THE RECOGNISED “YAU LI FOK” AUTHENTIC CLAYPOT BAK KUT TEH RUNNING 2-GENERATIONS ON THE MIDDLE NORTHERN @ PERAK
“Bak Kut Teh” or somehow known as the Chinese Herbal Pork Soup is all the while among the local chinese’s traditional authentic herbal pork soup eatery being practised since nearly a century ago, and believed that was originated from Klang, Selangor can be easily found everywhere on our nations today with respective home recipes on the ground. Here on the middle northern nation, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended Bak Kut Teh Eating House “Yau Li Fok” running more than 25 years into their 2nd generation at Ipoh, Perak having great positive response from the market all the while.
The Ipoh, Perak local originated Mr. Lum Kim Foong (born 1975), together with his wife Ms. Candy Siow Yian Ching (Terengganu, born 1975) both are the recent immediate couple-owners of this best recognised Bak Kut Teh Eating House “Yau Li Fok” right along the Bercham township, as the family’s 2nd generation continue presenting their very home recipes on Chinese Herbal Pork Soup eateries to the locals & visitors in an better manner environmental dining condition on the middle northern ground with their patience.
The first owner, Kim Foong’s father Mr. Lum Chee Cheong (Ipoh, born 1954), was the initial founder began his very owned Bak Kut Teh eating stall named “Yau Li Fok” in a food court at Bercham, Ipoh in the year 1997 being fully assisted by wife late Madam Foong Siew Yin (1957-2021). Later-on moved into their family’s owned chinese coffee shop also at Bercham, Ipoh continued his exposure in the field, where son Lum Kim Foong (with wife Candy Siow) been given the opportunity to touch the f&b industry running their family’s coffee shop respectively in year 2001 at the same time helping parents in the bak kut teh career on the same ground. Then exposed into another outlet stall at Tasek, Perak in the year 2009 running their couple’s bak kut teh eating stall thoroughly and being passed onto the responsibility to continue father’s career as the 2nd generation in the year 2013 along their journey in the field.
With experiences & recipes on-hand, added vision to have their very own eating house locally and wishing to further their exposure in the Bak Kut Teh field enabled the couple Kim Foong & wife Candy Siow decided then successfully established their very first owned Bak Kut Teh Eating House officially named the “Restoran Yau Li Fok Bak Kut Teh” at Taman Desa Kencana, Bercham in the 3rd quarter of year 2023 still serving their family’s traditional authentic claypot bak kut teh to the public in manner. And finally being recognised among the best in town by the Malaysian F&B E-Media for the year 2023 on the middle northern nation at Perak.
In this Restoran Yau Li Fok Bak Kut Teh, the very first top recommended in selections surely will be their Lum family’s 2-generations recipe on traditional authentic “Claypot Bak Kut Teh” which most wanted by their regulars. Home soup base boiled for about 2&half hours with 13 chinese herbals mixture, into local fresh pork belly, pork ribs, intestines, tripes (pig’s stomach) & tails, and finally served boiling hot in claypot into with dried beancurd (taupok), dried beancurd sheets (taukee), mushroom & celery will always bring the smooth herbal soup’s swallowed with pork’s freshness sweet kind of Bak Kut Teh eatery that you must have a try when reached Ipoh, Perak.
Taken their authentic Claypot Bak Kut Teh in combination of a hot bowl white rice, sides of deep fried dough fritters (you tiao), and taken dipping with either salty or sweet soy sauce and chopped chili & garlics sided will always the best matching in having their local herbal pork soup (Bak Kut Teh) eatery that wanted by all the visitors here. Also their “Boiled Iceberg Lettuce” (or Choy Sum) served after seconds boil-cooked, poured onto with home-mixed soy sauce broth into sesame oil toppings of their home-fried garlic oil too the cannot aside sided menu that you will never regret after tasted here.
Moreover, their “Vinegar Pork Trotter” also among the favourite recommended selection which like by most of the locals from the beginning. Local fresh pork trotter (pig’s leg) cleaned then followed by about an hour home-braised with black vinegar, ginger & black bean, and finally served hot on table will brings the wonderful rich pork trotter’s natural collagen from the long braised itself with trotter’s soft texturing bites into mouth carrying the exotic appetising sour sweet tasty kind of their Vinegar Pork Trotter eatery that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised Bak Kut Teh Eating House “Restoran Yau Li Fok Bak Kut Teh” with their 2-generations home recipes at Bercham, Ipoh on the middle northern nation at Perak.
RESTORAN YAU LI FOK BAK KUT TEH
Address: No. 20,
Persiaran Bercham Selatan 8,
Taman Desa Kencana,
31400 Ipoh,
Perak.
Business Hours: 11:00am to 7:00pm (Daily)