During your trip to Singapore you should always opt for some authentic Singapore cuisine. Singapore cuisine in the melting pot of all cuisines of different ethnicities who stay there. You can try different cuisines here. With 77% of the population, the Chinese dominate the cuisine scene of the country too. Bak kut the is a wonderful dish that you can have at any of the Chinese restaurants in Singapore.
Bak kut teh is a type of Chinese soup which is popularly served in Singapore and its neighboring Malaysia, China and Taiwan. The soup is also quite popular in Hat Yai of Thailand and Batam of Indoneshia. The meaning of the name of the dish is meat bone tea. The Chinese soup dish is very simple to cook. The dish is nothing but some meaty ribs of pork cooked in an elaborate broth of herbs and spices. The herbs and spices used in this dish star anise, cinnamon, cloves, dang gui, fennel seeds and garlic. The meaty ribs are added with the broth and they are boiled together for several hours. Additional ingredients like mushrooms, offal, choy sum, tofu and tofu puffs are also added in the curry. The authentic Chinese recipe includes use of Chinese herbs like yu zhu and ju zhi. These two herbs lend the dish a sweeter taste and a stronger flavor. Light or dark soya sauces are also added in this dish to ebnhance the taste. Bak kut teh is usually garnished with chopped coriander, green onions as well as fried shallots.
Bak kut teh is eaten usually with rice and noodles. A noodle soup is also served from time to time with this Chinese soup. Youtiao or strips of fried dough are also served with the soup. These strips are dipped into the soup and consumed. The dish is popular as a morning meal. It has a number of variants as well.
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