Chai Joo Seng

Buying wafer sticks from Chai Joo Seng is a jolly way to indulge in childhood nostalgia. This zhap fo pou has been around since the mid-70s, filling up Bangsar homes with household staples such as feather dusters, clogs and jars of pineapple biscuits. The shop is a lasting symbol of a bygone practice – when fresh goods arrived in baskets and not plastic sealed; when the abacus was more reliable than a calculator; and when the idea of tikam-tikam was fun.