While Singaporeans and Malaysians wage cyber warfare over who does bak kut teh better, @fattchoyeatinghouse is quietly doing their own thing and coming up with this beast of a BKT. The Teochew Style Pork Trotter Bak Kut Teh costs forty eight bucks a serving, but it serves four folks and it comes in a vessel the size of a large flowerpot. When you do the math, it’s only twelve bucks a person, which is cheaper than quite a few famous BKT merchants out there.⠀
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As you may have already noticed, the big difference here is the pork trotter that’s been slowly simmered in that peppery soup for hours. It isn’t particularly peppery, but that’s due to all the richness of the collagen that’s seeped out of the trotter while simmering. This is the absolute thickest and richest soup I have ever sipped on bar none! It’s ludicrously luscious, ridiculously rich broth and unbelievably umami thanks to the spice mix fusing with the jumbo pork trotter. Speaking of the trotter, it’s tremendously tender as expected, and the skin is such a supple delicacy that is just begging for the kiss of some dark soya sauce & chili.⠀
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Thanks for having us, @fattchoyeatinghouse & @kevin._.ngan!