About Bak Kut Teh
Bak kut teh (肉骨茶) is a Chinese soup popularly served in Singapore. The name literally translates as "meat bone tea", and, at its simplest, consists of meaty pork ribs in a complex broth of herbs and spices boiled together with pork bones for hours.
Bak kut teh was introduced to Malaya in the 19th century by Chinese workers from Canton, Chaoshan and Fujian.
Bak kut teh is usually eaten with rice or vermicelli, and often served with youtiao (strips of fried dough) for dipping into the soup. Dark soya sauce is referred as a condiment, with which chopped chilli padi and minced garlic is taken together.
Chinese tea of various kinds is also usually served in the belief that it dilutes or dissolves the copious amount of fat consumed in this pork-laden dish. Bak kut teh is typically a famous morning meal. The Hokkien and Teochew are traditionally tea-drinking cultures and this aspect runs deep in their cuisines.
Above information extracted from Wikipedia
About Us
He was 21 years old. With a family of ten to feed, Mr. Yeo Eng Song work day and night as a stall assistant selling Teochew style Bak Kut Teh.
Quick and nimble of mind, Mr. Yeo. quickly picks up the tricks of the trade. Before long, he could hear the happy jingling of his meagre earnings in his pockets.
With his responsive taste buds, he improvises the taste of the soup and comes out with several side dishes to compliment it.
Entrepreneurial spirit grew as days went by. Soon, he set up his own business along Victoria Street.
It bears the name till today - Song Fa Bak Kut Teh
Although the business has been passed on to his son, Mr Yeo kept few important points in mind that kept his business striving for 30 years.
He recognized the importance of service and quality of food even to the slightest detail. He would rather jeopardize on his profit margin and spend more on quality rice than to allow his customers taste low quality grains.
Today, Mr. Yeo Hart Pong still practices this principle in running the food business.
The boyish-looking 28-year-old owns Song Fa Bak Kut Teh in New Bridge Road, having taken over the 30-year-old pork rib soup business from his father, Mr Yeo Eng Song, 60, in 2007.
Song Fa Bak Kut Teh is currently operating at 11 New Bridge Road #01-01 from 7am – 10pm (Closed on every Monday)
