Judging from the these blog posts, one must think I have a very unhealthy diet...
...one would probably be right in that assumption...
(much throat clearing later)
In any event, Bak kut teh is probably my favorite 'local' dish here in Malaysia. The meaning of the words Bak kut teh, taken word for word, is Meat Bone Tea, and that's literally what you'll find here. Lots of fatty pork and bones in a herbal tea soup.
Apparently Bak Kut Teh IS a local dish, despite it being eaten outside of Malaysia. It was apparently 'discovered' in Klang, for the chinese dock workers who had very meager diets. The belief was that the soup would vitalize them, and make them stronger for hard labor.
To compliment this already unhealthy diet (There's a shimmering sheet of bubbly oil on top of the soup), there's strips of fried dough...Yau Char Koay? Reminds me a lot like a freshly fried donut, to dip into the soup.
And of course, one can never have this meal without rice. And what a way to blow a diet, than to have it with Yam Rice!
Overall, the Bak Kut Teh next to Peng Hua school kicks butt. With a decent tasting soup and good meat (it was pretty much fat free with not so many bones), we had a very decent tasting meal.
I will of course, be kicking myself for it later.
For now however, I shall simply rub my belly in content.
...one would probably be right in that assumption...
(much throat clearing later)
In any event, Bak kut teh is probably my favorite 'local' dish here in Malaysia. The meaning of the words Bak kut teh, taken word for word, is Meat Bone Tea, and that's literally what you'll find here. Lots of fatty pork and bones in a herbal tea soup.
Apparently Bak Kut Teh IS a local dish, despite it being eaten outside of Malaysia. It was apparently 'discovered' in Klang, for the chinese dock workers who had very meager diets. The belief was that the soup would vitalize them, and make them stronger for hard labor.
To compliment this already unhealthy diet (There's a shimmering sheet of bubbly oil on top of the soup), there's strips of fried dough...Yau Char Koay? Reminds me a lot like a freshly fried donut, to dip into the soup.
And of course, one can never have this meal without rice. And what a way to blow a diet, than to have it with Yam Rice!
Overall, the Bak Kut Teh next to Peng Hua school kicks butt. With a decent tasting soup and good meat (it was pretty much fat free with not so many bones), we had a very decent tasting meal.
I will of course, be kicking myself for it later.
For now however, I shall simply rub my belly in content.
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