They are nowhere near the standards of Tim Ho Wan, so one has to be realistic. However, it is pleasant enough place for breakfast and they offer a 2-star dim sum experience (if Tim Ho Wan is 5-star). A novelty factor is that you are offered the selection of food on a tray and you pick whatever you want (or attracts you). I usually stop by at this coffee shop after visiting my favourite fried noodle shop at Jalan Hang Kasturi), which I wrote about in a separate review.If you are here in the morning and have another half an hour to spare, I would suggest taking into nearby sights. As you leave the coffee shop, there is a small Malay kampong to your right (beside the temple), and you will see samples of houses on stilts. The kampong is also the burial site of some Acehnese fighters who resisted the Portuguese during the troubled days of European conquests in the East.To the left of the coffee shop, and on the right side of Jalan Tukang Besi (Blacksmith Street), you will find an old blacksmith, and if you visit on the right day, hammering and dipping the metal into water over and over again. Jalan Tukang Besi is the road beyond Jalan Tukang Emas (Goldsmith Street) where the coffee shop is located.If you ware walking towards the junction of Jalan Tukang Emas/Jalan Tukang Besi and Jalan Hang Kasturi, turn left into Jalan Hang Kasturi, and you will find Jalan Kampung Kuli on your right. On the corner of the street, you will find a sign maker, and one visit, I stumbled upon the owner chipping and cutting away into the wood to create a traditional Chinese sign. Slightly further down Jalan Kampung Kuli (on the left) is the popiah skin maker. Again, if you are there in the morning, you will find a lady or her son making thin popiah skins in their home. She sells them fresh if you want to buy the skins. This lady and her son operates their popiah (thin rice pancakes filled with radish/meat/lard/egg) stall at Jonker Street in the afternoon/night. On Jalan Hang Kasturi, you will also find forgers of aluminium. If you walk towards the end of this street and cross over Jalan Kampung Pantai, you will find a shop selling traditional Peranakan baskets and other wedding paraphernalia.
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