PETALING JAYA, Nov. 24 -- Late night eats often have an aura of decadence about them.

Perhaps it's because as the day winds down, we tend to let our inhibitions fly out the window or it also could be that only sinful food is what's available at that hour.

Inside the Taipan Business Centre, where almost every shop is dark since it's after hours, there's a strip of bright lights from a row of shops that open late, including the popular Nanking Coffee Shop.

It was heaving with people when I walked in at around 9pm, probably people after work grabbing a late dinner or early supper.

There's fried noodles, satay, char kway teow and even keropok lekor but what I wanted was an oyster omelette.

One particular stall next to the fried noodles s...