there is one quite famous bkt n nice at opposite of Klang JPN, same row with ALC College...a lot of ppl + fast finish

singapore style BKT i not ngam. prefer more herby taste and dark.

Berkeley where? Near the old cinema?

Chow Kitt? No longer nice wey. Taste like 'Black soy pork'.

sounds like pork intestine soup rather than BKT... Come come, address. Must go try.


I like black herbal BKT but I like peppery soups too.

aiyoooo, not chow kitt lahhh ....Klang, Selangor!!

Dey, I know lah Klang, I meant the kedai name.

just reviving this thread with picture of bak kut teh. pig trotters! but too fat for me lah, i prefer healthier balance of lean meat to fats.


Trotters Bak Kut Teh by shuigao25, on Flickr

bkt is all about spare parts

I'm a BKT fan, come in just share my opinion.

As you move west from KL towards Klang, the taste of BKT gets thicker, darker and more aromatic. BKT in Subang Jaya is more for health conscious minded people, not thick nor thin and average aromatic. Sg Buluh used to be good but still ok.

Not all BKT in Klang is good. Top three BKT in Klang are Sami, Ah Her and Mor Sang Kor. You find that they do not offer other things like mushroom, fu shok, etc. Just plain meat, the original way. They believe claypot takes away the aroma, they serve in bowl.

My personal favorite is Sami, serving til afternoon, the taste is balanced. Not too thick. Got depth. Meat is tender and juicy. Never feel thirsty after BKT. Ah Her serves from 530pm and normally finished at 700pm. Soup is tasty but offer very little volume, only 3 spoons. Meat is as good. 8TV aired Ah Her in Ho Chak last week. Mor Sang Kor is the thickest of all. The soup is almost like gravy. Strongest taste of all. My friend says it is mouth watering with fat meat. The fat melts like ice cream in your mouth. Bad for health though.

Others worth mentioned are Ah Kiat BKT (lunch session) in Bkt Tinggi lesser known, very nice soup. Kei Hiong, the relatives of the BKT founder. A little too much MSG. Teluk Pulai BKT in Sg Rasah has generous volume, taste is average. Its neighboring BKT taste better.

No wonder, Klangite has the highest number of heart disease. BKT all the way.

I have observed that since beginning of this year, Klang BKT are branching out from Klang beginnig with Bao Xiang, they are famous for thread tie meat. They believed that it will help preserve the "bite" of the meat. Not too soggy.

Personally, I would not want to take BKT else where than Klang because they do not satisfied me. I got to to Klang to eat the real stuff.

This post has been edited by limch: May 15 2011, 09:29 PM

can i know how to cook klang style bkt?

I seriously doubt anyone here would be able to tell you how to do that. I mean, there's tons of 'klang style' bkt shops in KL/PJ that absolutely suck ass - if the commercial guys also cannot, us home people are doomed, no?

i know how to cook 'newbie' BKT (i.e. from packet herbs), but klang style? don't even know where to begin.

Pao Xiang with the tied meat already has a branch here in Bdr. Mahkota Cheras. They don't seem to do well here though. One characteristics of people here in Bdr. Mahkota Cheras and Sungai Long is their first priority is CHEAP! . Taste comes second and if you have another who is cheap and also good then all the others are doomed !

Hmm. Somehow the peppery soup doesn't sound tasty to me. Cause I don't like pepper. Hhaha.

Try going for night BKT dinners then. No need to wake up so early lor.

Ask those restaurant owners!
I think it is quite hard to do it, or else there won't be so many BKT shops around Klang.

Most of the BKT shops in Klang also have their own packet BKT. Where you just add the ingredients into your homemade BKT to get the taste. I know Mo Sang Kor and the BKT shop next to A1 tuition center in Eng Ann has it.

IMO if you use sachets like A1 to cook BKT it is quite nice already. Use good quality soya sauce though. Although the taste won't be as good as those good BKT operators but it is also better than a lot of BKT operatorss . Most famous BKT operators concoct their own combination of herbs. Even now if you ask the inventor of BKT (the fisherman from Klang), his concoction won't even come near those who have perfected their flavour. If you were to go into a chinese medicine shop, the shop keeper can pick out every herbal ingredient but in the wrong proportions. The secret is also not only the proportions but also how they treat their meat, the hours taken and off course their judgements which is singularly the hardest or even impossible to imitate.

If I were to cook my own I use A1 sachets too but I usually buy extra pork bones (you can buy the cheaper ribs if you are willing to spend more) to enrich the soup base other than the meats themself. The most important in any soup based dishes is the soup stock, it has to be rich, really rich. In a household consumption, the amount of meat you cook can never reach the richness of the stock base in a BKT operators stall because they use almost half a pig.

The corner shop (same row as San May King lam mee) in Pudu market, I alway pass by when I was still a food operator buying supplies from Pudu market in the wee hours of the morning, the smell is heavenly. I saw this big heap of pork on the table, how can we ever imitate the taste. Imagine, my guess is it almost 80 kgs to 100 kgs of pork on that table. I tried the BKT once, the soup was the clear type but heavy in flavour

I luv the clear type & heavy in flavour. And yes the use of good quality soya sauce is essential to bring out the aroma.
Beside A1, we prefer Wing Heong Food pre-packed BKT herb at Jln Padang Walter Grenier, KL.

I have been taken to this Teluk Pulai BKT at 3.05622N, 101.47427E a couple of times. Is that considered one of the better ones because I find it OK only.

In fact, I find the one opposite Federal Hotel (now close shop already) better.


This post has been edited by Optiplex330: May 16 2011, 01:49 PM

No those surrounding that location so-so only. The name is a copycat general name for the original place of Claypot style BKT i.e Teluk Pulai also in Klang. That area is Sg Rasau area. lotsa BKT there but none of them ORIGINAL.

The actual location of Teluk Pulai claypot style should be here: N3 02.419 E101 26.049 i.e Teluk Pulaim itself..There are ~ 3BKT there too..the one recommended is the ctr row..recommended also by Axian - Ah Tou BKT? - Anyway..all also having quality problem..sometime really good sometime so-so

If you fance the traditional without claypot style..the one under the bridge is the original..Seng Huat..The "Teh" is the surname of the past owner...

I don't use gps co-ordinates but is this the one?



I went there once and found it so-so only too. everything too salty, rice also add salt wtf.

Now there is still hope because I was thinking to myself "How come the famed Klang BKT only so-so"? And yet different people have been bringing me there so I thought this must be the best. Ha. I should hang out at LYT more often.

So what is the coordinate of this Seng Huat or whatever that's supposed to be the orginal?

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Added on May 16, 2011, 2:55 pmYap, this is the one. I am not from KL so wouldn't know the direction but do keep record of the GPS coordinates. Ah....the usefulness of GPS.


This post has been edited by Optiplex330: May 16 2011, 02:55 PM

Seng Huat under the bridge is here... N3 02.608 E101 26.896

Well, not many like this old style BKT. No claypot hor. Just plain BKT on a bowl

Thanks. With these coordinates, may be I can show my KL friends where to go. LOL.