{"id":15129,"date":"2022-11-09T21:25:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T21:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/09\/we-tried-the-viral-cheese-bak-kut-teh-culinary-atrocity-or-pure-cheesy-goodness\/"},"modified":"2022-11-09T21:25:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T21:25:25","slug":"we-tried-the-viral-cheese-bak-kut-teh-culinary-atrocity-or-pure-tacky-goodness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/09\/we-tried-the-viral-cheese-bak-kut-teh-culinary-atrocity-or-pure-tacky-goodness\/","title":{"rendered":"We tried the viral cheese bak kut teh \u2014 culinary atrocity or pure tacky goodness?"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ad_1]
\n<\/p>\n

\n

You\u2019ve seen the title and also you\u2019re most likely going \u201c<\/span>Cheese <\/b>bak kut teh<\/i><\/b>. That\u2019s just downright wrong\u201d. Yes, however earlier than you throw stones at me, hear me out. It took all my willpower to drive to <\/span>Setapak <\/b>within the efforts to smell out the one and solely restaurant in Kuala Lumpur which served this blasphemous tacky concoction\u2014 <\/span>B.A.J Restaurant<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cafe<\/p>\n

As I made my method to the restaurant, I seen that for as soon as, my ravenous urge for food (and lactose-intolerant abdomen) was overcome with dread. Gingerly, I took my seat and positioned my order. There have been loads of wonderful-sounding dishes on the menu however my thoughts was made up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I used to be right here for one factor and one factor solely. The <\/span>Cheese Bak Kut Teh<\/span><\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What I attempted at B.A.J Restaurant\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n

For these of you who’re curious to know the way this tacky concoction was made, let me spill the beans. The chef first begins by cooking recent okra slices and pork chunks in a claypot. It is then blended with a spicy <\/span>bak kut teh<\/span><\/i> sauce earlier than being sprinkled with a beneficiant quantity of <\/span>mozzarella <\/span><\/i>cheese.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"B.A.J<\/p>\n

After what appeared like an eternity (it was simply 20 minutes), my <\/span>Cheese <\/b>Bak Kut Teh<\/i><\/b> (RM16.90)<\/b> arrived with a plate of rice on the facet. And for an excellent minute, I simply sat there inhaling the quite overpowering perfume of the scorching cheese. While you is perhaps postpone on the considered mixing an old-school dish with cheese, I\u2019m happy to report that the cheese is paired with the dry model of <\/span>bak kut teh<\/span><\/i>, not the soupy sort. Feel higher?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

True to its title, smothered on the items of marinated pork was a blanket of melted cheese. The once-milky-white-cheese now had a charred look to it. This gave it a stark visible distinction of darkish brown pork chunks, and hints of inexperienced from the okra towards the melted cheese.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"B.A.J<\/p>\n

Of course with regards to melted cheese, the rule is to all the time eat whereas sizzling. After all, there\u2019s nothing\u2019s extra unappealing than chilly, clumpy cheese. So I wasted no time and tossed the cheese together with the pork, scraping each little bit of cheese that caught to the edges of the claypot. Finally, the second I\u2019d been ready for, (let\u2019s be trustworthy, you too), the cheese pull check.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"B.A.J<\/p>\n

I readied myself for the Insta-worthy cheese pull and proceeded to carry the cheese coated pork as excessive as I may. Yes, the cheese pull was as wonderful because it appears! The delicate, gooey cheese stretched on for half an excellent ruler\u2019s width earlier than lastly snapping off.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"B.A.J<\/p>\n

Right after, I topped it with plain rice and took a chunk. Right off the bat, I famous that I couldn\u2019t style the standard<\/span> bak kut teh <\/span><\/i>notes. This was a fairly disappointing begin. After all, what’s<\/span> bak kut teh<\/span><\/i> with out the complicated interaction of varied Chinese herbs and spices?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To add to that, I seen I needed to pair small bites of the pork with big parts of rice to assist steadiness out the sturdy style of the cheese coated pork. And at one level, I had plain stringy cheese (which by then had marinated with the <\/span>bak kut teh<\/span><\/i> sauce) with rice. That itself was a barely disturbing reminiscence to my tastebuds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thankfully the saving grace of the dish was the pork meat that was extraordinarily tender and never as salty as I assumed it might be. In the tip, like most cheese dishes, I discovered myself feeling very <\/span>jelak <\/span><\/i>after consuming nearly half of the meal. Attempts to clean down the tacky richness with inexperienced tea didn\u2019t assist both.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Final ideas<\/b><\/h2>\n

\"Cafe<\/p>\n

As I sat there blankly staring on the half eaten bowl of <\/span>Cheese Bak Kut Teh<\/span><\/i>, my lactose-intolerant abdomen feeling not too good, I puzzled\u2014 how a lot cheese is an excessive amount of cheese?<\/span><\/p>\n

Would I return once more? Specifically for the <\/span>Cheese Bak Kut Teh<\/span><\/i>? No, as I actually consider it\u2019s a enjoyable dish to strive as soon as and solely as soon as. B.A.J Restaurant gives all kinds of sumptuous-looking dishes at very reasonably priced costs, so I’d advocate you strive these as an alternative.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Now I’ve a query for you\u2014 are you sport sufficient to strive the <\/span>Cheese Bak Kut Teh<\/span><\/i>?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Expected harm: RM17 \u2013 RM20 per pax<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Other articles you would possibly like:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Girl and Mommy Curry Mee: Crispy roast pork & cockle-topped curry mee in Kuala Lumpur\u2019s industrial space<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Swiss Roll and Kaya Kok: 81-year-old aunty rises at 1am to make old-school Kaya Swiss Roll & flaky Kaya Puffs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n