Restoran Pin Qian @ Jalan Pandan Indah 4/10

One Sip Is All It Takes

   A spoonful of soup you bring close enough that the aroma starts filling your nostrils. The aroma we easily associate with comfort food, food that doesn't need to be complicated to be enjoyed. You breath in the scent again and you feel at ease when you exhale almost like smoking a cigarette. The potential exploited and used to quench your unquenchable appetite for good food, another sip and you feel the need to let out words "This the shit right here". In wine tasting one of the key components is aftertaste, this bak kut teh has a bittersweet taste that forces you in a gentle way to have more. All those ingredients giving a part of themselves to make this wonderful mouth watering dish like a football team.

A feast for a king

  Bak kut teh served in this place comes in individual bowls and not in a claypot although you can order the clay pot also. Preferences after all. Pork intestines, pork stomach, pork ribs, tofu pok and fried dough. Tofu pok (also known as tofu puff or tau pok) is a type of tofu which has been deep fried in oil until they are light and airy in the core. What tofu pok does is it absorbs the soup into it making it juicy, soft and fluffy. The taste of the soup is important to bring taste in all those components to go right, soup fails and the others come crashing down like the weak foundation for a high rise. This soup exceeds expectations and provides the eater's mouth a spectacle. The pork organs and meat are exceptional and portion sizes are perfect for a family of four or three. Mixing the soup together with the onion rice and pork intestines and you'd taste the soup in its glory and the quality of the intestines: tender and juicy. The pork stomach chewy in a good way and goes well together with some cili padi.

  The fried dough compliments the pork and like a sponge absorbed the flavours of the soup then burst when you bite into it. The pork ribs not tough and fall off the bone easily that all ages can enjoy with ease yet it wasn't overcooked. The onion rice is the establishment's own take on white rice by adding some fried onions to it that adds the crunch factor. There are other parts of the pig that you can order and price is just nice for a family, besides that they also provide the claypot bak kut teh which I have yet to try.

  This particular bak kut teh reminds me of the comfort food we crave when we are at home snuggled into the blanket while a rainstorm is happenning, it is the food we love to have together with friends and family as we all fight for the pieces of meat. It has that nice warmth to it like a mother's hug, one sip and your stomach from being upset becomes a lovely pup.


Makan Meter: 8/10

Restoran Pin Qian
Jalan Pandan Indah 4/10
Kuala Lumpur, Selangor