Muar Eat: Sam Kee Kopitiam (山记咖啡) @ Taman Sri Tanjung

Rick
Dec 19, 2025
2 min read

Sam Kee Kopitiam (山记咖啡) is a little cafe located in Taman Sri Tanjung, at the western edge of Pekan Muar, not far from Wetex Parade Hypermall. Well-known to locals, the cafe has a relaxing vibe and gets crowded even on weekdays, especially during breakfast and coffee time. The open-air cafe operates like a coffee shop — find an empty table before ordering at the counter.

Sam Kee Kopitiam (山记咖啡) @ Taman Sri Tanjung

The cafe serves both espresso-based coffees and local traditional coffees — some using Kopi 434 Elephant coffee — and also tea and other beverages. For light meals, there are roti bakar (traditional toasts, buns or wholemeal bread) with a selection of different spreads, a special Roti One M bun, garlic bread, simple noodle dishes and sandwich. Typical of a Malaysia coffee shop, packets of nasi lemak and mee siam are available with sambal chilli but no ingredients — hard-boiled eggs are available as separate items.

Sam Kee Kopitiam's Elephant Bean Kopi-O (kosong) is thick with a nice aroma and non-bitter even without adding sugar — I am familiar with the taste since it is from Kopi 434. Sugar is self-service.

The Corn Bun, spread evenly with just-enough butter and kaya, is lightly toasted before serving. It has a crispy top crust with a nice corn aroma. The soft-boiled eggs (2 pcs) are served ready-to-eat in an ice-cream glass — they make sure the eggs are nicely done before serving, just add some light soy sauce and white pepper to taste.

The small packet of Mee Siam, without ingredients, is surprising tasty with its sambal chilli. No wonder it is so popular with the locals. Get a hard-boiled egg as ingredient.

Sam Kee Kopitiam (山记咖啡): Toasted corn bun with soft-boiled egg, kopi-O, mee siam + egg

The Wholemeal Bread, spread with butter and peanut butter, is similarly lightly toasted with crispy outer crusts and retains its softness inside. The bread is nice to eat on its own but the spreads add flavours. The Roti One M is a special multi-grain bun that has black sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, wolf berries, etc, that offers multiple flavours and textures. It is also lightly toasted before serving and is a delicious bun by itself without applying any spreads. Both breads are very nice to go with coffee.

Sam Kee Kopitiam (山记咖啡): Roti One M and Wholemeal Bread

For all toasted breads and buns, it will be best to finish them before they turned soft. Not recommended to take away, of course.

The SK Special espresso coffee, with a layer of thick crema on top and added with frothed milk, is aromatic and rich bodied. Made from traditional white coffee, it has a nice taste profile and non-bitter — and best not to add sugar. The Nasi Lemak, without ingredients, is delicious. The chilli paste is key to bringing out the tastiness of the dish — it is fried with sweet shallots and others, and is sweet-savoury-spicy but not too spicy. Go early before it runs out.