Loong Kee (BKT) @ Bayu Tinggi, Klang

I am always in search of new Bak Kut Teh (BKT) in the city and tonight the search ended up at BKT central, which is Klang. Babe wanted to have BKT for dinner and she mentioned that there are a lot of new BKT and also other seafood restaurants being setup at Bayu Tinggi. So we drove over and roamed around the area and decided to try this particular restaurant as it offers string tied BKT. What's so good bout it? To be frank, I don't know. But just stick around and read on if you are a BKT enthusiast like me. 

First on the list would be their soup BKT which has the usual ingredients like Foo Chuk, Veges, Mushrooms and I had particularly ordered for half lean half fat for both the pot and that is what I got. As we go through the pot we discovered that there are a pair of chicken feet. Yup, you heard me right, chicken feet. This is the first time I saw any chicken parts in my BKT. Babe told me that chicken feet are sometimes served together at some old stalls as it's very old school style. If you like thick dark soy sauce soup, then this is your bowl of soup. Not much herbal taste but just original Klang style thick soy sauce soup. Well I can live with that. 

I had ordered the pork with the tied string on my dry BKT. But when it arrived, I don't see any pork with tie on them anywhere. I guess it's already untied before serving for convenience sake. So how is the dish? Damn this is one good dry BKT. Been a while since I had a good dry BKT. There's lots of lady finger, dried chilies, fried sliced squid and if you see carefully you noticed there's some peanut in the pot. Yes, peanut. Damn this place served some really interesting BKT. But it's good. The pork are a bit minced but it's really tender and don't stick to the teeth. Soy sauce is thick and smells really good. Portion was a bit small but it worth it. 

As usual, all meat and no green is not my policy. So I had ordered a plate of veges to go with the BKT. Veges is fresh and not too oily. Just nice. Nothing spectacular to say bout it but simple & nice. 

The whole meal only cost us RM27 inclusive of two glass of self-cooked Chrysanthemum tea. Will definitely bring some friends and family over to try it out again. Other than BKT, they also served steamed fish and also bean curd. Will try out the steamed fish but I don't really fancy steamed fish with my BKT together. (Rating: 4.3 out of 5.0)

Yap Eng Bak Kut Teh @ Taman Sentosa, Klang

Finally I had managed to blog about this restaurant. What's so special? Well this is where it all started or from what I heard. The Dry Bak Kut Teh from Klang. Location, Taman Sentosa. Name, Yap Eng. Everyone who is a BKT lover should have heard about this place. This is the best dry BKT I had in years. Many had come near, Yip Weng in Bandar Puteri, Zheng Jia in Pusat Bandar Puchong or even Yap Chuan in Bukit Raja. But the best still comes down to this place. Had my first years ago and fell in love with their dry BKT.

When I arrived, the place was packed and we didn't have any table to seat. Well rather the place was short handed and we need to wait for them to clear the table for us. Order took around 10 minutes to arrive but it was worth it. There were only one main cook who does all the cooking on the dry bak kut teh.

 Dry Bak Kut Teh

This is their famous Dry BKT which everyone was waiting for. I had ordered for 2 pax as I know any smaller won't be enough for my craving. Fyi, you can't request for the type of pork as they will just serve you whatever they have. I like my pork to be half lean and half fat and this was alright. I was a bit disappointed this time around as the taste wasn't that strong compared to the one I had previously but still it's very delicious. I think I finished off the whole pot myself that day. Yes, it was that good.

 

Wet Bak Ku Teh

Babe wanted some traditional BKT as she's not so into the dry like me. Ordered the pot with everything in it including Enoki mushroom.Scent isn't that strong compared to the one I had over at Yap Chuan or Yip Weng but still the pork are really soft and tender. Didn't ordered any vegetable that day as we were really full after the whole pork meal.

When we left, the place was still pack. A bit hot that afternoon but it's all worth it. Saw some cars with Singapore license plates too while I am leaving. Other than BKT, they do serve steamed bean curd, vegetables and otak-otak like any other BKT restaurant. So for those who never tried this place before, do make a trip down Klang and decide for yourself if it's that good. (Rating: 4.5 out of 5.0)

CA Food Enterprise @ Sunway Mentari

I heard of Johor style Bak Kut Teh before in some TV shows previously but didn't had the chance to try it out. I had traveled down South for so many times and didn't once I had BKT over there. So funny that my first taste would be in Sunway. It's a new restaurant located at Sunway Mentari. This place is serving Johor style BKT which was recommended by my ex-colleague. It's lucky that me and my ex-colleagues had a lot in common in term of food.

Bak Kut Teh with Everything - RM8/pax

There were 10 of us so we had ordered 2 pots of this BKT. The soup as you can see is quite clear compared to the one we normally had over here. The one we had over here had strong thick soy sauce taste whereas theirs are more lighter and the taste is more strong but towards herbal side. The ribs are soft and the lean and fat layer of pork are very tender.

Lettuce - RM8/Large Plate

We had ordered some vegetable to go with the pork. As usual, some fried onions on top and soy sauce to add some taste.

Rice Wine Chicken - RM 8.50/small or RM 11.50/large

This is one of their famous dish over here. It's their Rice Wine Chicken. The ladies like this pot of chicken a lot. The chicken are really tender and get this, it's soft and juicy too. It's really rare to have such soft and tender chicken cooked in rice wine. Definitely a recommended dish.

Sesame Chicken - RM 8/small or RM 11/large

This is the second famous dish from their restaurant. This is my personal favorite too. The sesame sauce is smell so good and the chicken again is so tender and soft. The sauce isn't that thick that the sauce hides the taste of the chicken. But it's just right. This has got to be my favorite dish of the day.

Steamed Fish Head in Garlic - RM 18/small or RM20/large

I know it's weird to see these kind of dishes in a Bak Kut Teh restaurant but heck, it's nice eating something else other than pork. This fish head isn't that large but the garlic are plenty and get this, it's not that spicy as it looks. But the taste of garlic is really strong. Wondering if it's from the famous Bukit Tinggi hills. It was just alright for me as I am not so into fish head anyway.

The aftermath.

One thing we don't like bout the place was the size of the pot which the tea are being served. It's so darn small. They don't cater for large crowd maybe. So we need to order 2 pots of tea for the 10 of us. Other than that, it's alright. Service are considered good but again I think they should hire more workers in the future when the crowds are getting more.

This is where the Bak Kut Teh is being prepared and also the rice wine chicken. Still using the traditional charcoal, slow but the dish taste damn nice.

The place is still new so I think it needs time for people to get to know bout it. The total damage for the lunch come close to RM110 if I remembered it correctly. Please be reminded that we ordered 2 sets each of the dishes above (except the chicken). Sad thing is that, they don't serve dry Bak Kut Teh but they had compensated that with their Sesame Chicken which is really good. Definitely bringing my family over to have a taste of this restaurant during the weekends. (Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0)

Address: No.8, Jalan PJS 8/18,
Dataran Mentari,
Bandar Sunway,
46150 Petaling Jaya
Contact: Allan Phang @ 012-214 1433

Restaurant Yip Weng @ Bandar Puteri (3rd Branch)

I was going over to Thirty Two Bistro last Friday night and I happened to noticed that there was a new restaurant which catch my attention. Restaurant Bak Kut Teh Klang Yip Weng. Yip Weng's BKT could be one of the best I had ever had. I am so into their dry BKT and I heard that they served one of the first of it's kind too. I had ordered their set meal which is for 2 ~ 3 pax. It consists of one bowl of dry & wet BKT, vegetable, golden mushroom and two glasses of Chinese tea. The whole set cost RM25.

I doesn't have high hope on the wet BKT as I am very fussy of the taste and scent of the soup. I was really taken aback when I sipped in the soup. It was really thick and the taste of herbs was really strong, just the way I like it. The pork was tender and I had ordered half lean half fat for both the bowl.

This is the main dish or the one which I am waiting for. I really have high hope for their Dry BKT. As their branch at Taman Sentose served the best Dry BKT I had ever had. And it didn't disappoint me at all. There were a lot of sliced lady finger and fried squids in it which is very appetizing. Portion was really generous which I was really surprised. One word, superb. Really on par with the one from Taman Sentosa.

I am not sure why they separate the golden mushroom with the main bowl, but anyway it come with the menu. It's soft and plenty too.

They have a few choices of vegetable to order and I had choose their Yau Mak. My gosh, the portion was really large. The vegetable was fresh and there were a lot of onions on top which I really love.

The place had just opened for operation for two weeks and customers had already been pouring in. For a location which is still new and the amount of traffic over the location, business was really good. I'd just realized that they have another branch in Kepong and PJ but didn't managed to know where is the exact location though. This is definitely one of the best BKT I had to date. So in the future, I don't have to drive all the way down Sentosa for a good bowl of BKT. (Rating: 4.5 out of 5.0)

Address:
No.37-G, Jalan Puteri 2/3,
Bandar Puteri, 47100 Puchong,
Selangor
Contact: Lim Soon Hoe (012-288 1567)

Oriental Craving @ 1Utama

Was walking around 1Utama with my brother's family when we decided to eat at Oriental Craving. This had got to be one of my brother's favourite restaurant in 1U. It's located at the same floor as Lacoste and Ralph Lauren.

There is a lot of old pictures hanged on the wall which gave you a feel of nostalgic. The ambiance is really nice and quiet as it is located at the furthers corner of the building.

Pork Curry with Steamed Rice. It's recommended by my brother and you have to ask if they have it as they don't have it everyday. Basically it's nasi lemak with pork curry. Pork curry was nice and the peanuts and anchovies is still crispy. Other then the curry it's just a normal nasi lemak.

Claypot Loh Shee Fun cooked with minced pork and diced musroom. Sadly to see that the fresh egg was not intact when they brought it over that time. But it's one of the better dish over there. It's not as good as Mama Claypot @ TTDI but still a decent good pot of loh shee fun.

Rice Wine Chicken Mee Sua. The dish availability is based on the availability of the homemade wine. So better ask if you want to order this dish. There is a lot of ingrediets in the soup which consists of chicken, omelette, musroom and vegetables. The amount of chicken was really generous and the scent and taste of the rice wine was really strong. Must try for wine lover.

Claypot Emperor Noodle. It's basically emperor noodle cooked with prawns, squid, pork slices, button mushroom, dried Chinese mushroom, Chinese cabbage and egg. Well to me it's Ying Yong with Emperor Noodle. I am not a Cantonese style lover so not much I couldn't say bout this dish.

Overall our lunch was nice and the service is good too. You should know by now that the place served non-halal food and it's not easy to find a non-halal restaurant inside 1Utama. So if you're looking for lard cook dishes, you can have a try over at Oriental Craving. The whole meal cost us RM60++ inclusive of 3 glasses of Chinese tea. Rating: 3.8 out of 5.0

A.T Seafoof Bak Kut Teh Restaurant

We heard a lot of Bak Kut Teh in our time, but seafood BKT was new for me. MD had recommended the place to me not long ago. So finally we had decided to try this place out today. The name of the restaurant is A.T Seafood Bak Kut Teh Restaurant. Like the name says, it's famous for their seafood BKT. And it's not the normal fish ball and paste added into the BKT but more.

We had ordered Pu Er for our drink. Yes, I am a Pu Er type of guy. Can't eat my BKT without a good cup of Pu Er.

For starter I had ordered a Dry Bak Kut Teh which I really like. From my previous posts, you should know that I prefer dry than wet. So this, I must try. And it doesn't disappoint me Well at least it's up to what I expect from a big restaurant like this. But not as good as Yap Chuan at Sentosa though. But still a good dry BKT. But a bit little on the portion and too much MSG or some sort powdery stuff on it.

So here comes the main dish. The seafood BKT. It consists of Sea Cucumber (RM10/100g), White Promfret (market price), Prawns (market price), Lala (RM10/set) and Fish ball (RM5/set). We asked for the soup to be spicy and they had added garlics and also dried chillies inside. The taste was really different from the normal BKT soup I'd tried before. It's thick with a mixture of seafood flavour and a tit of spice too. The portion was really large for both of us. But we managed to finished it except the fish balls. Abalone (RM38/each) are available if you wanted to add in.

The place is partition to two, air condition and non. Spacious and bright. Service is good and fast. Table is clean and also neat. Maybe it's during lunch time and not that busy so the service is better? But the place was half full when we arrived. Business was quite good I may add. You won't believe what is the damage for the lunch. My most expensive BKT meal to date, RM 85 inclusive of drinks (RM5/pack). Yup, our eyes rolled when we saw the bill. It's the sea cucumber I think. But it was really a full meal. Rating: 3.8 out of 5.0

Restaurant Bak kut Teh Yap Chuan - Bkt Raja

It's a Friday and we all know what that means. No it's not Friday Prayer's Day. It's 2 hour lunch!!! Well that doesn't matter to me and MD as it's always Friday for us. haha~!!! So today we had decided to try out a Bak Kut Teh (BKT) place in Bukit Raja. Since today it's a Friday so we had invited a special guess, Carebear. Cool~!! Romiko joined in as she was around the area too. Sweet~!!!

The place is located opposite Windmill in Bukit Raja, which is the same row as Mayfair. It's a corner lot and the sign board is red so you can't really miss it. Parking is an arse. But I was lucky today and I got a parking near the restaurant on my first round. Lucky~!!!

So what did we ordered? Definitely Dry BKT. MD and me had decided to order 3 pax D-BKT and 2 pax Wet BKT. Trust me, we finished it all up and Romiko even had a second bowl of rice. The D-BKT is almost the same as the one in Tmn Sentosa but there's a lot of bones in it as we had ordered spare ribs mix together. I like the one with just the pork and nothing but the pork only. For the W-BKT, well not bad at all. Although I had almost given up on the W-BKT now days, but this shop did shed some hope back for me on W-BKT. Not bad at all. The soup is thick and nice. We didn't ordered spare parts as no one wanted it. So it's just the normal pork and tofu.

And not forgetting some green in our daily meal, we ordered a plate of Yau Mak. We had a long chat after the meal accompanied with my personal "Pu Er". The whole meal amounted to RM 54.50. Around RM14/head. Well not to say expensive I guess. (Rating : 4.0 out of 5.0)

PS : And why is it so weird eating my rice with thick soya sauce???!! or dipping it inside my chillies and garlic??!!!

Restaurant Zheng Jia (Bak Kut Teh) - Bandar Puchong Jaya

Me and my two colleagues (Calvin & Hor) are deciding where to eat and Hor decided to eat Bak Kut Teh and I had suggested our old place, Zheng Jia @ Bdr Puchong Jaya. Well why you may ask for me to specifically suggested this place? For my close makan kaki, they will know that I am so into dry BKT rather than wet. So this place served one of the best dry BKT. Well other than the one in Sentosa that is. haha~ Anyway, we had ordered 3 pax size for the dry and 2 pax for the wet and also once dish of vegetable.

They also served normal oil rice and also their specialty rice. I had the normal rice but my colleague ordered the latter.

What’s so nice about their dried BKT you may ask? Well for one it’s very well cook and the gravy which consists of dried chillies and also dried fried calamari. It’s damn tasty. For those who are curious, you can always try this out. But make sure it’s authentic. Well the dry BKT came from Klang I guess. Not many places served dry type but this is how I eat it now days.

For the normal wet type, it’s was just alright. I didn’t taste much of it. As I was digging in the dry one. The vegetables was normal nothing much to brag about. So the only special thing is their dry BKT I guess. So go try it out. The damage was around RM 59.50 including tea and extra 3 rice. (Rating: 4.2 out of 5.0)

The address is :
No.121, Jalan Kenari 23,
Bandar Puchong Jaya.
I think they closed on every Monday.