Wednesday 25 April 2012

Pork Rib + Chinese angelica = ?

I love to go around eating and trying all sorts of delicacy. Therefore whenever I'm free during the weekends or after I knock off from work, I tend to keep a lookout for all sorts of delicacies. O.O (Eyes getting big big... :P) So back to my topic today, what do you get when you have a mixture of Pork Rib and the Chinese herb angelica? The answer would be...


'Bak Kut Teh', or more commonly known as Pork Rib Soup or Tea.
What makes this interesting was the fact that the owner was using the
Chinese herb angelica(当帰) as one of the key ingredients in making the
'Bak Kut Teh' soup. If I'm not mistaken I was blogging about the fact
that most of the 'Bak Kut Teh' soup in Singapore are mostly white in
colour, and it's pretty difficult for you to find dark coloured
'Bak Kut Teh' soup nowadays. I should say that I'm pretty fortunate in
finding another stall selling dark coloured 'Bak Kut Teh' soup, which is
the one shown in the photo. So what makes this 'Bak Kut Teh' soup special?
Firstly, the herbal soup really taste of Chinese herbal and it doesn't
comes with a strong pepper taste. Secondly, most Chinese herbs are bitter
but when you mixed it with Pork Ribs, which is sweet, the taste of the
soup will ended up becoming neither too bitter nor too sweet. This is
perfect. :D Last but not least, the amount of 'Pork Rib' that was given
was pretty generous. By looking at the photo, you can easily identify the
amount of meat floating out of that bowl of 'Bak Kut Teh' Soup.


Although, I was alone, that doesn't stop me from giving the sides dishes
a try. Besides for the 'Bak Kut Teh', I have also placed an order for the
'You Tiao', or fried crullers, preserved vegetables, braised peanuts and
on top of all the items listed in the above, a plate of braised ingredients.
The extra plate of braised ingredients were pretty normal. The fresh 'You Tiao'
are pretty good and not too soft. The preserved vegetables and braised
peanuts are not 'over-cook'. 'Over-cook' here means that the owners doesn't
prepare a very big pot of ingredients everyday, probably they only prepare
an amount of ingredients that will only be sufficient for the day. So that,
we the consumers will only be getting fresh ingredients everyday.


The above shows a photo of my dinner that particular day. :D
(Dreaming of the exact moment of eating the 'Bak Kut Teh' again...)

But wait, before I started dreaming, when can you get the above delicacy?

The name of the stall would be 'Leon Kee Claypot Pork Rib Soup'.
It is located in 'A' village or 'Alexandra Village hawker centre'.

Note:
  • Operating Hours: 8am - 10pm (Closed on Wednesday)

* Click here for the map of 'Alexandra Village hawker centre'.
^ Click here for some other delicacies that can be found in 'A' village.

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