PasanKia

Bak Kut Teh(BKT) is one of the most popular Malaysian food. Klang, where PasanKia live is famous of BKT, there are over 200 BKT shops and hawker stalls in Klang! (unofficial count)

A lot of people believe Klang is the origin of BKT, you can see some BKT shop branded as Klang BKT in Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Johor Bahru, or even in Singapore! Well, some story telling that BKT is acutally invented by a guy from Guan Zhou, China. The BKT recipe then passed to a friend, and the friend of the inventor came to Klang and commercialize the BKT. Hence, everyone is believe Klang was the origin because Klang was the first place to sell BKT.

From what I know, there are at least 2 variation of BKT:

1. Soupy, savoury with strong taste of herbs. Almost all BKT in Klang are classified in this type.
2. Soupy, savoury with less taste of herbs. You can find this type of BKT in KL, JB and Singapore.
   

On serving style, there are 2 type:

1. Serve in octagonal bowls. This is how BKT was serve originally.
2. Serve in clay pot. Clay pot become more popular these day as Clay pot can keep the head, plus normally serve with other ingredients like vegetables, button mushrooms, golden needle mushroom, fried bean curd strips and etc.
   

Octagonal bowls BKT usually taste richer than clay pot BKT. This is due to clay pot added other ingredients to neutralize the taste.

Saturday morning, eatinout and SG drive all the way to Klang for BKT, it was 7:30am in the morning! We went to the original shop where BKT started, call Kedai Makanan Teck Teh, it's commonly known as "the store under the bridge" in Klang. Teck Teh has been around for more than 60 years (I dunno the exact age), the current owner is the 3rd generation.

Teck Teh restaurant occupied in a pre-war building. Can you see the Ah Pek in front of the photo? He told me he has been eating Teck Teh BKT since young. I do notice all Teck Teh's customers are older generation too :p




So, how does the Teck Teh BKT taste? Well, the soup was fine with me, but the meat was too dry and hard, due to I ordered the non-fat meat :p I can't comment much, do check out eatinout for his comment.


Kedai Makanan Teck Teh
Last shop in Jalan Stesen Satu, 41800 Klang.


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Hot mama is not hot woman, Hot mama is a restaurant in Sungei Wang Plaza.

Friday lunch, everyone asked to go out for lunch 2~3 hours due to office carpet is under cleaning. Since it's a big group of us, we need to find a place big place to host us and pricing must be affordable. Hence, Restaurant Hot Mama. Sadly, I don't see any "Hot Mama" in the restaurant. :D

Overall, Hot Mama offer normal food with normal price.

Restaurant Hot Mama
E-50, 4th Floor, Sungei Wang Plaza
Jalan Sultan Ismail
55100 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03- 2148 1366


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My family has a tradition of making Popiah during Qing Ming Festival and Ghost Festival. Yesterday was Qing Ming, so its popiah time. Mom has prepared quite a lot, my sister was bringing her colleagues and friends home for popiah.

I return home late, too bad, I can only can eat the left over.
These are the left over, some of the ingredients already finished, still taste good though. :D


To make a popiah, first spread the sweet sauce (we use Lee Kum Kee hoisin sauce) and homemade chillies sauce on the popiah skin.


Place all the ingredients together, jicama (sengkuang) filling (mixed with minced meat, prawn, carrots, string beans, chinese sausage, tofu, mushroom), deep fried onion, grinded peanut, bean sprouts, vegetables, cucumbers.


Wrap and that’s it. It’s yummy.

My mom’s popiah is fantastic, therefore I’ll hardly want to order popiah from restaurant outside, the quality has no way close to homemade popiah :p

Anyway, these only some left over food for me, check out boo_licious blog, she has a wonderful popiah party last week.


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Another Tuesday, have my regular workout at Menara Summit. Today is slightly differnt, I took New Pantai Expressway(NPE) and stop by Pantai Dalam on the way to USJ for the purpose of Warung Nasi Lemak Rindu. FriedChillies.com gave very good comments on this nasi lemak shop, so I think it's worth to pay a visit.

As you can see, nasi lemak with a piece of fried chicken is very cheap! I like the sambal.



* I did not turn on the flash light when taking photos, hence the photos are deficient in brightness.


Warung Nasi Lemak Rindu
Turn Right into an alley just Opposite Pantai Dalam Komuter Station (Just ask Around), Pantai Dalam
Pantai Dalam
Wilayah Persekutuan


Technorati Tags: nasi lemak + malaysian food

Sunday is family day, me and family went to Toh Yuen Chinese Restaurant at Klang Executive Club for dim sum buffet brunch.

Toh Yuen serve halal dim sum buffet daily. They have been selling dim sum buffet since I was a kid.. probably the very first restaurant selling dim sum in Klang. The dim sum quality is comparable to dim sum shop at SS2/Sri Petaling/Happy Garden but it's way far from fine Chinese restaurant like Tai Thong Group. What to expect? It's buffet style after all.

This Toh Yeun is not the same Toh Yeun in PJ Hilton. Dim sum buffet serve daily from 8:30am to 2:30pm. RM18.88 per head, senior citizen (55 years old and above) enjoy 50% discount.



Toh Yuen Chinese Restaurant
Klang Executive Club
Persiaran Bukit Raja 2,
Bandar Baru Klang,
41150 Klang,
Selangor Darul Ehsan



Technorati Tags: dim sum + buffet + toh yuen + klang

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