When a morning coffee with a dash of nostalgia hits


Timeless delights: Patrons enjoying steamed bread with kaya, half boiled eggs, local coffee and other delights at a 70-year-old coffee shop in George Town. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Back lanes, old coffee shops, simple chairs with folding tables. Customers don’t mind the setting at all, so long as the food is good and tasty.

Simple offerings of plain toast or steamed white bread with butter and kaya (coconut jam), half-boiled eggs or packs of nasi lemak are appealing enough for locals and curious tourists to queue up for half an hour or more to get a seat.

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