People from Sumatra, Singapore or Malaysia may raise their eyebrows after hearing that an Indonesian restaurateur has the intellectual rights to the word kopitiam.
Kopitiam, a generic word for a coffee stall, is a legacy of the Peranakan Cina, or Chinese who migrated to Malay-speaking lands.
In terms of gourmands, the word is a portmanteau of kopi, which means coffee in Malay, and tiam, which is Hokkien Chinese for shop or stall.
(Source: The Jakarta Post)