Paying homage to Nyonya cendol

Siang Ann Kopitiam’s decor makes it look like a stall in an alley.

LOCATED along Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock in Melaka, a street adjacent to popular tourist destination Jonker Walk, is Siang Ann Kopitiam where visitors can find authentic Nyonya cendol.Its owner Leong Yean Long, 32, had sought to learn how to make cendol upon discovering that a local Nyonya who made it was retiring at the height of the pandemic.

Better known as “Aunty Koh”, she had been selling Nyonya cendol in Melaka since 2000 and is now in her 80s.