Matriarch’s stall a scent-sational utopia for coffee lovers


Freshly brewed: H’ng making coffee on her charcoal stove at her stall in Taman Free School, Penang. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Keeping it simple and sticking to tried-and-true methods have been the model of success for matriarch H’ng Mooi Gim, 80.

For generations, her persistence in sticking to the old ways has helped maintain the flavours of morning coffee and toast at her stall next to the wet market located nearby Taman Free School flats here.

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