like me, to the old hands!

Tom Yam @ Kedai Kopi Janggut - Hilltop

Yet another amazing dish to be found in KK, Tom Yam. But nothing like Thailand's signature dish, the Tom Yam here in KK generally comes thickened with condensed milk or coconut milk giving it a creamier milder taste yet still remaining spicy with chilli and lemongrass flavour.
For my pick I had the Tom Yam Meehoon with Fresh Fish Slice. The soup tastes awesome, I actually said "Oh wow" right out loud when I took my first mouthful! There's plenty of fish slice inside too, which is topped off with fresh corriander. If your Tom Yam isn't spicy enough for you then the homemade chilli sambal here at Janggut should do the trick!

A mix of fresh fish slice and prawn for the Little Nibbler's Tom Yam, though it has to be said there was only one prawn (halved) in the dish which was a little disappointing.

We also ordered a side dish of mixed fried, prawn dumpling, fish cake slice and beancurd served with mayo and chilli sauce. These are great on their own but i also like to dunk a few into my soup!

Kedai Kopi Janggut is located at Hilltop, look out for the crowds of happy diners most mornings.

The Bill : 2x Tom Yam, 1x Mixed Fried Side Dish, 1x Teh Ping, 1x Kopi C Ping = 32.50 MYR

There's awesome Tom Yam at Janggut, keep your eye's open around Hilltop as there's at least two other places I know of, that will not disappoint you too!