Saudara.
A shophouse on Lorong Toh Aka where two brothers cook the food they grew up eating — half from one mother's first kitchen, half from her second.
Sebuah rumah kedai di Lorong Toh Aka tempat dua adik-beradik memasak — separuh dari dapur pertama ibu, separuh dari dapur kedua.
Iskandar.
Born in Pulau Tikus, raised on the smell of belacan toasting at six in the morning. Trained at his late grandmother's nasi lemak stall in Balik Pulau before three years on the line at Dewakan. Iskandar runs the open hearth — anything that meets fire, salt, or time.
“Mak's first sambal was angry. Her second one had to be patient. We cook both.”
Wei Ming.
Half-brother by their mother's second marriage. Apprenticed under a third-generation kopi roaster in Ipoh, then ran pastry at a one-Michelin shop in Bangkok. Wei Ming holds the wok, the dough, and the daily kopi pour — the slower, sweeter half of the kitchen.
“Same mother. Different stoves. We finally share one.”
A shophouse, two storeys, one staircase between them.
Built in 1923 and gazetted under the George Town UNESCO heritage zone in 2008, the building was a Hainanese kopitiam, then a goldsmith, then empty for nineteen years. The brothers took the keys in late 2023 and kept what mattered — the air-well, the original cement tile floor, the carved timber spindles upstairs. The ground floor is the open kitchen and twenty seats. Upstairs is private dining for ten, by reservation only.
Walk-in counter & open kitchen.
Twenty seats around the hearth and the wok. First-come, first-served — we hold the last two stools for solo diners every night.
- TUE–SUN · 11.00 — 22.30
- MON · CLOSED
- NO RESERVATIONS DOWNSTAIRS
A table for ten, above the kitchen.
A single carved-timber room with the original air-well overhead. Ten seats, one menu, both brothers cooking. Available Wednesday through Saturday evenings.
- SEATING · 19.00 ONLY
- TASTING · RM 280 / GUEST
- WINE PAIRING · RM 180