Bak Kut Teh: A Singaporean Or Malaysian Creation? | On The Red Dot: Food Fight - Part 2/4

‘Bak Kut Teh’ a Malaysian dish? Hogwash, declared Singapore when our neighbours made the claim. But as Host Chef Ming Tan would discover, the issue is not as clear as the peppery soup we serve and love.  

Malaysia claims that Singapore’s ‘Bak Kut Teh’ is nothing more than spicy pork soup. And that the dish, which must have herbs in it, was named after a Malaysian hawker. But Singapore claims she has eye-witnesses who saw ‘Bak Kut Teh’ being sold in Singapore in the 1900s.

Herbal soup, peppery broth, Malaysia invention, Singapore dish – Food Fight gets down to the bottom of the bowl to find out.

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