14 Oct 2026 - Brunch at XY80s Kopitiam (相约80年代怀旧馆) @ Mount Austin

Today was Tracy's birthday, and we wanted to celebrate by having great meals one after another in JB. We had a fantastic Lalapot dinner last night. This morning after checking out, we again drove to Mount Austin area to have our brunch at XY80s Kopitiam (相约80年代怀旧馆).

Stepping into XY 80s Kopitiam at Mount Austin felt like stepping straight into a time machine. 

After ordering our food from the menu, the ultimate icebreaker was their free-flow old-school snack counter. We could help ourselves to bins of the exact childhood biscuits and snacks that filled plastic jars decades ago. It immediately sets a relaxed, storytelling mood for the table while we waited for the main spread to arrive.

The spread on the menu was incredible. There were so many selections, and they all look delicious. We spent quite a while to go through the menu to decide what we wanted. We will definitely come back again to try out some other dishes.

After our meal, we went round the shop to take photos. It really brought back a lot of our childhood memories with things such as old-school telephones, ancient record players, classic magazine covers, and even retro sewing machines cleverly repurposed as dining tables.

We then went up to level 2 of the shop and there was a mock-up living room in a corner that further triggered more of our memories of the 80s.

How many of you have actually sat on these chairs (below) when you were young and kena "kiap" by them? Haha.....painful......