This successful bak kut teh restaurant is all about giving people second chances — especially ex-convicts and the homeless. The founder, Jabez Tan, is too, an ex-convict who has successfully managed to turn over a new leaf, and hopes to pay it forward. The Bak Kut Teh ($6 per person) is the unanimous order amongst all the tables — a claypot of pork ribs boiled in a unique herbal yet peppery soup, a mash up of both Singaporean and Malaysian styles. What is good, possibly better, is the Dried Bak Kut Teh ($7 per person). The same comforting soup is reduced to a thickened gravy, infused with black sauce and topped with ladies fingers, dried chillies and crispy fried cuttlefish for so much umami goodness!
Avg price: $10 per person
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