Way back in 2005, just a few months after starting this blog, I ran out of things to write. Ideas came in, and the first one that I considered was to actually specialized on all things bak kut teh.
That idea was of course, a little too limiting, but it was the seed that eventually spawn this humble food blog. So there you go, a little bit of background that you most likely don’t care on a Friday. 😀
Friendship Bak Kut Teh, with pork tripe soup, braised pork knuckle
Anyway, bak kut teh remains one of my favorite Malaysian Chinese food. Today, I shall introduce this particular unassuming bak kut teh stall at Cheras that was one of Haze‘s regular dinner spots.
The bak kut teh stall is situated just a stone’s throw away from the biggest intersection in Cheras. Other than bak kut teh, the friendly female owner serves up really pork tripe soup that has a pretty good kick too.
clay pot bak kut teh with enoki mushroom
The bak kut teh comes with all the usual ingredients – pork, fatty pork, liver, intestine, stomach, and like a lot of the more modern outlets – enoki mushroom too. While I can’t say that the soup is the best I’ve had, it quite decent, and I do like the extra spicy chili padi they serve.
If you eat here, make sure you order yau char kwai though. The lady source this from her ex husband and it’s really one of the best yau char kwai I’ve had with bak kut teh. Like a lot of places, you get to choose from oily or normal steamed rice.
KY and Haze, late night bak kut teh dinner
While strictly speaking, this isn’t the best tasting bak kut teh, I do love going there for it’s ambiance and the warm and fuzzy feeling the owner always exude. The pork tripe soup and of course, the yau char kwai give more than good enough reasons to visit there too. (have yet to try the braised pork knuckle yet).
Friendship bak kut teh is open from evening till about 1am.
Address:
Friendship Bak Kut Teh
45, jalan 3/101c
Cheras Business Centre,
56100 Kuala Lumpur
GPS: 3.099368, 101.738816
hungry….not yet lunch time…pork~ 😳
i’m hungers nowwww
Now I feel like eating BKT for lunch today haha!
hahah me too but don’t have such luxury at KLCC gahh
I tried the food once, take-away affair. The food is mediocre to be frank.
The soup is too clear for my liking, tasteless even.
The meat, well, the lady shouldnt sell bah-kut-teh. She keeps the best part and gives you the worse. I ordered pig tail and she cuts the fat back-side part and tip for me and keeps the rest (the better part). Whatever for, beats me, maybe for her own consumption. The stripe is tough, dry and rubbery like.
Surprised me to see this stall reviewed in your blog, it should be guttered.
weird, cos my experience wasn’t at all the same as yours. but I do agree it’s not the best bak kut teh, i love their yau char kwai and pork tripe soup more.
hmmm.. the BKT soup looked mediocre only.. I wonder how it will fare in taste?..
neways, I found a place for Mutton kut teh!!! IT”S very very very very de nice! Email me me if want info 🙂
oOoo where is the mutton bkt? halal?
What’s halal got to do with it? it doesnt matter, you ate BKT. silly question, lol
Oh… I think I know where this place is 🙂 I have my haircut at Zex nearby
hahaha small world huh?
What’s your fav type of BKT? The herbal soup ala KL style, or the thick sauce ala Klang?
I like all kind! everything!
Meeps. Best KL style BKT? My fav one at the coffeeshop facing the mamak near the Tmn Bahagia LRT station not so nice d 🙁
ooo that one at night? I used to like it but haven’t had it for eons.
Yea, that’s the one. Was my fav for quite some time (so near my then-home somore) but after they moved out for a bit and back again, the taste just isn’t the same anymore 🙁
Looking (well, not really la) for a good KL Style BKT to replace it. The one facing the LDP (same row as Yat Yeh Hing) is too salty for my taste.
BKT should always be eaten with oily rice. 🙂
hahah yeah, but sometimes I go with white rice to get more taste of the soup to the rice too
whats pork tripe soup? isit the clear peppery soup with all kinds of pork parts in it? 😀
with only tripes! (stomach)
Reading this at 6am in the morning is such bad timing.
Michelle,
the beauty of BKT is that you can have it anytime
wao ur drawing skill is getting better! The bak kut teh is best when the “xiang chai” is mixed into the soup 😀 But I don like pork T.T
Vicky,
hahaha thanks. and actually now i found out that I’m actually slightly allergic to “xiang chai”, cilantro T_T
got to learn how to cook BKT in australia!
Joe,
good luck
Erm i used to dine here too but now vy seldom liow…Perhap will go try again..
Cindy,
do it, why wait? 😀
you’re like specialising in everything pork!
eiling,
and you specialise in everything datin! 😛
Never really tried this BKT before despite it’s very near my friend’s place. There’s also the famous Chee Cheong Fun in front of the 7 Eleven there as well…
JD,
oOo interesting, will remember that next time. 😀
Yea… The Chee Cheong Fun in front of 7-11 is quite famous. The curry is not bad. But they increase their prices very often =(
I’m your friend hor? Take me go la… 😉
Sue Lynn,
I think this place won’t hold up to ur lofty standard. :p
This place is just walking distance from my home in KL! But I have never try it before. Will give it a try next time… I miss bakuteh!!! XD
Jacqueline,
oOo small world 😀