07/01/2026
๐ฝ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐๐ (่้ชจ่ถ), literally "meat bone tea," is a quintessential morning heritage dish in Singapore and Malaysia. Its history is rooted in the early 20th-century Chinese immigrant experience.
๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
๐๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ค๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ: In the 1920s, the dish emerged as a hearty breakfast for Chinese coolies (laborers) working at the ports along the Singapore River and in Klang, Malaysia.
๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ซ'๐ฌ "๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ": These workers would have the soup in the early hoursโsometimes as early as 4:00 AM or 5:00 AMโto build strength for their backbreaking manual labor.
๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ: Laborers used inexpensive pork bones (scraps) and simmered them with garlic and herbs to create a nutritious meal they could afford on low wages.
๐ป๐๐ "๐ป๐๐" (๐ป๐๐) ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐
Despite the name, there is no actual tea in the soup itself. The name refers to the tradition of drinking strong Chinese tea (like Oolong or Tieguanyin) alongside the meal.
๐ฏ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐: Traditional Chinese medicine views the soup as "heaty" and the tea as "cooling," keeping the body in balance.
๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐: The tea helps emulsify the fat and cut through the richness of the pork-laden broth.
๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐: Another legend attributes the name to a pioneer vendor in Klang, Lee Boon Teh. His name "Teh" became synonymous with the dish, eventually merging to become "Bak K*t Teh".
๐๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ (๐๐จ๐ค๐ค๐ข๐๐ง ๐ฏ๐ฌ. ๐๐๐จ๐๐ก๐๐ฐ)
๐ง๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ (๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐๐น๐ฒ): Characterized by a light, clear, and highly peppery broth heavily infused with garlic. This version gained mainstream popularity in Singapore during the 1960s.
๐๐ผ๐ธ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป (๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ฆ๐๐๐น๐ฒ): A darker, thicker, and more robust herbal broth made with soy sauce and a complex blend of medicinal herbs like star anise and cinnamon.
๐ฅช ๐๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ-๐๐ธ-๐ฃ๐ธ-๐๐ช๐ฝ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ด ๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฑ (2026) ๐ฅ
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