Ensconced in an off-the-beaten-track part of Petaling Jaya in Selangor is Herba & Rempah. The sweet little restaurant is the brainchild of 45-year-old Chuah Jay Mee, a former public relations consultant who started a home delivery business during the Covid-19 pandemic and has now spread her wings with the formation of her first-ever restaurant.
Herba & Rempah is very special to Chuah because it showcases the heirloom Peranakan recipes that she learnt from the matriarch of her family, her 94-year-old grandmother Lim Chew Lan.
