KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 1 -- Bukit Damansara's very own office enclave-slash-hipster haven, The Five, is perhaps the last place one might expect to find classic Ipoh kai si hor fun or Singapore Katong laksa.

But that's exactly the slice of familiarity the newly-opened Chope Chope Kopitiam is bringing to the office complex.

The latest venture from Tinkermen Collective occupies the space formerly home to their modern French restaurant Quin, on the ground floor of Block A above Qra.

Not much is outwardly trendy about local kopitiam staples, but the rise of the "modern" kopitiam has been merrily rolling along for a while.

We are now about a decade removed from the heyday of PappaRich and OldTown White Coffee, and new faces like Oriental Kopi s...