They serve chinese tea just like in the bak kut teh (BKT) shops in Klang. An assortment of tea sachets is presented, badly colour coded with writings in a language I can barely read let alone understand. Pick a card, any card. Thankfully, there are some familiar romanised words and I reach for my usual favourite. There are kettles of boiling water on the side, placed on gas stoves for us to fill and refill our teapots. The location of a longkang beside the tables is ideal as one can pour any used water directly into the drain. It is a thoroughly efficient and practical system. Drinking chinese tea is, of course, important when consuming BKT as the chinese believe that it can help wash away the oil and ease digestion.
But we’re not here to talk about tea. Neither are we here to talk about the dusty road (before the straight and glossy Guthrie Corridor Expressway came about) which heavy vehicles ply on their daily trade. This is the story of one bak kut teh place, just 3 minutes away from Bukit Jelutong, a little obscure and quite easily overlooked if one caught some dust in the eye from a passing lorry (in an attempt to save fuel by turning off the airconditioning). Finding it is easy if one looked for the right signs. No, not the well camouflaged signboards along the way. If you’re ‘lucky’ enough to see them, you would be led straight to the new highway and in a blink of an eye, you would find yourself in Rawang where you’d be wondering why you didn’t wind down those damned windows to save fuel. Take the old road instead and after passing a couple of traffic lights, you will see an Esso petrol station on the left. You will find Subang Teow chew Claypot Bak Kut Teh directly opposite the petrol station. As I said, 3 minutes from Bukit Jelutong.
The claypot BKT here is uncomplicated. There are two types of items in it – pork meat (and the requisite amount of fats) and foo chuk (bean curd sheets). Garnishings don’t count, of course. The meat is tender and flaky, indicating a long period of preparation, and the soup is light and slightly peppery and a little salty in flavour, unlike the hokkien version which has a stronger herbal taste. It all boils down to personal preference. Me? It depends whether it’s Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday. After all, why should one be so rigid?
In his blog, KY highly recommended the foo chuk. He was right. The foo chuk still retained its crunch and was not soggy despite the soaking in the herbal BKT broth.
The bill for 2 came up to RM29 (together with tea). Not bad for a weekend breakfast, a reminder of my days in Klang and the numerous weekend breakfasts with my parents and my brothers and our regular guests – uncles and aunties who knew how to start the weekend with a delicious traditional breakfast.
Other writeups can be found here: Masak-masak, Julie the Biscuit and Small Kuching.
Subang Teow Chew Claypot Bak Ku Teh
Lot 653 & 655, Jalan Subang, Cherakah Subang
40150 Shah Alam.
Tel: 019-261 5303, 012-335 9219
Open Tuesdays to Sundays, breakfast and lunch only.
The quintessential Chinese-M’sian breakfast!
OK, to meet Aug 24 or 25 evening, can or not, sweetie? Please email me.
Thought they would have built a shoplot dedicated to their business by now. Must be saving on assessment taxes.
How long was the foo chuk soaking in the bkt?
PS: please help me torture nipples into going to Iketeru. 😀
That’s my kinda fu chuk… crunchy till the last bite! (Eh, how come sound like a commercial for cookies/chips pulak? 😛 )
hey, Bak Kut Teh fever! =P
funny seeing a bowl full of fu chuk only, swimming in a pot of BKT. Had to be something special huh?
not the easiest of places to find, i reckon…. i wonder if it’s on gps 😉 i am a big fan of the BKT and the foochok!
Yes,i’ll be heading to my fav BKT store in kluang once i finish my final yr proj here!!!
Can’t stand the fact tt Sg serve their BKT in white pepper soup. *da…???* Faint! And they claim it’s better, i think they just don’t like herbs smell.
I love Fu Chok too, cos when i was young the only thing i eat in BKT is the Fu Chok and daun salad, haha =p
My fren brought me here last time via the sg. buloh side. I wanted to come here again but i couldn’t remember that route. Could you explain it from the shah alam stadium side? 😀
i know where is the fish/chicken cusine. so assuming coming from BMW, pass the fish/chicken cussine heading towards the stadium i pressume i need to turn right some where there? i google the map and saw a shell station not far from the stadium? could that be one but i got a feeling is not that close to the stadium?
thanks.
Malaysian bak-ku teh is the best, with all the herbs and innards.
Donch think i can stomach BKT in the morning leh.. 🙂
So that was what was missing from our last night’s dinner-the TOU POK!!! ARGH!
BKT for breakfast? Well, by the time I wake up (during weekends) it’s lunch time for me 🙂
Argus: Cannnn…I’ll email you! In case I forget – make it Aug 25.
Henry: Dunno how long, but for the entire duration of our brekkie including waiting time for photography and I’m also a slow eater so….
Kenny: You always sound like a commercial ler.
J2Kfm: funny meh? But yeah, it was special. 🙂
cumiandciki: can find map on KY’s blog. Next time I’ll take note of GPS coordinates for u, k. 😀
JOjo: Well, I hope you get your fix soon then. Until then study hard (I hear you lead a very hectic student life!).
Calvin: Heading towards the stadium, you will reach a T junction with traffic lights. Turn right. You will pass Shell (on the left). At the traffic light, go straight. Go over the flyover. Straight past the first Bukit Jelutong turning (on left). After that keep left (the right leads to the new highway). Go down until the junction, turn right at the traffic light but keep to the left side of the road, then make an immediate left turn. Shortly after that, there will be another traffic light. Go straight. Now keep your eyes peeled for the Esso station on your left. The shop is directly opposite the station (on the right). Can figure out? hehe.
SOoooooUP: I agree with you. 🙂
Mama BoK: You need to be conditioned ……like me! hehehe.
daphne: LOL. As long as the main ingredient is there lar… 🙂 (Pork!!)
Live2Talk: Wah. You must be a party animal eh? That’s why cannot wake up in the morning lar…hehe.
Yee-ha! Aug 25 (Monday) evening it is then. Looking forward to jawing (in more ways than one) with you guys.
When I read abt this at KY’s blog, I told myself I must go, but always forgot~~ Hmm….Must set a reminder in my handphone then ~.~”
dun torture me…haha im happy to go here la..but iketeru gonna burn more then a hole..gonna burn my bum too!
foo chukkkk i want my does of BKT liao..
quite oxymoron hor? (inspired by fbb’s choice of words)
a complicated journey to a bowl of simple deliciousness.
btw, what days have got to do with rigidity ar? i prefer hokkien mee to cantonese mee anytime, anyday, anywhere…errr, anyone? hehehe…
Argus: Gulp, what have I agreed to?
mimid3vils: Hehe..you getting old oso hor? 😛
lotsofcravings: Get ur gf there la…not that far from Klang mah. Burn your bum too? Oh dear, I can’t imagine. Hmmmmm…..ohhhhhh….I see the light now…..*evil grin*
HairyBerry: U’re a genius la (just like FBB…I am so flattered to be in the midst of so many geniuses). Oh, I didnt tell you that I’m rigid on Thursdays meh? But Saturdays and Sundays are very fluid….Saturdays more than Sundays, and then Mondays become a bit more rigid, but not as rigid as…yeah, you guessed it, Thursdays. C’mon…can’t eat Hokkien Mee all your life. Sometimes you gotta have Meehoon.
i like foo chok too !!
have to go hunting for this place d….
ooh, can u arrange a BKT session with ciki, since she lurves BKT, and so do i…..if you cant make it, just give us the directions. hahahaah. (i am sure ciki will think, EUGHHHH, when she reads this).
foo choke, once of the greatest inventions by the greatest race in the world. oh, 2nd greatest la. greatest are the jews of course. [argh, i’m joking people, JOKING]
whats hairy talking about? rigidity? is that like hardness?
The very best kind of commercial… 😉
P.S. Can I be a genius like HairyBerry and FBB too? 😀
you know, for some odd reason, I’ve been having this Bak Kut Teh craving for a while now so it was totally uncanny when I decided to visit your blog (after a looooooooong absence) and saw this! OMG! I’m hungry already!
thanks for still having me on your blogroll 🙂
Are the cups meant to be white? The pots the bkt was served in looked appetising though. I would have preferred to have seen some offal in it, as its my favourite part of the pig.
fbb, well, rigidity is the ability to withstand deformation while hardness refers to resistivity towards impact. but in this case, rigidity is aptly used lar, i think. but i prefer hardness, anytime.
😀
kennymah, you are beyond genius. (in my case, lemongrass was using the term sarcastically, cant you tell). you are the kiran desai of the blogging world.
gorgeous, love the rustic look of your photos!
i wonder if those were the original teacups from their opening day…not likely.
ling239: I hope you find it! Just follow the directions that I gave Calvin. 🙂
fatboybakes: Of course I can arrange a session. Let’s hope ciki is reading this, eh? As for the greatest race in the world, you forgot the Chindians.
Kenny Mah: Trust me, you don’t wanna be a “genius” like them. Just be yourself la.
Joy: Hehe…the spell of the BKT! Anyway, I still read your blog mah, so of course you’re still on my Blogroll. 🙂
hazza: I was hoping for some offal too, but I don’t think they do that there. And yes, the cups are meant to be white. These are “seasoned”. hehehe.
HairyBerry: Uh…we all needed to know that….eeek.
fatboybakes: Thanks for enlightening Kenny Mah. (abt the sarky bit la). I knew I could count on ya.
bigboysoven: Hehe…thanks! Rustic look for rustic place?
Henry: Hard to say. I’ll ask them the next time I go.
Tried it a few times. So so only. Though the lunch crowd is incredible,but my regular place is Ah Seng BKT further down, turn right at the Monterez traffic light, the corner shop, after the furniture store.
i’m a bit passionate abt my chinese tea’s too, but so often i cant tell what on earth is written on the packets. I just go by the word of the store selling showing me his 2 thumbs up sign , signaling its nice. Very rarely i end up with an awful packet, most of them are just perfect.Clay pot stews are one of my favourite meals too. Nice post.
LL: Hehe. Not genius it is, then.
FBB: Kiran who? LOL. Kiddin’, kiddin’… I know who Kiran is… a chef, right? 😛
YumYum! The great photos make the food look extremely good!
we remember one of 2 of this packed like hell dusty place as beside Monterez Golf Club where lorry drivers gather for the tonic. We also used to drop by after the KRTU golf gambling session . Once the fish head curry we ordered was inside raw and it wasn’t salmon. But the honey jackfruit was excellent. We haven’t been back since after the GC highway opened. One bsg’s office is just opposite, 5 km away
bak kut teh one of my favourites……..as well as char siew and pan mee.
One of the good bak kut teh used to be renting a stall in Restoran Ahwa coffeeshop (behind shell) Jalan 222 PJ but have since moved out not sure where they went to(it could be the same people as ss2 chew sang).But nevertheless we are still blessed as the coffeeshop still have got a superb stall that sells char siew that truly melts in your mouth…heavens give to char siew lovers…no joke…go try..and FYI ..the guy that sells char siew …hehe….quite gook looking and speaks good english too. And another good stall that sells quite good pan mee, tom yam and curry mee that is different from the conventional stall.Go give it a shot..yum yum….and are open in the morning from mon to sat only.(closed on sundays)
The teacup looks so yellowish hor? I like teochew BKT over the Klang version. Where about is this place in Shah Alam, anyway near to my place? I so lack of good food ever since i moved over here. 🙁
Ahh…never mind, i saw the direction in your earlier reply.
hi,
you must try the klang lek bak kut teh in klang.
it has very different bakuteh soup taste from Pj/KL area..
🙂 hehe… its quite nice …try googling it ..