Another Malacca Delicacy – “Beef Soup”
July 11th, 2005.
Categories: Eating..., Eating... In Malacca
If I say Malacca is famous for its “Nyonya” dishes and “Hainanese Chicken Rice Ball”, nobody will disagree with me, right? Although it is the truth that Hainanese does cook the best chicken rices! I bet a lot of Hainanese bloggers like James, Auntie Lilian, Twinsmom and Papi will agree. (Wah~! All the heavyweight bloggers. Anymore Hainanese bloggers?) However, I am not doing a food review on the chicken rice though (I have yet to, anyway.) but let me introduce another delicacy found in Malacca – “Beef Soup 牛腩”.
“Loi’s Bak Kut Teh and Beef stall” is the shop’s name. It is not a shop actually as he uses the front yard of his old double storey house to do his business. His stall only consists of 8 to 9 tables only. Therefore, it is very noisy and cramp when there are a lot of people or families having dinner together at the same place. So, it is better to come early rather than during peak hours like 8PM onwards. The shop’s business hour is from 6.30PM up to 10.30PM, so the best time is around 7PM to 7.30PM.
There are two things for you to order only – “Bah Kut Teh” or “Beef Soup”. However, I usually have “Beef Soup”. After you place your order, he will start mixing the ingredients and boil it over low fire. Once it is ready to be served, he will chop some chinese cabbage and put it on top of the soup. After all, it is not healthy to eat all-meat-only meal. –coughs coughs- The soup is boiling when it is served and you have to be very careful as it burns your tongue or if you have kids around.
Spreading away the chinese cabbage, you will see the ingredients treasures. The beef meatballs, raw beef meats, beef stomachs and lots of “tau ki”. (”Tau ki” in English is beancurd, according to Chris.) He does not put all the beef into the soup and boil them, as some people prefer to eat them not so cooked. Therefore, he will put some of them on top and you get to “cook” your own beef till how cooked you want it to be.
Just like any other “Bak Kut Teh” meal (Although I was not eating “Bak Kut Teh”.), you will be served with “oil rice 油饭” instead of white rice. The rice is not very oily like those you have tasted in other shops, but there is nothing to shout about the rice too. If this is your first time eating, you might think it sucks because it tastes quite different from other “Beef Soup” and it has this do-not-know-how-to-describe taste in the soup. Therefore, you need some time to get use to its taste, like I did. However, it is the soup that makes it special and outstanding.
How good is it, you ask?
It is this good!
How much per head? I suppose it is about RM8 per head. I had 2 bowls of rice, 1 chinese tea and 1 “Beef Soup” for RM9.20. Cheap? Expensive? Let us take a closer view of his “kitchen”.
In order to go to this shop, all you need to do is find your way to Ayer Keroh or towards Malacca toll. I will be describing the direction as if you are coming from the toll. After you exit the toll, go straight all the way until you pass Jaya Jusco, which is on your right. Go slightly forward and you will see Everhome, a furniture shop at at junction. Turn left into the junction and go straight. The shop is on your right hand side and it is opposite the Malaysia Custom Academy. For Malaccans, it is at Bukit Baru and before the 24 hours Jiki’s food court.
P/S :
Philips, this is for you! Print this post out and visit me in Malacca, then I will give you a treat.
This is not “Beef Bak Kut Teh”. Just incase you got it wrongly, it is not “Beef Bak Kut Teh”.
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July 11th, 2005 01:00
dude, you gotta take me there one day!!
July 11th, 2005 01:22
i always drive pass that place last time, saw the big sign placed on the road outside the double storey house, knowing it sell ‘bah kut teh’, but never sees it open shop, cuz rarely pass there at night. so, it opens for 4 hours only, it must be good, must try it next time.
July 11th, 2005 08:58
First time i see beef bakuteh!!! I am not a beef person….so dont think i will like it. Even for the normal bakuteh, i normally have an extremely plain one with only the ‘fu chok’, ‘taufu pok’ and soup…..kind of sick of the meat too ;P.
July 11th, 2005 10:49
Jason !!!!!
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I want I want I want !!!
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End of July I’ve got to bring Fat Lady to Melacca dei !! Wait for me ah !!
Wait for me ah !!
Really have to print meh? Thne today I go Low Yatt buy a printer first.
Running to low yatt now……
July 11th, 2005 13:30
WTH?! WTF!? Only 4 comments after nearly 13 hours of posting?! OMG, I feel so bad…
July 11th, 2005 17:06
maybe the muslim friends couldn’t give any comment on this one, just maybe
July 11th, 2005 22:31
haha…cos milly stil haven’t post comment mah..so mai so littl ecomment lor..!! ahha… where is msau comment ar??
haha..ei..ur beef rice cannot make me drooling 1?? hmm..not interesting n not attractive oso..!! porbably is bcos i dunlike to eat beef lar.. ahha..n i cannnot eat beef..keke…
July 12th, 2005 11:09
Tiu Nia Sing : No problem, come to Malacca only. But hor, your tummy can eat that much anot?
Andy : Hmm, honestly, I thought you are in Taiwan? Hehe, you should try one day, really, you should.
Emotionalistic : It is not “Beef Bak Kut Teh”. It is not! Its “Beef Soup”. Just that he also sells “Bak Kut Teh” in pork of course.
Kai Hong : Scare you ah?! Come lah~! -nyek nyek nyek- Yalah, have to print. Else other people use your name to cheat me, how?
Andy : Hmm, although it makes sense, but I doubt so.
Milly : Ya meh? You post also only post 1 comment. Msau? Must be drooling too much until her keyboard spoil already, that’s why can’t comment. You don’t eat beef har? “Gong Hei”! You cannot eat 1/8 of the world delicacy already.
July 12th, 2005 11:10
And again, why this post so little comment one?!?!?!?!?!? Not even 10!!!!!! This is so dissapointing. Must be because nobody likes it. -sniff sniff-
July 12th, 2005 15:37
Nah nah nah… I make it to 10 liuuu!! Thank me lar!!!
July 13th, 2005 06:48
Haha, minus my own comment, where got 10?
October 27th, 2006 08:40
wahhhh i miss this place so much la. my family and i like to eat there. im from malacca also. but been leaving in ipoh for 7 years aredy. the last time i balik kampong was 3 years ago. i really miss the food there. and i like reading ur “eating in malacca” category.
October 27th, 2006 11:48
Wendy : You are form Malacca? That’s a surprise. Faster come back and eat these food again, and hope we can meet up also. :D Glad that you like it.
November 3rd, 2007 23:19
actually hor, I am a hainanese blogger although my mother tongue is cantonese minus the heavy weight part :P
I saw this shop before although i have yet to try their food. But since I always saw many people hovering around the shop, i think the food must be good.
November 3rd, 2007 23:24
Anthraxxxx : Dude, what are you doing digging through my old archives? LOL. I am a Hainanese too, yet I can’t speak any Hainan language except “bong kang” which means stupid. Hehe. The beef BKT is an acquired taste, might not be your liking at first.
May 28th, 2008 15:43
i think u should try Yew Chian Haw BKT…it is the best so far i have tested…i purchase it from tesco…it has lots or variety besides BKT 2
May 28th, 2008 15:51
CL : Those pre-packed? You got to be kidding me.