666980 Fri Nov 13 15:39:16 -0800 2009 9 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 5179467 This announcement of Kopitiam's closing was just forwarded to me. From: Edward Soon <kopitiamrestaurant@yahoo.com> To: kopitiamrestaurant@yahoo.com Sent: Fri, November 13, 2009 10:34:51 AM Subject: Kopitiam will be closing for good in 2 weeks Dear friends of Kopitiam, We would like to Thank you for your support to us. We regret to inform you that Kopitiam will be closing for good before Thanksgiving Nov 26 2009. Please don't hesitate to call if you have any special order request before Thanksgiving. Thanks again for all of your kind support! Kopitiam 3647 Mt Diablo Blvd Lafayette,Ca94549 925-299-1653 Fri Nov 13 12:35:14 -0800 2009 10039 Melanie Wong 1 5179484 Nooooo! Damn. Fri Nov 13 12:42:22 -0800 2009 5179467 11369 Robert Lauriston 2 5179496 I'm pretty upset too. When a little spot like this closes, I always feel like I'm too blame for not talking it up more. I'm sorry I won't be able to head over there before closing. Fri Nov 13 12:46:09 -0800 2009 5179484 10039 Melanie Wong 3 5179574 Sigh...first Raffles Cafe in Fremont like 7 years ago (remember how great and authentic they were?), and now Kopitiam which I will never get to try :~(. Fri Nov 13 13:13:59 -0800 2009 5179496 12872 K K 4 5181826 It's sad--but also not surprising. This place was always pretty empty, and that area is not one where this type of restaurant will thrive, especially if it seeks to promote "authentic" cuisine. In fact, the locals in that area probably don't even know much about authentic Chinese food, and here they're going for the much more elusive Singapore/Malaysian cuisine? Not a chance. Sat Nov 14 14:57:08 -0800 2009 5179574 103390 hong_kong_foodie 5 5182255 So my quick scan of the board suggests there's no truly authentic Singaporean food in the Bay Area, but for someone who just visited there a couple months ago for the first time and just wants to relive some of the hawker center highlights, where's the best place to go now that Kopitiam is gone? Old Town Cafe in Dublin, perhaps? Sat Nov 14 18:54:30 -0800 2009 5181826 11816 Agent 510 6 5182499 hkf: > This place was always pretty empty Correct. I would describe that as people "voting with their dollars". We went there multiple times. It wasn't bad, it just wasn't special. And it was usually empty. > locals in that area probably don't even know much about authentic Chinese food That's a peculiar thing to say. Because you could say the same thing about almost any ethnic cuisine. Even Italian. What percent of the diners at Postino have been to italy? A510: > Old Town Cafe in Dublin, perhaps? Exactly. That's our favorite place. Sat Nov 14 22:09:46 -0800 2009 5182255 85631 chow_eb 6 5183111 Kopitiam's not gone yet. Topic on Sinaporean / Malaysian restaurants: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/639315 Sun Nov 15 09:38:27 -0800 2009 5182255 11369 Robert Lauriston 1 5183636 Dang, this is one of the places I was really looking forward to trying out now that I've moved back to Montclair. I'll have to get out there this week to get at least one fix of Hainan chicken before they close....... =-/ Sun Nov 15 13:58:31 -0800 2009 5179467 11011 Eugene Park 2 5184362 I wasn't very impressed with the chicken. I like that dish and also the roti canai, chow kway teo, and curry mee better at Singapore-Malaysian in SF Sun Nov 15 19:21:22 -0800 2009 5183636 11369 Robert Lauriston