FOUNDER OF “TEOH HENG” BAK KUT TEH, CHIA SWEE LING BEEN EXPOSED FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS RECENTLY BEEN OPERATING BY SON, AH KEONG
“Bak Kut Teh” which is one of the local famous Chinese traditional food taken since hundred year ago. Mr. Chia Swee Ling who originated fron Tanjung Sepat, Selangor born in year 1948 was the founder of “Restoran Teoh Heng” bak kut teh recently generation passed onto son Mr. Chia Wee Keong operating in Kluang Baru, Johor introducing their home recipe to the public.
Chia Swee Ling who also known ‘Teoh Chew’ with his age of 66 years old currently, formerly was a Lorry Driver reached Kluang, Johor in 1970s initially stepped into the food and beverage industry since year 1979 running his ‘Satay’ food stall for only about a year. While in year 1981 established his very first and owned bak kut teh specialized shop at Jalan Lim Swee Sing named “Restoran Teoh Heng” presenting his home made bak kut teh recipe to the locals. After 13 years explosure and having great response from the public enabled Teoh Chew to moved into his owned shoplot at Kluang Baru (recent location) continue expose his career in year 1994.
While his second generation Chia Wee Keong (Ah Keong) who born in year 1969, since teenagers touched the f&b industry helping father in their bak kut teh shop, later on stepped into the career began at his age of 18 years old in year 1987 after returned from Singapore. At Ah Keong 34 of age been formally passed onto by father took over and operating the restaurant since 2003, further expose untill recent with assisted by wife.
In this 33 years history two generation bak kut teh restaurant, the top recommended will be surely their Claypot Soup Bak Kut Teh which soup base boiled for about an hour with eleven chinese herbals mixture then dropped into pork meats, ribs and internal parts then boiled for another 40 minutes before served. Options of spare ribs, belly pork, trotter, liver, stomach, kidney, tail and intestine available on visitor’s request. The exotic herbals bak kut teh soup taste you must try when reached Kluang, Johor.
In order to suit the market demand, and for those who do not likes or not frequently take meats can try their claypot bak kut teh mixtures with no meats. Served in soup base with cuttlefish, mushroom, dried fried pork skin, dried beancurd etc. One of the most wanted by their regulars and visitors especially for girls. Brings a different kind of bak kut teh soup taste you will never regret after taken.
Moreover, they also served Stewed Pork Trotter in claypot, which stewed for about 40 minutes with fresh pork trotter mixed with about 6 ingredients included chinese herbals presenting their home recipe taste slight sweet and salty. It will be the best matching taken together with their home cooked Yam Rice made up of yam cube, garlic and onions oil when cooked.
Nonetheless, their Braised Salted Veges also the traditional sided dish with bak kut teh especially in South Malaysia. Salted veges braised for about 20 minutes with their home recipe then slow boiled whole day you cannot missed when stepped into “Restoran Teoh Heng” at Kluang Baru, Johor.
RESTORAN TEOH HENG (KLUANG BARU)
Address: No. 53, Jalan Lim Swee Sing,
Kluang Baru,
86000 Kluang, Johor.
Business Hours: 6:45am to 2:00pm (Daily)
(Off Day Twice A Month)