Reach for A Setar

A sight as would please Mat Spröng. A watering hole next door to a monumental mason, or, as Mat would have said it, keda batu nesang.

This is straight out of Mat's noir world, a memento mori shop next door, and then a cup of kampong chic yuppiedom to take the weight off your weary mind at the modern Setarbak Kopi. "I've got this case to solve," says Mat. "But this kopi's so good I'll have a case of that too!"

Thanks to my correspondent Marina Emmanuel for this interesting pic. Er, is that Mat I see sitting down for a wee smoke in his best blue T-shirt?

Setarbak Note: This reminds me of the early days of the Body Shop in Brighton. It was right next door to the funeral director's.