Koh Brother Pig’s Organ Soup - Bib Gourmand Teochew Soup Stall

Koh Brother Pig’s Organ Soup has served Tiong Bahru Market and Food Centre since the stall began as a pushcart business in 1955, when pioneer hawker Koh Kee Teo started selling Teochew-style pig’s organ soup using his own recipe. Now run by the third generation under Thomas Koh, the stall has held the Michelin Guide’s Bib Gourmand recognition across multiple years since 2019, including the most recent edition, making it among the first pig’s organ soup specialists in Singapore to receive the distinction.

What sets the stall apart is the clarity of its broth: rather than the cloudier, heavily peppered versions common elsewhere, this kitchen produces a broth that stays visibly clear despite hours of slow simmering. The result is a short, focused menu built around two items, each developed with enough care to merit a closer look on its own.

Three Generations at Tiong Bahru Market

The stall’s recipe has been passed down across three generations since Koh Kee Teo first sold the soup from a pushcart in 1955. His son, and later his grandson Thomas Koh, took over the business while keeping the original recipe largely intact. The stall has remained at Tiong Bahru Market and Food Centre for decades, building a regular following that returns for the same broth recipe the family has maintained since its earliest days. In 2025, the stall closed temporarily for renovation works before reopening to continue serving the same menu.

Pig’s Organ Soup — $4 to $6.50

The signature bowl is built on a Teochew-style clear broth, simmered from pig bones and offal alongside preserved mustard greens that lend the soup its characteristic salinity and a faint tang. Each serving carries a generous mix of offal cuts, including liver, large and small intestines, tripe, and pork heart, alongside handmade pork balls and slices of lean meat. The offal is cleaned thoroughly before cooking, which keeps the bowl free of the stronger smell that can put some diners off organ-based dishes. The soup is sold in two portion sizes, and a bowl of rice can be added for an extra fifty cents. It is made fresh daily, and portions at the stall have been known to run out before the stated lunch closing time on busier days.

Glutinous Rice Sausage — $2 to $6

Beyond the soup, the stall also prepares a stuffed glutinous rice sausage, made by packing a pig intestine casing with glutinous rice, chestnuts, and small pieces of pork belly. It is served with a dark, sweet sauce that coats the dense, chewy rice filling. The dish is available in three sizes, making it suitable either as a side to share alongside the soup or as a standalone order. The combination of soft chestnut, fatty pork belly, and sticky rice gives the sausage a different textural profile from the soup, offering a contrast for diners who want to try more than one item from the stall.

The stall’s broth is what distinguishes it most clearly from other pig’s organ soup stalls around Singapore. Rather than relying on heavy spicing to carry the dish, the kitchen slow-cooks pork bones for an extended period to draw out flavour while keeping the liquid clear rather than cloudy. Preserved mustard greens are added during this process, contributing both saltiness and a light sourness that balances the richness of the offal. This method has remained largely unchanged since the stall’s pushcart days, and is one of the reasons the broth has become closely associated with the Koh family’s name.

For diners curious about pig’s organ soup, Koh Brother Pig’s Organ Soup offers one of the more established versions of the dish in Singapore, backed by seven decades of family history and a Michelin Bib Gourmand record spanning multiple years. The clear broth and small, focused menu make it an easy stop for anyone exploring Tiong Bahru Market and Food Centre.

Address: 30 Seng Poh Road, #02-29, Tiong Bahru Market and Food Centre, Singapore 168898
Opening Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 9:30am–2:30pm and 5pm–7:30pm; closed Mondays (these hours are sourced from a pre-2025 renovation listing and have not been reconfirmed post-reopening)
Tel: +65 8113 7218
Facebook: facebook.com/KohBrotherPigOrganSoup
Instagram: @kohbrotherpigsorgansoup