Tourists usually only known to Singapore by chilli crab, Hainanese chicken rice, porridge of frog, and so on, they do not know about Bak Kut Teh, one of the famous pork rib soupsr.
Bak Kut Teh means tea of rib meat; it had from the 19th century and is considered as a food of the Chinese workers of the provinces Guangdong and Sichuan bring to Singapore. Many people told that you must eat this dish to understand why it is tasty.
Bak Kut Teh includes pork rib meat is stewed in a special broth made from herb and spices. The use of clove, cinnamon, anise, cumin and coriander in this dish represents the diverse in cultural influences of Singapore. The dish is improved to increase power for the undernourished meager meals of porters in ancient times and it is favorited by locals and tourists, as well as the stars and international officials.
However, dark color soup with many flavors and spices is only one of two cooking types of dish bak kut teh. If you like a soup with less than herbs, surely you will love the second type of processing - soup with translucent water and having pepper. A bowl of Bak kut teh is often accompanied by pork ribs, vegetables and ky tofu braised; all make for an affordable dish, good for healthy and can be eaten at any time of the day, but the most common is for breakfast.
These various types of processing of this popular dish reflects the way children of immigrants from all different regions of China applied and changed bak kut teh dish to suit their tastes. While Guangdong people like to eat soup with many flavors, so they tend to add more herbs to the dish, the Fujian people prefer salty foods, so they often add soy sauce to dye color for their bak kut teh dish.
You may find some famous bak kut teh restaurants in Balestier (Bak Kut Teh Founder, number 347 Balestier Road), road Rangoon Road (Ng Ah Sio Pork Ribs Eating House, No. 8 Road Rangoon) and Joo Chiat Road (Sin Heng Teh Bak Koot, Joo Chiat road No. 439) and served all day. You can eat with rice or noodles and the most common is to eat with you tiao.
Bak kut teh is very popular in Singapore today; nowadays, this is the taste for kinds of instant noodles and they even have the set of ingredients to homemade cook with a ready-made soup packages. This is an ideal gift of culinary when travelling to Singapore
Bak Kut Teh means tea of rib meat; it had from the 19th century and is considered as a food of the Chinese workers of the provinces Guangdong and Sichuan bring to Singapore. Many people told that you must eat this dish to understand why it is tasty.
Bak Kut Teh includes pork rib meat is stewed in a special broth made from herb and spices. The use of clove, cinnamon, anise, cumin and coriander in this dish represents the diverse in cultural influences of Singapore. The dish is improved to increase power for the undernourished meager meals of porters in ancient times and it is favorited by locals and tourists, as well as the stars and international officials.
However, dark color soup with many flavors and spices is only one of two cooking types of dish bak kut teh. If you like a soup with less than herbs, surely you will love the second type of processing - soup with translucent water and having pepper. A bowl of Bak kut teh is often accompanied by pork ribs, vegetables and ky tofu braised; all make for an affordable dish, good for healthy and can be eaten at any time of the day, but the most common is for breakfast.
These various types of processing of this popular dish reflects the way children of immigrants from all different regions of China applied and changed bak kut teh dish to suit their tastes. While Guangdong people like to eat soup with many flavors, so they tend to add more herbs to the dish, the Fujian people prefer salty foods, so they often add soy sauce to dye color for their bak kut teh dish.
You may find some famous bak kut teh restaurants in Balestier (Bak Kut Teh Founder, number 347 Balestier Road), road Rangoon Road (Ng Ah Sio Pork Ribs Eating House, No. 8 Road Rangoon) and Joo Chiat Road (Sin Heng Teh Bak Koot, Joo Chiat road No. 439) and served all day. You can eat with rice or noodles and the most common is to eat with you tiao.
Bak kut teh is very popular in Singapore today; nowadays, this is the taste for kinds of instant noodles and they even have the set of ingredients to homemade cook with a ready-made soup packages. This is an ideal gift of culinary when travelling to Singapore
