[CLOSED] Kee Hiong Klang Bak Kut Teh (Alexandra)

The chef 👨🏻‍🍳 at @keehiongsg takes a slab of fatty pork belly from the central broth and chops it into chunks for your order of Dry Bak Kut Teh ($8.80). He fires them up in a clay pot till extra fragrant with dried chilli, cuttlefish, okra, and sauces tossed in. A mix of reduced BKT soup and Chinese white wine imported from Malaysia lends its sauce some caramelisation and gives the dish a glazed finish. A bite into a piece of meat washes you over with a complex flavour from the cuttlefish and the fattier cut of meat. Pair it with Fragrant Garlic Rice ($0.80) 🍚 which is white rice garnished with bits of browned garlic. Though it ain't super strong, the bowl is distinctly infused with garlic flavour which complements the intensity of the Dry Bak Kut Teh and blunts its spicy heat.

Before I bring my friend back to @keehiongsg for herbal bak kut teh, imma call in and reserve a Tua Kut (Big Bone) Soup ($9.50) because they've only eight portions per day (BKT meat isn’t sold in parts and each pig 🐷 only has a pair).
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A huge bone from the central broth is dunked into a clay pot of soup, bubbling fiercely over strong heat. It's a weighty hunk the dish can't fully contain. Half of it is glorious, thick fats, and the other, are pork chunks so ready to fall off the bone. Tear in with your teeth and hands.
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The fresh meat is tender, though lean and meaty, and a dab of their chilli padi in black sauce intensifies it with some spicy. I declare here I love fats over meat, so eagerly, I sank my teeth in. The thick and heavy chunk is soft enough to tug off, with some chewiness to make an impression.
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The broth boasts over 16 traditional Chinese herbs, but it’s still less herbal flavour than I expected. It wasn’t sticky thick but the clay pot retained the heat of the soup. It’s definitely addictively umami after being fired with the tua kut 🔥
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You’ll need their Dough Fritters ($1.60) which are freshly fried and cut. It’s satisfying crisp on the outside with a soft, airy centre to drench in tua kut soup. They soak up moreish deliciousness. Excuse me, friend-I-will-revisit-with, as I will need a bowl to myself. At least imma bring you to this gem of the serene, paktor-worthy-seriously A.H. Garden Cafe 🏩

Dry Bak Kut Teh 干肉骨茶 (S$8.80)
Available at @KeeHiongSg
Although the meat looked quite fatty, but it was not jelat and tasted quite flavourful.
Thank @moonbrella for the giveaway.
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Kee Hiong Klang Herbal Bak Kut Teh
奇香正宗巴生药材肉骨茶
Address 🏠 : 378 Alexandra Road, Level 1 Alexandra Hospital, Singapore 🇸🇬 159 964
Tel ☎️ : 6532 0380
Website 🌐 : http://www.keehiong.com
MRT 🚇 : Redhill (EW18)
Note 📝 : Take bus 🚌 service 33, 120 across the MRT