Founder Bak Kut Teh

category: restaurants
by Yun,

Do you sometimes feel craving for a late supper? In my case, it always happens anywhere and anytime, including in my vacation time in Singapore. I believe that there are numerous restaurants or food stalls opened until late night in Singapore. But my knowledge of eating places in Singapore is limited. I only know couple restaurants that stay opened until late, and one of them is Founder Bak Kut Teh (or Founder Rou Gu Cha) located on Balestier Road in central Singapore.

I recall eating bak kut teh in many different restaurants before. I didn’t really like it. I was not a big fan of bak kut teh. My specific reason was because the herbal flavor of bak kut teh soup was typically too strong. The soup taste always made me unwilling to revisit any bak kut teh stalls.

However, approximately three years ago, a friend of mine, L, invited me to have a late supper at Founder Bak Kut Teh restaurant. Hearing about bak kut teh, I reluctantly accepted her invitation.

“Uhmmm, okay… Maybe I need to taste another bowl of bak kut teh again after all these years.”

The fact that they served a very tasty soup (with less herbal tasting) but more peppery and garlicky forced us to become fans of their bak kut teh. A is a fanatic fan of this restaurant’s bak kut teh because he loves the peppery taste of the soup, as well as the lean meat of the pork ribs. After our first eating experience, we consistently visit this restaurant each time we stop in Singapore, and never miss even once.

Eating at Founder Rou Gu Cha is not complete without consuming you tiao (Chinese doughnut) by first dipping it into their hearty spicy pork rib soup. You can enjoy their pork soup as much as you want, since they continually refill the soup. Also, we always combine the pork ribs soup with their salted vegetable. And not to forget to order their home-made barley drink. We love it very much.

Don’t be surprised if you will probably need to go through a long wait time before you can eat at this place. But, don’t be disheartened. There is a well-known saying that you must follow where crowds go to find the best place to eat. Yeah… I cannot agree more with that sentence! So, waiting to enter and eat at this restaurant certainly is worth it. This restaurant is famous in Singapore. As a proof of its popularity, the restaurant wall displays many photographs of the owner with various Taiwanese or Hongkongese movie stars.

Till now, Founder Bak Kut Teh remains as our most favorite bak kut teh restaurant. How about you? What is your favorite bak kut teh restaurant? Please share it with me. Who knows I will get a chance to bump into one of your suggestions.

Founder Bak Kut Teh

347 Balestier Road

Singapore

65.6352.6192

Comments

9 Comments so far

arman | 13 November 2008, 15:00
kok bakut teh nya gak gitu coklat ya kuahnya yun?
ada bumbu bakut teh, belinya di malaysia, gua gak tau sih tepatnya dimana, selalu nitip ama temennya cicinya esther… itu asli enak banget kalo dimasak!

dulu2 gua tuh gak suka bakut teh. tapi sejak diperkenalkan ama bakut teh yang dari malaysia ini gile deh jadi ketagihan. hahaha.

apalagi kalo lagi dingin2 ya, trus makan bakut teh panas2… nikmat banget dah…

kayanya kalo yang warnanya coklat itu yg banyak herbs2 nya gitu kali ya?
di malaysia emang warnanya lebih coklat kayanya. Temen gue yg lama tinggal di malay pas liat foto bakuteh ini juga commentnya sama kaya elo, “kok warnanya ga coklat?” hehe

oyah? kalo tau brandnya bumbu bakuteh yg elo biasa pake pls lemme know ya man:))

Setuju! di Singapore ga pernah dingin aja makan ginian enakkkk, aplg disini pas winter, yummmm!
Im3th | 13 November 2008, 21:39
Hehehe baru mao komen sama ama Arman, koq warnanya ndak coklat? di Malay juga ada resto baikut teh yang gw demen tuh Yun, sebrang hotel Federal-Bukit Bintang, gw suka baikut teh karena anget di badan. Btw, thanks ya atas info lo ttg resto baikut teh di Spore ini, menarik banget !

Bakuteh yg ini sepertinya rasanya slightly different lho sama yang ada di Malay met…
ariany | 14 November 2008, 20:29
wah… blognya asik nih…
gua link ya yun.. salam kenal juga..

Thanks ar
Rina | 15 November 2008, 13:15
Yun, sama. Gue juga nggak gitu suka bakut teh. Enakan yang biasa. Tapi yang lo punya ini, bener ya. Gak gitu coklat dan gue percaya taste lo deh, Yun. Should try it sometimes

iya rin yg ini ga berasa kaya obat2an banget kok… seger malah kuahnya bisa nambah terus…ditunggu laporannya kalo dah cobain ya
veny | 16 November 2008, 09:15
Hii Yunike ,
salam kenal yah …nice Blog !
I dont like Bak Kut Teh with same reason with you > the herb flavour too strong like “jamu” he222
Tp kalo someday g ke SIN lagi ntar g coba deh yg di Balestier yah ?
Bole aku Link Blog nya Yun ?

Thanks for stopping by Ven. Silakan kalo mo ngelink, thanks
rony | 24 November 2008, 04:04
Hi Yun, met kenal….
Tumben ada yg ngebahas tempat2 di sg…
Tapi kayanya tempat ini overrated .. gara2 banyak foto2 artis… jadinya rada mahal
Tapi boleh lah dicoba…. buat perbandingan….
Cuman banyak yg bilang M’Sia bak kut teh lebih enak…. *asal jangan di Genting Hotel…. 30RM untuk semangkuk

kayanya beda ama M’sia bakuteh deh, yg ini ga banyak berasa herbnya… cobain deh, siapa tau ketagihan elo tinggal di singapore ya?
Melmel | 01 December 2008, 11:16
yoehh yunnn
the best bakut teh emang tu resto
gue diajak koko gue lagi itu makan di situ pertama kali.. ampe skrg selalu nitip kalo dia pulang indo… that reminds me.. bentar lagi dia pulang indo… hohohohoho
yummmmmmmm

Oh, bakuteh yg sering dibawain koko lo jg dari sini toh… iya gue jg demen, ga kaya obat kuahnya, seger and peppery banget. Alb plg doyan deh mkn sini.
johnny | 29 December 2008, 08:03
Thanks for good post

Your welcome
constantine | 30 December 2008, 02:50
kalo gw sukanya di jalan rangoon. klo yg di balistier kurang gtu berasa. memank di situ sich bilangnya founder.

yg di jalan rangoon namanya apa ya?

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