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Lim preparing the coal-fired oven at Hiap Joo Bakery and Biscuit Factory at Jalan Tan Hiok Nee. BUSINESS at the two remaining old-fashioned bakeries in the older part of Johor Baru city has plummeted because of the Covid-19 pandemic and movement control order. Century-old Hiap Joo Bakery & Biscuit Factory’s famous banana cakes, which are baked in a coal-fired oven, are popular with the locals and Singaporeans. Usually, there is a long queue by 11am daily for the cakes at the bakery located in Jalan Tan Hiok Nee. “But not these days, the line only lasts for about five minutes, ” said Lim Toh Shin, 41, who manages the outlet’s operations. ....