No visit to Singapore is complete until you brave the queue at renowned restaurant Song Fa to savor its bak kut teh, a pork-rib soup that’s usually served with lots of pepper. Now, you don’t have to wait until your next holiday to visit the Michelin-recognized eatery as Singapore’s most famous bak kut teh has finally made it to Bangkok.
Song Fa has been serving its Teochew-style bak kut teh, a dish that comes with a clear broth made with Chinese herbs and roasted Sarawak peppercorn, for 50 years, having started out as a humble food cart in 1969 along Johor Road. Its name comes from its founder, Yeo Eng Song, and the word "fa" which means “to prosper” in Mandarin.
All ingredients (except for the meats) are imported from Singapore to guarantee that dishes maintain the original Song Fa taste. Their signature dish (B250) comes with super tender pork loin ribs that you can strip down with your chopsticks. Soup is refilled on the house, so feel free to slurp as much as you can.
The menu also includes homemade mee sua noodles (B200) with your choice of meat, as well as boiled rice with minced pork (B120), braised pork with offal (starts at B200), and pork belly (B220), the special dish that is only available in Thailand. You can also add house-made salted vegetables and ground nuts (B100) to your rice for more texture and flavor. And to wash down your meal, Song Fa has fragrant oolong tea (B120).
The queues are already incredibly long, so either you come at opening time or brace yourself for a long wait.