Overrated by Ho Chiak!: Ah Her Bah Kut Teh

Those of you who have watched Ho Chiak!, would have remembered about their review on this Ah Her Bah Kut Teh, which is situated at the hawker street of Pandamaran, Port Klang. In their review, they said that the soup that they served are little but thick. And if you read about other food blogs,mostly written by people out of Klang, they would say this Bah Kut Teh is the best and usually sold out by 7pm. Some even said that it will be full by 6pm and there is usually no place to sit by 6.30pm. There is even one blog that said people would be lining up waiting for the stall to start business by 5pm.

Well, all I can say is all these are OVERRATED! I have tasted better bah kut teh than this. Some facts that were wrong:

1) I went there at 6.30pm and there are so many places to sit, not as claimed by the blogs.
2) No one seems to be lining up to sit.
3) The soup is little(that's right) and it's bloody diluted, not as claimed by Ho Chiak!

They are quite stingy too. If you have asked for fried unions, they will only give you in sauce bowl. Freaking little compare to other bah kut teh shop! I would say, there is no loss if you decided to dine in other places. Nothing special though.


It's at stall number 129.


I don't see anyone lining up...no long lines!


Yup, the soup is little and diluted!


Pig's intestines.


Damn oily!

I would say, only Klang people knows how does a good bah kut teh taste like. The other blogs are just bullocks.

Chong Kok Kopitiam at Jalan Stesen, Klang

If you guys google about Chong Kok Kopitiam, there are quite a lot of reviews about it. This kopitiam is famous for it's traditional coffee, bread and nasi lemak. Some of my friends talked about it but I did not have a chance to try it out until recently. What tempted me to try it? Well, it's a picture of the nasi lemak posted by one of my senior not long ago.


Chong Kok Kopitiam.

Lets start with the nasi lemak. It's self-service, meaning they don't take orders on the table. Heck, they are too busy to take orders from the table. So you will have to line up. Let me show you the line:


The wait!


The nasi lemak is not too spicy. For those who prefer spicy nasi lemak, I don't think this is suitable for you. Then again it's quite good.

However, the thing the caught my taste is the coffee and the steam bread. It's not the nasi lemak in the end.


Chong Kok coffee.

The coffee is so thick and full of aroma that you will never go back to Starbucks, Coffee Bean or even Old Town at all. I just had the coffee this morning and the aroma still dances around my taste bud. Cloud nine, dude! No wonder you have to be there by 7am or you will be in this situation:


Standing around tables waiting for a place. It doesn't look nice making the patron 'galloping' their food fast to give you the place but this is what people will do for nice Klang food!


Come early or be like this!

By the way, the person that makes the coffee is one fully white haired uncle. I bet he must have mastered the art of coffee making to be called 'sifu' with that white hair of his.

Lastly, the steam bread.


The soft like silk steam bread with classic kaya.

This steam bread makes Old Town run for their money. Simply delicious!

This the map to get there. Red star marks the kopitiam:


It's near Seng Huat Restaurant.

By the way, some blogs said that this place is 'tanggung halah'. Well, it should be true since I do see many Malay families having their breakfast there.

The Legendary 'Under the Bridge Bak Kut Teh'

"London bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down..."
Yup, this is the verse of the song we sang during our kindergarden days...

Let's skip to the real part, "Under the bridge Bak Kut Teh". Don't worry. The bridge is ain't falling.

This is one of the famous bak kut teh shop in Klang since my father's day. Heck, maybe my grandfather's day. It's so legendary that many will say,"I want to try the under the bridge Klang bak kut teh". Well, this is it.


Seng Huat Restaurant.


If you google map it, it's at Jalan Raya Timur Klang. The res star marks the location.

Sorry, but I did not manage to take the picture of the dishes. It's so nice that I ate the dishes without thinking of taking the pictures. :p

Anyway, due to it being famous, the son who took over the restaurant made the dish quite pricey. It's RM 11 a bowl. Then again, you should try it once and decide for yourself whether it's worth the money as other shops in Klang usually charges less than RM 10 for their bak kut teh dishes.

Taman Eng Ann Hawker Center

Fancy some nice food for lunch during office lunch break? Well, head on over to Taman Eng Ann Hawker center. There is a variety of food there. Deliciously nice. Among the famous dishes there are the 'chee cheong fun', asam laksa, popiah and fried prawn cake.

The chee cheong fun there are legendary. The lines during the weekends are long. There are two stalls there with their own secret sauce. Why not try both to pick your favourite?

Next is asam laksa. As far as I know there are two stalls there. The difference of these two are the gravy. One is thicker and sweeter(the one at the far left side of the hawker center, next to the fried prawn cake), while the other is spicier and 'wetter' gravy(the one at the center)

The popiah are my mom's favourite but it's not to bad for my taste as I don't fancy popiah.

Finally, the fried prawn cake. Simply delicious and crunchy. This you have to try!

The direction to the place. It's at Jalan Pekan Baru Klang. Try google map it.


The deliciously crunchy fried prawn cake on the left and the fried banana on the right.


A closer look at those big prawns!

One of the Best 'Indo Mee Goreng' in Klang

Move away Maggi Mee, Indo Mee has come. Yup, back when Maggi Mee goreng was introduced in mid 1990's in mamak's menu, it was an instant big hit. During that time, it was one of my frequent meal to be ordered during mamak session.

But now, there is Indo Mee goreng. And one of the best in Klang that I have eaten before is in Restoran Sriga, which is in Taman Chi Liung. Here's the location:

Red marks the spot.


You there, the one looking at this pic. I know it's delicious, please wipe you saliva.

One of the main thing about frying instant noodle is not to make it too wet. The one serve at this restaurant does it perfectly. It's not too salty too. Another variety of Indo Mee Goreng can be ordered, which is the 'kosong Indo Mee Goreng' (Just fried noodle without the vegetable). Top it up with a sunny side up egg and it will be simply DELICIOUS!

One of the Best Bak Kut Teh in Klang

Lets talk about food. How about Bak Kut Teh. Yup, when you come to Klang, of course one of the food you have to try is Bak Kut Teh. People in Klang will give you lots of places to eat bak kut teh and you will have a headache trying to choose. Today, I will talk about one of the famous shop to ease the headache.

The shop that I will be talking about is Restoran Tek Seong. It's situated in Taman Rashna Klang. Where is Taman Rashna? Well, it's actually right opposite the Bukit Raja Jusco, which is actually on your right after the Shah Alam Toll, if you are coming from Kuala Lumpur. Another landmark for the 'taman' is that you will see a tall building with Maybank signboard on your left, after the Shah Alam Toll, if you are coming from KL. Here's the map:


It's marked red.

What is so nice about this Bak Kut Teh, you might ask. Well, it's the original Bak Kut Teh. Original means they serve only meat. There will be no internals or claypot bak kut teh. There will also be no 'char kuey'. Just rice and a bowl of bak kut teh. Yup, this is what we call original bak kut teh.

Lets talk about the food. That is the main thing of this entry, isn't it? For start, the price is good. For RM 7.60 (as of this entry date) you will get a small bowl. But...yes I did say but, the small bowl is actually big. If you don't believe it, try looking at this:


Yup, this is the RM 7.60 small bowl. For Rm 9.10, you ca get a bigger bowl.

The taste of the bak kut teh was very good, from my opinion. Due to my healthy eating habit, I found that the soup, which is actually the main thing about bak kut teh, was lacked of oil. However, the taste was still magnificent. The herbs' taste were blended properly. There were no overpowering of each herbs. The soup was not too thick or diluted.

The meat was tender. Not too soft or too hard. The portion of fats were also reduced in the meat. The owner's son told me that the secret to reduce the fat of the meat is to cook them for 2 hours. It means that they will start cooking at 4.30 am before their shop open at 6.30 am. Another secret was their meticulous cutting of the meat during the preparation on the whole afternoon before the business day. Yup, they put so much effort into bringing such a nice dish to their customer.

Business starts at 6.30 am, as stated above. If you go on the weekends, you might encounter this by 7.00 am:


If you are late, you will have to wait. Business is good.

They don't do lunch or dinner. Therefore, to enjoy nice food, you will have to wake up early to eat. The bak kut teh will usually sells out before lunch time. One of the best dish of the shop is the pork ribs. It is usually in high demand but this particular dish is limited due to the time needed to prepare the dish.

By the way, this shop is so famous that Ah Hong, the famous TV chef, came to try the dish out.


The newspaper cuttings of his visit.

After this review, I hope you guys would rather wake up early for this delicious meal.


Yum Yum.