628971 Wed Jun 17 23:34:31 -0700 2009 13 48 Greater Asia 0 4783498 My favorite spot for peppery Teochew-style bak kut teh (pork-rib soup) is undoubtedly Founder Bak Kut Teh at Balestier Rd. Besides the pork-ribs (Founder uses only high-quality long ribs), other regularly-ordered dishes are: - Braised pig's trotters in dark soysauce - melt-in-your-mouth goodness & definitely one of the best in Singapore; - salted mustard vegetables; - pig's liver, kidneys, intestines & stomach in a ginseng-scented herbal soup. - Chinese crullers. Founder's soup is much milder than the one by its bitter rival, Ng Ah Sio at Rangoon Rd - so much depends upon your personal taste. Wed Jun 17 23:34:31 -0700 2009 143097 klyeoh 1 4783554 missed out on the bak kut teh last year when i visited malaysia...will definitely have to try founder when i get to singapore in august Thu Jun 18 01:07:59 -0700 2009 4783498 109676 picholine506 2 4783565 Malaysia's bak kut teh is mainly the Hokkien (Fujianese) variety, which is herbal & has a mellower, more complex taste than Singapore's Teochew (Chaozhou) variety. The best bak kut teh in Malaysia can be found in Klang, a seaport 40 km from KL, where about 4-6 well-known restaurants vie to be the best not just in Klang, but in Malaysia! Thu Jun 18 01:40:07 -0700 2009 4783554 143097 klyeoh 1 4783851 I prefer Ng Ah Sio (黄亚细肉骨茶餐室) at 208, Rangoon Road. It'sonly open from 6 am to 2 pm every day (closed on Mondays), as I love my bah kut teh soup with lots of pepper. I remember the HK Chief Executive Donald Tsang had to dine at Founder after Ng Ah Sio refused to serve him dinner since they close at 2pm. Ng Ah Sio is a favourite of politicians, eg there's a photo of Thaksin Shinawatra lunching there when he's Thai PM. Founder, on the other hand, is a favourite of media celebrities: their walls are covered with photos of stars dining there. The last time I went to Founder, Ang Lee and Chow Yun-Fatt stared out from the walls at me. What I liked at Founder though, were that they serve only the long pork ribs, whereas Ng Ah Sio sometimes use odd-shaped, odd-sized pork ribs. Thu Jun 18 06:53:16 -0700 2009 4783498 245541 M_Gomez 2 4784369 You can order the long ribs in Ng Ah Sio but they will charge more. But they run out of the long ribs quite quickly. Don't forget about the pork kidney and pork legs in Ng Ah Sio. Thu Jun 18 09:20:27 -0700 2009 4783851 130720 FourSeasons 2 4785896 Place mark for Ng Ah Sio. Thu Jun 18 17:17:14 -0700 2009 4783851 143097 klyeoh 3 4958200 I lunched at Ng Ah Sio today. Hmm, poster-sized portrait of now-disgraced ex-Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra lunching there had disappeared from the pride of place at the main entrance of the restaurant. Instead, it's been replaced by another poster-sized portrait of Taiwan's popular (at least, pre-Typhoon Morakot) Premier, Ma Ying-jeou, lunching there. It's been a while since I was there, and Ng Ah Sio's pork-rib soup is still throat-burningly peppery as always (maybe a bit TOO peppery, in fact). We ordered: - pork-rib soup. The quality of pork ribs' not as good as Founder's - instead of long-ribs, they have a mish-mash of different rib cuts; - blanched lettuce leaves - a bit on the bland side. I don't see any pickled vegie side-dish on their menu (unlike Founder's); - soy-stewed peanuts. This one's PERFECT!! Much, much better than Founder's; - stewed pig trotter - full of fat & hardly any meat. Founder's version is miles ahead for this dish; - fresh shitake mushrooms stewed in soysauce. This is delicious - my absolute favorite dish; - fried yu-tiao (Chinese crullers) - pretty non-descript, just like Founder's. How come bak-kut-teh places in Singapore all serve such lousy yu-tiao? I still rank Founder a bit ahead of Ng Ah Sio, but that's my personal taste. I prefer my bak kut teh soup with less pepper, and better quality cuts of pork-ribs. Wed Aug 19 00:20:08 -0700 2009 4785896 143097 klyeoh 4 4961464 In NAS, you need to request for the long ribs, or else they will just serve the standard ones. And very frequently, which is the thing I dislike about this place, is that they run out of long ribs quite often. It is not in the menu, and they will charge extra for the long rib. And NAS is good for the offals...the kidney etc etc...yeah, I know those high cholesterol stuffs. Yes, the soup is peppery, just like Yah Hua. Thu Aug 20 03:08:29 -0700 2009 4958200 130720 FourSeasons 5 5071769 what are the long ribs called in mandarin? (i dont speak teochew) Thu Oct 01 06:56:16 -0700 2009 4961464 12298 Lau 6 5071858 Do you speak Mandarin? Just say 长的。I think the stuffs there speak simple English. Thu Oct 01 07:36:50 -0700 2009 5071769 130720 FourSeasons 7 5071890 my chinese sucks (happens if u grow up in the US), but i can speak enough to get by i can't read the first character at work (chinese characters show up all weird on my work computer), ill take a look when i get home Thu Oct 01 07:46:37 -0700 2009 5071858 12298 Lau 8 5071981 Just say you want "long ribs" instead of "short ribs" on bar kut teh, they should be able to understand you. They will charge a few dollars more but I think it is worth it. The problem in NAS is that they run out of long ribs very often. Thu Oct 01 08:10:58 -0700 2009 5071890 130720 FourSeasons 9 5071989 well bkt is sort of a breakfast thing, so i plan on going sorta of early...plus this is one dish i'm not sure my gf will like or not, so i might hit that Dai Dong Prawn Noodles after in case she doesn't like it and i may go there even if she does like it Thu Oct 01 08:14:18 -0700 2009 5071981 12298 Lau 7 5075175 ahh the characters just say chang de although it says it in simplified, i just remember to check this post now that i'm at home Fri Oct 02 13:48:41 -0700 2009 5071858 12298 Lau