Soong Huat Bak Kut Teh — Restaurant in Johor

We reached there after peak lunch hours but still there are huge crowds in the shop. So, we have to queue outside for a short while. The kind lady boss took our order first. The price for one person is quite reasonable RM16.00/pot considering some shops are selling for RM19.00 to 20.00/pot nowadays. However, the standard BKT only comes with pork meats (mixed of ribs and bone-ly meats) and pork liver slices (the liver are very thick I must say) and half cut button mushrooms. That’s all.

Other than these 3 items, you have to add-on. We ordered dry beancurd skin (taukee/fuchuk) which cost RM5.00 but portion is quite a lot. We also ordered fried dough stick (you tiao) which cost RM2.50 which is also quite a portion.

The soup base is light in taste and mild aroma. It is not overly strong or intense in flavor unlike to some other BKT. The soup does have the herbal broth flavor, it is not totally bland in taste but caters for lightly taste bud. Personally, I find it still acceptable despite I’m a heavy taste bud person.

In fact, I find the soup taste is much original or richer without the fuchuk added in, in the first place. I noticed it when I asked them to re-fill the soup and they are really generous in soup re-filling which is a good thing.

Other than BKT, we also ordered the wine chicken. The pots served in sizzling hot. It is intensely flavorful with strong Chinese wine taste and aromatic as well. The chicken meats are tender and soaked up well with the thick gravy.

Lastly, it will be wonderful if they can have "english subtitle" menu besides full chinese menu which we find it "handicapped" ourselves when comes...

I gave 2 stars simply because this shop was just beside the hotel that we stayed. Frnkly speakng, the bak kut teh here is the fist ever kinds of white clear, non-herbal version since i get to know bak kut teh. I was literally shocked after taking the first sip of the soup. OMG, I couldn't find a single word to properly describe the bak kut teh soup that tasted just like plain clear pork soup. And the soup was only contains pork ribs, and a sprinkle of spring onion. You need to pay extra for fu zuk, enoki mushrooms and other ingredients that were normally supposed to come with the bak kut teh in klang balley To my surprise, the shop was always packed with customers. I wondered have these people ever tasted bak kut teh from klang? but i noticed people also ordered the dry version of bkt, at least it looked the normal. Guys, if you want a decent bkt in JB, please...

I hate on this so much. I just can't. HOW can you call this bak kut teh?! WHERE IS THE TEH?! How is it WHITE??? WHITE soup? Seriously??? I didn't see that the soup was white until it arrived. Drank it and just couldn't brain what I just had. It's not bak kut teh, this is bone soup. You can just call it bone soup, don't need to call it bkt! Omg I just can't.

The soup only has meat and some canned mushrooms (literally the cans of mushroom were outside where we can see them) if you want Fu chuk and enoki, need to add money. Which is ok I guess? BUT DIDN'T KNOW THE TEH IN BKT ALSO NEED TO ADD MONEY?!

Never ever coming...