Is this the same shop that...

used to be located in one of the coffee shops located along 'Beach Road'? One of my favorite herbal 'Bak Kut Teh' in Singapore? And there's only one way to find out...

I was comparing the photos that was taken at the place located along 'Beach Road' and this place and they look pretty similar. However, looks can be pretty deceiving, the most important part would be the overall taste of the dish. :P

'Bak Kut Teh'(肉骨茶) The magical touch of the indulging great taste of the herbal 'Bak Kut Teh' do exist in this pot of boiling soup. Topped with a bit of vegetables and loaded with lots of 'Pork Ribs', this interesting pot of 'Bak Kut Teh' still has it's magical touch. Not only the taste still remains to be pretty good, the fat and juicy 'Pork Ribs' are a big (+) too. The best part would be the point where you can still go for endless round of refills of the delicious herbal soup. However, pretty much similar to the stall along 'Beach Road', I only go for an extra round of soup and my whole body is actually burning up.

So where can you give the 'Herbal Soup' a good try again?

The name of this stall would be 'Leong Kee (Klang) Bak Kut Teh'(梁记（巴生）肉骨茶). It's located inside one of the coffee shops located along 'Geylang Road'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  Daily: 11:00 - 25:00

* Click here for the location of the coffee shop located along 'Geylang Road' on
  'Google Maps'.
^ Click here to find out more about the previous stall located along 'Beach Road'.

Delicacy that is dying out...

I was thinking of going to Beach Road the other day to spend a bit of money and give the delicious 'Herbal Bak Kut Teh' a try. However, it seems that they have wind up their shop and I have to look for a new alternative again... =.=

After you have gotten yourself a table & seat and once you have placed your orders, the workers over here will be placing 2 baskets of chilli on your table. Basically there's the bigger sliced chillies and the smaller ones, or more commonly known as 'Chilli Padi'. Well, you can go ahead and do a bit of D.I.Y too. Since there's both the light and dark 'Soy Sauce' too, hence you can mix and match your favorite plate of chilli.

On my 1st visit, I have gone ahead placing an order for this and a bowl of white rice. I will skip the bowl of white rice and move on to the main dish, which is...

'Special Claypot Bak Kut Teh'(狀元瓦煲肉骨茶) This is indeed pretty special. For a start ingredients like 'Black Fungus', 'Mushrooms', 'Baby Corn', 'Fried Beancurd Skin', 'Pork Ribs', 'Pork Liver', 'Pork Stomach' and also a bit of 'greens'. Just the variety of ingredients that was given, it's already worth a big (+). Not only it's served warm, the nutritious and tasty soup is worth another (+). Best of all, the taste of the soup have blend into all the ingredients nicely, which enhances the overall taste of each and every ingredient. And here comes another good reason for big eaters to patron this place. You can top up the pot of soup endless time. And in fact, the taste for the top ups are as good as the initial serving, which comes with a nice herbal taste, which is a (+). In fact the taste of the 'Bak Kut Teh' is so good that...

I went back to the same place the following week after the 1st visit. But rather than going for the same stuff again, I decided to place an order for a bowl of 'Yam Rice' instead.

'Yam Rice'(芋頭飯) The 'Yam Rice' over here are pretty good too. It comes with chunks of 'Yam' and 'dried shrimps' were also thrown in throughout the process of making a big pot of 'Yam Rice', in order to enhance the overall taste of the 'Yam Rice' even further. When I was digging into this bowl of 'Yam Rice', the fragrance that comes with it is a (+) too. In fact when they open up the rice cooker that contains the 'Yam Rice', there's this tempting smell floating in the air... Yummy. With this delicious option around, I don't think I will be touching a bowl of white rice again.

Here's a copy of the bill. It can give you a better idea of the food/dishes that they are making and preparing over here. By the way, they also have the 'Cze Char' dishes on the menu too. So in case you are having dinner in a big group, you can always order a few dishes and share them among yourself.

The name of this place would be 'Sin Heng Claypot Bak Koot Teh'(新興瓦煲肉骨茶). It's located along 'Joo Chiat Road', the part that is located near '112 Katong Shopping Mall'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  Tuesdays - Saturdays: 07:30 - 04:00
  Sundays: 07:30 - 01:00
  (Closed on Mondays)

* Click here for the location of 'Sin Heng Claypot Bak Koot Teh'(新興瓦煲肉骨茶) on
  Google Maps.
^ Click here for the list of delicacies that you can find and get near the 'Joo Chiat' district.

Crocodile Brand

Crocodile, what can we do with it? Well, the first thing that comes to your mind would most likely be the leather goods, but that isn't everything. What interest me would be the meat... Whahahahaha

'Crocodile Bak Kut Teh'(鳄鱼肉骨茶)
Looks pretty decent, which kinda took me by surprise. If I didn't place the
order myself, I wouldn't have realise the fact that this is a 'Crocodile
Bak Kut Teh' set, since the appearance looks pretty much similar to a normal
'Bak Kut Teh' set. (Hmmmm... I wonder am I expecting something funky?)

But as you start digging into the ingredients of the soup, things will
start to look more and more funky. :P Just for the meat that I'm getting,
besides for the body, I think that I'm getting one of the feet too. Just
by looking at the shape of it, simply explains everything. Taste wise, I
myself thinks that the crocodile meat is pretty much similar to pork. It's
pretty tender and chewy like pork meat, but probably due to the
overpowering herbal soup that comes with it, therefore I can't really
figure out the taste that comes with the meat. Probably I should go for
the other type of soup the next time round. Anyway if you cannot take
pork for some reason, you probably can give this a try. Trust me it's
a pretty good substitute for pork meat. (I'm not referring to the taste
of the meat only. The nutrition value of Crocodile meat seems to be
much more higher too. :D)

So where can you give Crocodile meat a try?

The name of the stall would be 'Crocodile Kingdom'(鳄鱼大王).
It's located inside 'Old Airport Road Food Centre'.

Notes:

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

* Click here for the list of delicacies that you can get in 'Old Airport Road Food Centre'.
^ Click here for the location of "Old Airport Road Food Centre" on Google Maps.

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.

Rare kind of soup in Singapore

Probably I am not observant enough but it seems that the number of stalls that continues to make the following kind of soup is getting lesser and lesser. On top of the fact of it becoming lesser, the number of stalls that serve that delicious bowl of soup had greatly decrease in numbers. But, eventually I managed to find one of the better ones... Introducing...

Mutton Soup One nice thing about the Mutton Soup that I had shown in the above, there isn't a strong pepperish taste in the soup. On top of that, the taste of the Mutton Soup is as strong as the 'Bak Kut Teh(肉骨茶)' that was served by 'Leong Kee (Klang) Bak Kut Teh(梁记（巴生）肉骨茶)', which was introduced in this blog a few weeks back. Trust me these were delicacies that one should only be eating once in a while. (I don't think you want to get Nose Bleeding every now and then right. :P) Besides for the taste, there isn't a lot of bones in a bowl of Mutton Soup which ties in with the concept of a bowl of soup very well. :D

The above would be a photo of the menu of the place.
Doesn't it look interesting? You can actually order a bowl of Mutton Soup that contains the Tripe(羊肚) or Tendon(羊脚筋) or even the Brain(羊脑) of a Lamb. Whahahahaha~~~~

So what is the stall behind this delicacy?

This would be the store behind the above delicacy.
The name of the stall would be 'Hougang Jing Jia Mutton Soup'.
It's located at Changi Village.

* Click here for some other delicacies that can be found at Changi Village.
^ Click here for more information on the 'Bak Kut Teh(肉骨茶)' stall that I had mentioned
  in this post.

A Common White doesn't mean its better than a Rare Black (Closed)

A few weeks ago, I have written about carrot cakes in Singapore. When I was given a choice to choose between a black coloured or a white coloured of a same dish, I will usually choose the white one.

The reason behind my choice would probably be due to...

• the fact that I want to taste original taste of the dish, without adding pepper, soya sauce, etc
• health cautious... (I know this is kinda =="", but there are a lot more dishes I wanted to try before the end of the world :P)

But there are also times where the Common White can lose out to the Rare Black in terms of the taste and this would probably be one of the best example.

As usual, food comes first.

Nowadays in Singapore, when you step into a 'Bak Kut Teh(肉骨茶)' store, chances that you will be getting a bowl of 'Bak Kut Teh(肉骨茶)' with a White Coloured bowl of soup would probably be pretty high. But hey, take a look at the bowl of 'Bak Kut Teh(肉骨茶)' in the above, it's actually serving a bowl of 'Bak Kut Teh(肉骨茶)' with Black Coloured Soup. Isn't it a pretty rare sight to you?

Let us take a closer look at this bowl of 'Bak Kut Teh(肉骨茶)'. Besides for the 'Bak Kut(肉骨)' which is a must in a bowl of 'Bak Kut Teh(肉骨茶)', 'Tau Pok' and vegetables were also given in a bowl of 'Bak Kut Teh(肉骨茶)'. What I like most about this bowl of 'Bak Kut Teh(肉骨茶)' would be the herbal soup and generous pieces of 'Bak Kut(肉骨)' that was given in a bowl of 'Bak Kut Teh(肉骨茶)'. Although the soup was pretty tasty, I don't encourage you to go for too many rounds of the same soup as it might be too heaty for your body. As for the 'Bak Kut(肉骨)', the meat were fat and juicy. Unlike some of the 'Bak Kut Teh(肉骨茶)' stalls that I had tried, the stall owners were pretty generous with the amount of 'Bak Kut(肉骨)' that was included in each and every one bowl of 'Bak Kut Teh(肉骨茶)'. :D

In comparison between this place and many other places, I think that this place had a larger variety of dishes. Just for the 'Bak Kut Teh(肉骨茶)' alone, there's already an variety to choose from. There's the usual 'Bak Kut(肉骨)' or Pork Ribs, Pig tail, Pig intestine, etc. They also have side dishes like salted vegetables, stewed egg, stewed intestines, etc.

So what is the stall behind all these delicacies?

The name of the stall would be 'Leong Kee (Klang) Bak Kut Teh(梁记（巴生）肉骨茶)'.
If I'm not mistaken, they are closed in the afternoons and they are open for business from late afternoons onwards.

* Click here for the location of 'Leong Kee (Klang) Bak Kut Teh(梁记（巴生）肉骨茶)'.

Bak Kut Teh（肉骨茶） - An old time favourite

I have been living in the area pretty close to Tiong Bahru for the past 20+ years. There were a lot of Bak Kut Teh store located in this area. If I'm not mistaken, there were more than 10 Bak Kut Teh stores within a walking distance of 30 minutes. Hence, I decided to pay a visit to one of the stores which is...

Ya Hua Bak Kut Teh（亞華肉骨茶）

Ya Hwa Bak Kut Teh and some other dishes
Peanuts（花生） Preserved Vegetables（梅菜） and Youtiao（油条）	Ya Hua Bak Kut Teh（亞華肉骨茶）

Although, Bak Kut Teh in Singapore is slightly a bit costly, but after tasting and trying numerous Bak Kut Teh stores in Singapore, this is one of the better ones. The service provided by the place is considerably good as compared to the other Bak Kut Teh stores. For example, the waitress would top up the soup of the Bak Kut Teh automatically, topping up of the soup is free and the best part is the Bak Kut given in each bowl of Bak Kut Teh was fantastic. Even though the soup had a lot of pepper in it, I still managed to empty the soup of the Bak Kut Teh a few times.

Click here for the location of Ya Hua Bak Kut Teh.