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Chiak Bah Boh?

Its been eons since I last blogged. Today I am a bit free and and due to constant nagging by me wifey, I have decided to relaunch my postings.

This time it is about duck - the salted kind. Actually done this review long time ago and the pics are tucked like kiam chye somewhere in my laptop. This accidental review was done (yes! accidental!) becos the original intended review didn't quite make it. You see, my original intent was to review the so called Bak Kut Teh at Sin Ming Rd (Blk 22) but as it was a Sunday, the queue was long, and the most pek chek thing is that the Bak Kut was only SO-SO (the ter kah - braised pig trotters was actually not too bad). So while we waited and waited for our Bak Kut, my attention turned to this stall selling teochew braised ark (ark = duck in teochew) that had a healthy queue lined up infront of the stall. So being the typical Singaporean - I joined the queue.

Disappointing...

What came certainly didn't disappoint. You start salivating at the very sight of it - the kind you get before munching on 酸梅. The Ark came in a thick rich broth that was delightfully salty, sour and spicy, with big chunks of salted veges, sour prunes, mushrooms and tomatos thrown in. In fact, the soup was so peppery that we soon worked up a sweat after taking it. The duck was tender to the bone but some may complain that it is a tad overdone. My take? The meat is secondary - whats alluring is the OOmmmpph the soup possess. With a plate of white rice - Purrrfect! The teochew braised duck also not bad but don't miss the Kiam Chye Ark!

Fatpapa rating: 3.5 stars out of 5 (2.5 stars out of 5 for the Bak Kut Teh)