THE RECOGNISED “BAK GONG” BAK KUT TEH (CHINESE HERBAL PORK SOUP) RUNNING ON THE MIDDLE NORTHERN NATION @ PERAK
“Bak Kut Teh” or somehow known the Chinese Herbal Pork Soup is all the while among the local chinese’s traditional authentic herbal pork soup eatery which being practised since the early 20th century, also believed that was originated from Selangor, Malaysia to 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 new established Bak Kut Teh Restaurant “Bak Gong” running at Ipoh, Perak having great positive response from the market recently.
The Kuala Lumpur local originated Mr. Yik Hon Loong (born 1982), was the initial founder, together with his wife Ms. Cherie Goh Siew Peng (Negeri Sembilan, born 1987) and sister-in-law Ms. Goh Siew Khin (born 1980) are the recent families owners of this best recognised Bak Kut Teh Restaurant “Bak Gong” along the Bercham, Ipoh territory presenting their very home-cooked chinese herbal pork soup eatery to the locals & visitors under a roof with their patience on the middle northern ground at Perak.
The founder cum owner Yik Hon Loong, who at his age of 42 years old currently, been formerly in the Construction Industry for more than a decade all the while holding his great-grand uncle’s (grandfather’s elder brother) chinese herbal pork soup/bak kut teh home recipes firstly touched the f&b field in the year of 2014 running his bak kut teh eating stall at Cheras, Kuala Lumpur nearly a year then ended in circumstance inspired him the market opportunity in the industry especially wishing to bring his family’s recipes into the market thoroughly.
With home recipes on-hand, added vision to have his very own bak kut teh eating house locally and foreseeing the market opportunity especially the chinese herbal pork soup wishing to step into the f&b field further his exposure in the career enabled Hon Loong decided then successfully established his very first owned Chinese Herbal Pork Soup (Bak Kut Teh) Restaurant officially named the “Bak Gong Bak Kut Teh” right in the Bercham township, Ipoh in the mid of year 2024 serving his signatures to the public, fully assisted by wife Cherie Goh & sister-in-law running on the ground. And finally being recognised among the best in town by the Malaysian F&B E-Media for the year of 2024 on the middle northern nation at Perak.
In this Bak Gong Bak Kut Teh Restaurant, the owners’ very first top recommended in selections surely will be their family’s generation authentic “Bak Kut Teh Soup” (Claypot Chinese Herbal Pork Soup) which most wanted by their regulars here. At least few hours home-boiled chinese herbal soup base (with more than 10 herbals mixture) into pork offal such pork belly, ribs, intestine & pork tripe/stomach, served boiling hot in claypot into mushroom, chinese cabbage, enoki (needle mushroom) & dried beancurd sheet (fuchuk) will always bring the nice pork offal’s soft bites itself with smooth herbal’s tasty swallowed kind of their Bak Kut Teh soup eatery that you must have a try when reached Bercham, Ipoh.
Secondly will be their special “Dry Bak Kut Teh”, which also among their customer’s favourite selection that commonly serves on-order basis. Combination of their boil-cooked pork offal (pork belly, intestine, ribs & tripe/stomach) stir-fried in claypot with their herbal pork soup base into seasonings mixture, lady finger, dried chili & dried cuttlefish shredded, and finally served hot boiling also in claypot will brings the excellent salted sweet fair spicy kind of Dry Bak Kut Teh eatery that you cannot aside here. Complete sided with a bowl of their hot boiled white rice here will always the best matching never regret after tasted.
Besides their Pork Offal Bak Kut Teh, you also need to taste their famous “Rib Bone Bak Kut Teh” which among their visitor’s wanted selection from the beginning. Herbal soup boiled pork ribs commonly prepared in 5-inches long of size, served also in their hours cooked bak kut teh soup base into enoki/needle mushroom, dried beancurd sheet/fuchuk, mushroom & chinese cabbage will brings the rib bone’s soft texturing bites into mouth with pork ribs’ freshness sweet itself that you will neither found the same elsewhere in town here.
Nonetheless, the owners also introduced their all time favourite recommended “Pig’s Tail Bak Kut Teh” with limited serves daily like by most of the locals from the first day. Long-boiled pig’s tail in their few hours home-cooked chinese herbal soup base served also boiling hot in claypot with chinese cabbage, needle mushroom, dried beancurd sheet & mushroom will brings another tasty herb’s swallowed with rich natural pork collagen (from the long-boiled) kind of their Pig’s Tail Bak Kut Teh eatery that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised Chinese Herbal Pork Soup (Bak Kut Teh) Restaurant “Bak Gong Bak Kut Teh” at Ipoh, Perak.
BAK GONG BAK KUT TEH
Address: No. 39
Persiaran Medan Bercham 3,
Pusat Bandar Baru Bercham,
31400 Ipoh,
Perak.
Business Hours: 6:00am to 9:00pm (Daily)