The man who put Teh in bak kut teh
by wani muthiah

VISIT any well-known bak kut teh outlet in Klang, and it’s likely to be run by a Lee.

This is because a man named Lee Boon Teh brought bak kut teh to Klang from Fujian, China in the 40s.

He had seven sons who had branched out to set up their own businesses, some of which are now being run by third generation Lees.

Lee set up his bak kut teh stall at an intersection between the Klang train station and the Klang South police station in 1945 to serve the early Chinese immigrants, many of whom had also come from Fujian.

The stall was moved into a nearby shop named Kedai Makanan Teck Teh about 50 years ago and is currently operated by one of his grandsons who has stayed true to the original recipe.

“I have not changed anything and have kept to the same spices and methods of cooking used by my grandfather,’’ said the reserved man, who wanted to be known as only Lee.


Lee’s stall was moved into a nearby shop named Kedai Makanan Teck Teh about 50 years ago.


The old signboard over the entrance is still there.

The shop is dilapidated and run down but it gets a steady flow of regular patrons from early morning until closing time at about 2pm.

Lee, who runs the business alone, said he is not keen on publicity because he worries he would not be able to manage if there were many new customers to his shop.

“My children are all graduates and not involved in the business. They have their own careers,’’ said the 58-year-old.

Although the dish, traditionally comprising various cuts of pork, slowly simmered in fragrant Chinese herbs, has been modified in many ways all over the nation as well as in Singapore over the years, it is only in Klang that you can get the real deal.

At Kedai Makanan Teck Teh, chunks of meat in herbal broth are served in porcelain bowls with a helping of plain white rice just as the founder had served the hardworking Chinese immigrants who came to build new lives in the then Malaya decades ago.

Bak kut teh enthusiast Lee Kew Peng whose family is also in the business, said when the dish was first brought to Klang from China, it was known merely as bak kut (pork bone).

“Since it was brought in by Lee Boon Teh, it was known as bak kut teh, meaning it was his dish.

“Over time, the Teh became part of the dish’s name,” said Kew Peng.

Kedai Makanan Teck Teh is located at Jalan Stesen 1, Klang.

Source: http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016...in-bak-kut-teh/

This story is consistent with the story told by Axian (Jason) where the Teh in Bak Kut Teh has nothing to do with tea but the Teh got its name from the name of the founder.

absolutely harom

Nearlee

Tercabar intensifies

OK

but china don have bkt

TIL

sedap

interesting story... sounds legit.

Good story, so bkt originated from klang.

Just because the name Teh and coincidentally his name got Teh also. Lel

Later, someone nicknamed the founder Bak Kut “Teh” (“Teh” is his last name which means “place” in Chinese which is the homonym of another “teh” meaning “tea” in Yong Chun dialect). Since then, the soup is mistakenly called Bak Kut Teh meaning “Bak Kut Tea”.

http://keehiong.com.my/en/branding_story.html

BKT came from Klang. Of course it's not the same as whatever it is in China.

The story can be traced back to the time after the Second World War during which Malaya was still under the British colonial rule. Mr. Lee was then selling his stewed “Bak Kut” (Bone & Meat) originated from his hometown in China. On one occasion, he tried to improve his bak kut soup by adding in some Chinese medicinal herbs. As a result he created the first ever created delicacy whose flavor was much to the liking of gourmets until it became a household name.

http://keehiong.com.my/en/branding_story.html

lol Moslems don't eat for one other reason. but nice one.

China don't have bkt.

Bah kit teh was invented by a butcher in pulau ketam.

Bkt origin from manual labour that hauling goods &herbs at port
They mix whatever bits of leftover herbs with less valuable parts plus soy sauce
It start as soup of poor with whatever scratch herbs and meat can get and mean as mixed pot soup
China my foot

Muslim solat 5 times a day

Every movement of qiyam, ruku, sujud is an exercise of the body to lower LDL

Diabetes is all mamak fault for using too much sugar in their drinks. Dah cakap kurang manis still manis

Thats why when sugar increase 20 sen per kg each teh tarik also increase 20sen

some say BKT is from singapore

WOW TS how u found this . Even so tiny signboard. Yeap the real BKT from there 7am start 8.30 am finish di usually i also dont share with ppl this place.

This post has been edited by Velocity: Aug 31 2016, 01:30 PM

kee hiong not nice and over rated.

Try kee heong better

Got GPS coordinates?

Lanjiao laa... BKT originated from Malaysia, nothing to do with PRC...