kopitiam or kopi tiam is a traditional breakfast and coffee shop found in Southeast Asia. The word kopi is Malay for coffee (as borrowed and altered from the Portuguese) and tiam is the Hokkien dialect word for shop (εΊ—). Menus typically feature simple offerings: a variety of foods based on egg, toast, and kaya, plus coffee, tea, and Milo, a malted chocolate drink which is extremely popular in Southeast Asia, particularly Singapore, Malaysia and Riau Islands (Indonesia)
Kopitiams (Indonesia: kedai kopi) especially in Batam just about the same with Singapore or Malaysia. Originally run by local Chinese peoples, it almost can be spotted in many residential area. An old-fashioned kopitiams usually located at shop houses, it look a bit run down. There are a lot food choices, you can eat wanton mee, char siew bao, bee hoon, laksa, char kway
