Without a doubt, other than chow Ah Bengs like Tan Kar Leng, the greatest thing out of Klang is the bak kut teh. The delicious herbal soup with pork, mushroom, tofu, and some vege that goes so well with rice and yau char kuai (油炸鬼). At least that is what most of you noobs are familiar with. Enter the “dry” version.
Restaurant Lai Choon Bak Kut Teh, always packed
Dry Bak Kut Teh is a rather recent phenomenon. The biggest difference is, obviously, the lack of the herbal soup in the claypot. The ingredient is also stripped to the basic, basically just pork and some vege (more for the color contrast than anything else,) simmering in the claypot with the sauce that looks alot like dark soya plus diced garlic and chili. The soup that made so many addicts out of us is not totally lost, but rather served seperatedly, usually in a bowl.
as usual, we finished everything and left the cleaning lady with little to do
We ordered 2 claypots of 2-portion dried Bak Kut Teh for the four of us. The meat was great, tender and full of flavor from the “dry” sauce. However, I would suggest an order of a claypot of dry and original Bak Kut Teh each so that you get some variations, the dry bak kut teh does overwhelm the taste bud after a while due to it’s concentrated sauce, and the accompanying soup might not be enough.
Give it a try, I’m sure you’ll like it. This particular restaurant is somewhere behind Klang Parade. However, my geographical sense of Klang is so bad I don’t want to draw a map that confuses everyone, including myself. hehe. Cheers!
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By kaixiang on Feb 17, 2006 | Reply
hey! wat a coincidence,i was around klang parade last night mamak-ing
By spiller on Feb 17, 2006 | Reply
the soup can refill ah? one bowl not enough leh.
KY: yeah, definately
By Reta on Feb 17, 2006 | Reply
i love BKT!
By BlueGal on Feb 18, 2006 | Reply
come to klang never call me..
By LoveReta on Feb 18, 2006 | Reply
i love Reta!
By VSdGgrain on Feb 19, 2006 | Reply
Nice post. I love BKT too but i find that Klang BKT is quite overrated. You can get much better ones at Pj State and also Sea Park (opp DUMC church). Keep on posting dude.
By foodcrazee on Feb 19, 2006 | Reply
cipet ! never reply my sms……go bkt in Klang also never call….diu
VSdGgrain - hahahaha! depending on taste bud lar
By boo_licious on Feb 19, 2006 | Reply
I was talking to my mum abt the dry bak kut teh - she said it’s been around for ages as they call it hong bak. Sounds great and Klang Parade is pretty easy to find. Must give this a try. Thanks for the recommendation, KY.
By Reta on Feb 20, 2006 | Reply
wtf…..
By Shireen K on Feb 21, 2006 | Reply
no map?
By jess aka sweetjess on Jun 28, 2006 | Reply
i missss bAk KuT TEh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By Evy on Mar 30, 2007 | Reply
Great! I love Bak Kut Teh… I was thinking of going to have a great breakfast on this Wednesday…. but… I don’t know how can i get there…. sure sesat…
By billy on Sep 19, 2007 | Reply
u all try to eat klang bak kut teh at ming tien.it very very very nice man and the pepper soup also very nice.ming tien food courd at taman megah.it open at 12.00pm to 3.00 am.