A Kopitiam Hidden Behind A Jungle Has Been Open For 120 Years, The Owner Was Born There
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Weng Fatt Coffee Shop in Tapah, Perak — buried under tropical canopy, stuffed with colonial-era antiques, and run by the third generation of the family that started it — has been serving kopi and laksa since before Malaysia existed.
From the original report
Weng Fatt Coffee Shop sits at 161, Jalan Pahang, Tapah, Perak — approximately two kilometres from the Tapah toll exit on the North-South Expressway.
The shopfront is obscured behind decades of unchecked tropical overgrowth — mature rain trees, potted plants, and climbing vines that have consumed what was once a facade.
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- Aug 16, 2026
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- Aug 17, 2026
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