By D’Drift Team
SEMATAN, March 6: Following the taking over of business by the new generation, Yat Lau Kopitiam and Seafood continues to cater for hungry travellers in Sematan.
The coffee shop has been in operation for last two decades and has itself become a feature of Sematan town.
The operator Stacey, 34, said the traditional coffeeshop was started by her great uncle. It was then taken over by her father and now, run by her and her sister, as well as her husband, who are both trained cooks. The sister of Stacey is even a culinary graduate.
Some of their signature dishes are fried squid, assam (tamarind) fish, fried fish and steamed fish and fried salted prawn.
Though a traditional Chinese restaurant, it serves no pork and local Muslim women are engaged to as servers.
Business is especially good during public holidays and weekends. This particularly applies to the three types of homemade Chinese traditional buns they are offering, including butter bun, red bean bun and coconut bun.
“Our buns are homemade without any preservatives. That is why they must be eaten on the same day. If you have it on the second day, it will become hard,” said Stacey.
The coffee opens at 7am to 3pm. The buns will be sold out as early as 8am during weekends and public holidays.
The rapid sales can also be attributed to the fact that these buns are handmade, with daily production limited to just around 100 in total.
Apart from seafood lunch, Stacey said in the morning, the coffeeshop offers authentic kolo mee and laksa, which are also popular dishes sort after by both locals and visitors. — DayakDaily
