The other day I went for some wholesome bak kut teh for lunch with my parents in SS3. The place we usually go to is located right next to quite a large Indian temple in a small row of shop lots. Opposite the road is a block of blue colored low cost apartments.
That’s the best description of the location I can give, sorry… But if you can recognize the temple location based on the picture above, then you’ll know where I’m talking about.
The place is called ‘Ah Sang Bak Kut Teh’ and is usually quite full as we go there on Saturday lunch times. It’s so full that they usually run out of Yau Char Kuey (the fried dough thing) when we get there, so we actually bring our own (sounds cheap I know, but it’s a necessity). We even borrow some scissors from them and cut it for ourselves to eat. They don’t mind since they’re out of stock anyway.
I think the shop is run by a small family and most of the cooking goes on in front of the shop, where all the ba kut teh is cooked, the rice prepared and the soup is made. We ordered a pot of ‘just meat’ for 3, some tau hu pok (tofu puffs), a bowl of yau char kuey (we brought our own in case as well) and some vegetables.
This bak kut teh is the dark coloured soup base one that me and my family like, not the lighter based soups that other shops sell, and was extremely full of flavour. The best feeling has to be when you dip the little yau char kuey slices into the soup and eat it. It’s crunchy on the outside, but soft doughy goodness on the inside and it has soaked up all the flavor of the soup. Mmmmm…..
The pork was soft and tender and because they put so many bones into the soup base, the flavour was strong enough so that you could taste it all the way through the meat.
The board above our head said that it should cost RM10.50 per person including rice and Chinese tea, but we didn’t get any Chinese tea served to us. But it did end up costing RM45 for everything, including drinks, so I guess that was roughly correct.
Ask me again where it is if you want to go there and I could probably get you some better directions from my parents.
Ah Sang Bak Kut Teh
SS3 (Next to the Indian temple)
Cuisine: Chinese – Bak Kut Teh
Non Halal
Opening hours: Lunch only I think.
jacob, 3 years ago
i have high cholesterol…..think i won’t be trying this for a while but damn does it look good!
William, 3 years ago
It’s all the red meat you were eating that caused your high cholesterol…
But it’s OK, pork is the ‘other white meat’ so you’ll be fine!
jho, 3 years ago
Full of flavour would be nice.. but EXTREMELY full of flavour? EXTREMELY full of flavour would be like sucking on a lemon. Willy at his exaggerating best again. The bakuteh looks yum though. Pork it up!
Sean, 3 years ago
Wish I could try… Man I want some bak kut teh. Hey maybe you should suggest they packet their herbs and export them out here!
William, 3 years ago
Jho: it was EXTREMELY full of flavor. like a big lemon… a REALLY big lemon! haha.
Sean: OK i’ll FedEx some to you straight away – pot, bones, herbs and all. Damn… I’m getting hungry.
Daniel Tan, 3 years ago
Hmmm sounds like a good choice for BKT.
I have one to recommend, Kheong Khee BKT. It’s located at Taman Pandan Indah, Cheras. There are many side dishes that are extremely savoury like vinegar pork, rice wine chicken and prawns, ‘mui choi’ yam & pork. Give it a try!
Sue Ann, 3 years ago
Thanks for the suggestion Daniel. We’ll try to pay this place a visit in the near future, though we will have to get more specific directions on how to get there from you. =)The dishes you mentioned sounds so tasty…MMmmmm..will jot this down in our places to visit. Thanks again!
My Simple Food, 3 years ago
I have been there a couple of time. This shop has been around for ages. Yeah…they always run out of yaw char kway and it is so hot and humid. But they are one of the best BKT in PJ
William, 3 years ago
Yeah true enough, small, humid and a little run down. But still, people go there, and people love it. Including me.
There are other options though, like PJ Old Town and if you’re up for it, heading down to Klang…
But that’s for another post.