Sin Heng Claypot Bak Kut Teh

Hi everyone, 
Everytime my wife & me pass by Joo Chiat Road, we say one day, we must go try this Bak Ku Teh. Because we usually go for the Balestier Rd (Fa Qi Ren).
So one morning around 11am, we decided to go there (full of hope). We ordered bak ku, salted vegetable & 2 rice.
First taste the soup, its quite NICE.... so next we went on to mix it with rice. To our suprise, its HORRIBLE. The rice they used are those broken rice, very low grade rice, it so soggy, it spoil the whole experience. I will NOT return. It makes me feel like i am eating dog rice!!! I never ate such low quality rice ever in my life, not even in those 3rd world country that i visited.(sorry for making such comment, its the first time i making negative comments)
Hope someone can feedback to the shop owner to use better rice. Its just a simple thing to do, and does not cost much more.

Supper was at
Sin Heng Claypot Bak Kut Teh

It was nice that they had both
Red Cut Chili with Black Sauce
and Chili Padi

Bak Choy stir-fried with Shallots
Kinda plain and simple
without the usual oyster sauce

nally the Bak Kut Teh arrived
An introduction to Bak Kut Teh:

Bak kut teh (Hokkien: 肉骨茶) is a Chinese soup popularly served in Malaysia, Singapore, China, Taiwan (where there is a predominant Hoklo and Teochew community) and also, cities of neighbouring countries like Batam of Indonesia and Hat Yai of Thailand. The name literally translates as "meat bone tea", and, at its simplest, consists of meaty pork ribs simmered in a complex broth of herbs and spices (including star anise, cinnamon, cloves, dang gui, fennel seeds and garlic) for hours. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bak_kut_teh]

There are mainly 4 varieties
and in different countries they put different ingredients into it
1. Teo Chew Style - light coloured, very peppery.
2. Hokkien Style - dark coloured soup (the one you see above)
3. Cantonese Style - has strong herb taste
4. Muslim Style - replaces Pork with Chicken

In JB Malaysia, it comes with a lot more ingredients
such as deep fried fritters (youtiao), pork intestines, vegetables, bean curds etc
I think food cost is cheaper in Malaysia compared to here

Assam/Sambal Fish Head
The Sambal is bottled fresh, not home-maid
So I'm a lil disappointed
In addition, there were very few eggplants, lady's finger, tomato
Cut cost, maybe?

Anyways I'm really disappointed with the food here
It was very tasty long ago
but today when we came in
It was a fully China-staffed crew inside and outside the kitchen
They were sloppy, lazing around
trying to catch some sleep whenever possible
The boss should go check on them some time
FAIL!

http://leongmingen.blogspot.com/

Last night, we (hubby and I) were looking forward to having bak kut teh for dinner... We went in search for the best reviewed bakuteh in HGW, and ended up with two choices, this and Leong Kee Klang BKT in Kampong Glam.

We ordered the special bakuteh (small $7) and also sambal brinjal ($6) in this shop. Plus one bowl of rice to share, as I wasnt too keen on starch. The cili padi and cut red chillies that were given, were placed in little plastic baskets, exposed.. and rather sorry looking. They looked as though they were passed around, exposed for hours, if not days? eeeuw.

The bakuteh came and it looked rather yummy. I understand the good aesthetics- smells promising and looks delicious, dark yet clear soup with lots of ingredients. BUT.. after a few mouthfuls, it tasted like mushroom soup with two (yes, only two) bak kut thrown in for show. It lacked the garlic smell, the herb smell and the important pork/ pork innards. There were more beancurd skin and mushrooms than anything else! Its like bakuteh for vegans! Sigh.. I want pork, darn it! Not vegetables in a bak kut teh.

We finished our meal (only the rice and the bakuteh) and then as we called for the bill, some dude at the back kitchen shouted out "The brinjal is just ready liao..!!" Sheeshhh.. imagine the piping hot soup- we managed to finish most of it, so you can imagine how long it took for them to cook a simple dish of sambal brinjal..!! They removed it from the bill of course but it left me with a very dissatisfied feeling. Not only the service was ridiculous, the food left much to be desired.

Go to Leong Kee's. Especially the one in Geylang Lorong 11, I think. It is a billion times better. (and no, I dont work for them).

Been in Singapore for almost a year now, and this is one food apart from laska and chicken rice that always gets recommended. A colleague brought me to this famous bak kut teh coffeeshop in the heart of the Katong food district and I was pretty bowled over by the piping hot pepper soup in the claypot, light green salted vegetables and strong bitter tea that got served after the meal to cleanse the palate.
We had some pepper soup with offal as well as the standard pork ribs, and the offal was done really nicely- definitely not your steak and kidney pie variety. Especially like the chewy yo teow dough fritters that went with everything, though my mate said they should've been crispy outside. Still, I would recommend this to anyone out to try authentic bak kut teh in an authentic (read: hot and not terribly clean) setting in Singapore. Note: service is purely functional, smiles not included, but I find that's pretty normal whether it's a coffeeshop or fine dining joint, so I'm not complaining when it's for this bak kut teh.

Went to have lunch at this place. The shop felt like home (Malaysia) to me.

Unfortunately my first impression was spoiled by the waiter who talked rather impatiently and looked away from me when i was talking to him.

Still, the Bak Kut Teh didn't disappoint. It was the small $7 one but it sufficed. The soup was the dark type which I prefer over the clear type. It wasn't as pepperish as some other places I've tried before. The meat tasted even better with chili and soy sauce. Drank up all the soup cause I really liked it.

I would say it should be one of the best in S'pore liao... Have try a few very "branded" before... like Ah hua @ keppel rd, Ng Ah Sio @ Rangoon Rd and someothers at balastier rd... Damned u can juz come to tis @ joo Chiat Rd....

The Bak Kut Teh here is obviously nicer then any stall along Balestier Road.

The price is also alot more worth it. With the same price of $7, there I got 4 roughly 4-5inch long of ribs. It is alot! 2 people with small appetite can share one bowl.

The soup here is very hot and keep the ribs warm.

One thing not so good is the youtiao. It only acceptable.

Its 24 hours, good for late supper, when you are hungry and not sure where to find food.

Situated along Joo Chiat Road. Parking was easy to find, right in front of the shop.

We had the Bak Kut Teh small portion. It comes in 3 sizes (small portion has 4 pieces of prime meat) $7 per claypot. The taste was too peppery for my liking. They ran out of 'yu tiao' , disappointed. Would have been great combination. Wanted to try the bean sprout, but it ran out too.

Service was ok.

Left the place feeling full and stomach warm and nice (probably from all the pepper in the bak kut teh)

So far my favorite bak kut tey on the island. We've been at lunch time numerous times and typically order the small ribs bak kut tey as well as sides like sambal kang kong, Thai chicken, trotters, and others. The soup here is clear and very peppery - yum. Orders are taken very promptly and service though brief is just fine - you don't go here for the ambience. Always order the ribs, try the trotters, and most other items are just fine to round it out. Only negative? No beer served as far as I could tell.

I've been here many times and I don't veer off from the regular dishes very much. With the husband, I'd order a small sized regular BKT (rib) and one or two sides, most often the sambal kangkong and a prawn omelette. With the whole family, my parents will generously order the fried chicken, cereal prawns, stir-fried vegetables and sometimes a fish. Most of the time, we're there for dinner.

Today, we decided to set out later, so we arrived somewhat after 9pm. The carpark wasn't packed as it usually is at dinnertime, and neither was the shop. This was all cool for us because we liked that everything happened so smoothly. Orders were taken promptly, and food delivered piping hot within 10 minutes.

Love the dark peppery soup (funny how food tends to appear tastier when darker - like dark sauce on chicken rice) and would usually request for a top-up towards the end of the meal. Today's soup was especially thick and flavourful and the meat tender. We reckoned it was because we were nearing the end of the day and we got all the good stuff that was left at the bottom of the soup pot. The meat was extra tender, probably because it had been stewing slow and long for the whole day or at least since afternoon.

We just thought it was a good move to come after dinnertime - no crowd, tasty soup, prompt service and a simple yet satisfying dinner.