Mungo Jerry Bak Kut Teh @ Jalan Raja Laut

There are a lot of shops here selling BKT aka Bak Kut Teh in KL. But each shop has its own taste. Bak kut teh) is a Chinese soup popularly served in Singapore, Malaysia, China, Taiwan and also, cities of neighbouring countries like Batam of Indonesia and Hat Yai of Thailand. The name literally translates as "meat bone tea", and, at its simplest, consists of meaty pork ribs simmered in a complex broth of herbs and spices (including star anise, cinnamon, cloves, dang gui, fennel seeds and garlic) for hours.

There is one shop in KL located at Jalan Raja Laut near to EON Bank HQ selling a good taste of BKT. The shop named is Mungo Jerry. Don’t ask me why the owner chooses one of the 70’s English group band named as the shop name. Maybe the owner is a fan of the groups, it just my assumption.

Mungo Jerry group band in the 70's

The menus are mostly cook with pork parts which is not gone to waste. The signature menu in this shop you need to order is the fried 3 layer honey pork, pokari (Pork Curry) and the BKT (order for cham cham means mix with all parts of porks). You also not to miss to eat the fried onion rice which been cook with pork lard. Some people does not know how the taste rice mix with pork lard and i bet you, you will ask for more as when i was small in kampung, my grandma and grandpa always have this pork lark oil mix with soy sauce and rice. Mix with fried budou siret (not sure what we called it in English), it’s really taste good.
During my sis and bro in law came to KL, i brought them there. This is the first time this year since 2 years back when my wife, my sis and I went there order full of pork on the table. Since that day, i didn’t step foot at that shop anymore. But during my sis and her husband came here, so we went back there again. The place does not change much. The same old face of the waiter and the place we park our cars still got Mak Nyah selling services (Psst... the shop is near to the famous jalan haji taib which is label as black area which full of that service.)


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So back to our food, i capture some of the food photos for your view and comment. But i do recommend this shop if you ever came to KL. I think there also open another outlet in SS2 PJ if you think the one in Raja Laut is not that convenient.

Fried 3 layer pork with honey

Pokari aka Pork Curry.

Bak Kut Teh

Tauhu

Fried Kai Lan

Onion rice with pork lard.