Lai Choon Bak Kut Teh @ Meru, Klang

I am a pork LOVER! Bak kut teh is one of my fave dishes. There are 2 major varieties by differentiating the soup. The KL / Ipoh style has lighter flavour soup as they don't put as much herbs in it. The Klang style soup has heavier flavour of tong guai and other herbs. The soup is normally darker in colour compared to the KL / Ipoh ones.

My fave BKT hangout is Lai Choon which is located just behind Klang Parade. It is crowded! Period!

Now, in the past few years, another version has emerged and is taking the town by storm. Behold, the dry bak kut teh. Some find it weird as we always associate bak kut teh with soup and drinking lots of it. But you have to give it a try to know what it's all about.

Dry bak kut teh is cooked with some dried chili and dried squid. The ones served at Lai Choon is done just this way added with a lot of black sauce.

Another variety of the dry bak kut teh is added with ladies fingers and some salted fish. Just as nice but you have to know where to get them. Many outlets have now opened in PJ and Puchong areas but somehow they are nothing like the ones in Klang.