Road Trip, Summer 2013

The wonderful thing about summer holidays is the possibility of road trips in glorious weather conditions. And so off on another road trip we went!

The route was simple, Calgary to West Bank, Kelowna and back. Of course, simple often gets meddled with and we peppered it with stops here and there.

Kutless Bak Kut Teh

I wasn't spoilt for choice when I went shopping for a Bak Kut Teh mix. There was none.
So I scoured the net for recipes. In the end, with a rough understanding of what primarily goes into Bak Kut Teh, I made my version of it.





Yum. Not like the usual clear  Singapore version but I think it works! I was just alittle freaked by the pale pork swimming in the heavily scented soup so I doused some black soy sauce in it. I also omitted cinnamon on my second try and preferred that version.

No set recipe as yet but this kutless (as in Bak Kut) teh consists of:

star anise
American ginseng
black peppercorns
garlic
pork
shitake mushrooms
sweet dark soy sauce
salt