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Nose-to-tail porky "tapas" from Chef Tom Aikens
2015-11-30 4355 views
As a fan of Tom Aikens's modern British cuisine, I have been staying on top of all the news regarding the famed chef's second project in Hong Kong, The Fat Pig, ever since he twitted about it a few months ago. After keeping a close eye on its preliminary opening date via the social network, I finally got confirmation that it's ready for its soft opening early this week.As expected, this is going to be a "nose-to-tail" concept featuring a pork centric food menu that will do Chef Fergus Henderson
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As a fan of Tom Aikens's modern British cuisine, I have been staying on top of all the news regarding the famed chef's second project in Hong Kong, The Fat Pig, ever since he twitted about it a few months ago. After keeping a close eye on its preliminary opening date via the social network, I finally got confirmation that it's ready for its soft opening early this week.
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 As expected, this is going to be a "nose-to-tail" concept featuring a pork centric food menu that will do Chef Fergus Henderson (founder of St John Restaurant in London and godfather of nose to tail dining) proud.
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 While none of the porky dishes (think pig's head cake, deep fried pig's tail etc.) did surprise me at all, what caught me a little off guard was the Asian (or Chinese) inspiration in some of these items such as their barbecued pork buns ($10), which were freshly made right at this counter.
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 This is seriously good! I thought even better than those from a lot of the Chinese restaurants (Grade: 3.5/5).
barbecued pork buns
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 Deep fried pig's ears, green caper sauce ($55) - This tasted a lot like calamari fritti. Very crispy with pretty good bite. The green caper sauce provided some nice acidity to the mix (3.5/5).
Deep fried pig's ears, green caper sauce
$55
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 Pig's head cake with watercress salsa verde ($68) - Never imagine that I would be taking a bite out of the pig's head but hey, this looked more like a piece of crab cake to me (Grade: 4/5).
Pig's head cake with watercress salsa verde
$68
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 It tasted nothing like pig's head (not that I know how pig's head tastes in the first place)! But this is quite tasty. The watercress salsa did a good job neutralizing the richness of the fillings.
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 But from this point on, everything was disappointingly trending downward.

 Pot-roasted pork belly, garlic, dried longan fruit ($68) - They have a few versions of pork's belly here. First up was this pot-roasted pork belly on top of steamed rice, some shredded cabbage and longan fruit. I like the Asian twist there but unfortunately, the execution was not really up to par (Grade: 2.5/5).
Pot-roasted pork belly, garlic, dried longan fruit
$68
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 Roast pork belly, wholegrain mustard mash, sage and apple glaze ($88) - More successful was this version of the pork belly, roasted with sage and apple cider (I could be wrong but there seemed to be a bit of alcohol in there.). Slightly crispy outside and tender inside.

Didn't like the wholegrain mustard mash though, so it's a mixed bag with this one (Grade: 3/5).
Roast pork belly, wholegrain mustard mash, sage and apple glaze
$88
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 Steamed pork shoulder, cabbage ($75) - Didn't expect it to be soupy like this. The pork shoulder was a little bit chewy. Definitely not my favorite dish of the night (Grade: 2.5/5).
Steamed pork shoulder, cabbage
$75
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 Cumberland pork sausage, mash and onion gravy ($63) - What would a British dinner be without some homemade sausage right? Despite its not-so-appealing, I thought the sausage was real soft and tender (Grade: 3.5/5).
Cumberland pork sausage, mash and onion gravy
$63
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 Again more mash!?
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 Choy sum salad with bean sprouts and peanuts ($40) - It's almost impossible to find a dish on the menu that does not have pork in it, perhaps except this salad with choy sum, bean sprouts and peanuts. Another Chinese inspired dish and a very good one to offset the oiliness of all the previous porky dishes (Grade: 3.5/5).
Choy sum salad with bean sprouts and peanuts
$40
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 I was joking with our young waitress and asked if they have "pork oil pudding" (豬油糕) for dessert. She laughed and said no but they've got other traditional Chinese stuff like black sesame soup (芝麻糊) and coconut tapioca (椰汁西米露). I thought she was just joking too but evidently not.
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 But why would I want Chinese desserts at a modern British restaurant anyways? So, I went with this combination - lemon, yuzu cheesecake ($58) on the left and spiced brulee shortbread ($38) on the right. After trying these sweet treats first hand, my recommendation is to simply skip dessert for good. It's not worth wasting space in your stomach. Trust me on this one!
lemon, yuzu cheesecake ($58) on the left and spiced brulee shortbread ($38)
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 Yes, they've got the chops. Come and check this place out for yourself.
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 Though I wasn't expecting a fine dining restaurant here, I reckon it's going to be something like The Salted Pig. But they threw us a curveball with this trendy bar concept that serves tapas-style porky dishes (Yes, everything was small.). So folks, realign your expectations!
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    銅鑼灣朋友聚會好地方
    2015-11-24 1696 views
    今日下午在銅鑼灣出席完一個活動後，下一個要去的活動是晚上8時。正在考慮是回公司好還是去探附近的客戶之時，PL先生正好打電話來問我位置，告訴他我在銅鑼灣。他問我有無興趣去試新餐廳？他說Time suare有一家開了不久食英國豬餐廳叫 THE FAT PIG。下午三點多，午餐尚未消化，實在沒有什麼食慾。好彩上到去發現有他們有室外坐位而且有很多份量不大的食物可以選擇。我要了炸豬耳配酸豆醬及The Fat Pig煙肉紅愛爾啤酒。炸豬耳香脆可口，配上酸豆醬剛好抵消了肥膩感。再一口煙肉啤酒，可說是絕配。這個煙肉啤酒滿有醬油香味，絕對是非一般啤酒。我就很喜歡，其他喜歡啤酒的朋友自己試試為準。在這個難得的室外環境，美味佳餚加上酒，是朋友暢聚聊天好地方。一定會再和朋友們來試試其他菜式。
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     今日下午在銅鑼灣出席完一個活動後，下一個要去的活動是晚上8時。正在考慮是回公司好還是去探附近的客戶之時，PL先生正好打電話來問我位置，告訴他我在銅鑼灣。他問我有無興趣去試新餐廳？他說Time suare有一家開了不久食英國豬餐廳叫 THE FAT PIG。

    下午三點多，午餐尚未消化，實在沒有什麼食慾。好彩上到去發現有他們有室外坐位而且有很多份量不大的食物可以選擇。
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     我要了炸豬耳配酸豆醬及The Fat Pig煙肉紅愛爾啤酒。
    The Fat Pig煙肉紅愛爾啤酒
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    炸豬耳配酸豆醬
    $108
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     炸豬耳香脆可口，配上酸豆醬剛好抵消了肥膩感。再一口煙肉啤酒，可說是絕配。這個煙肉啤酒滿有醬油香味，絕對是非一般啤酒。我就很喜歡，其他喜歡啤酒的朋友自己試試為準。

    在這個難得的室外環境，美味佳餚加上酒，是朋友暢聚聊天好地方。一定會再和朋友們來試試其他菜式。

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    太細份
    2015-11-23 1387 views
    聽到名廚Tom Aikens又黎香港喇 今次係開左間新餐廳 以食豬為主 餐廳裡面地方夠大 都幾適合同朋友一齊聚餐 不過唔知係唔係未run熟 所以都出現一d小問題既…例如 我問待應姐姐介紹一d無酒精飲品比我 佢當時介紹左兩隻 一隻係cranberry, apple and pineapple 另一隻係orange, pineapple and mango 我點左要芒果果杯但結過黎錯左cranberry果杯 不過佢地到最後都係無發現落錯單既 因為我廢是換就飲埋算 之後仲唔停咁送錯野過黎 應該有3－4次 埋單又好耐呢度餐廳concept係想以細細份 大家share黎食 希望令大家樣樣都試到 但份量都真係太太太太太細了 我當日係4個人食 d餸細到兩個人分都覺得有d可憐....待應姐姐只係唔停咁話係要比大家share 但完全冇提到細成點 見到我地4個人亦唔會話比我地知一份4個人分會太細 以下再續一講下啦第一味就係呢個steamed pork shoulder, cabbage 第一份上台就已經感到心知不妙 呢塊用係得一塊方面午餐肉咁大咋 咪道方面覺得呢個幾清幾好味 用左雞湯湯底 d菜同豬都好入味
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    聽到名廚Tom Aikens又黎香港喇 今次係開左間新餐廳 以食豬為主 餐廳裡面地方夠大 都幾適合同朋友一齊聚餐 不過唔知係唔係未run熟 所以都出現一d小問題既…例如 我問待應姐姐介紹一d無酒精飲品比我 佢當時介紹左兩隻 一隻係cranberry, apple and pineapple 另一隻係orange, pineapple and mango 我點左要芒果果杯但結過黎錯左cranberry果杯 不過佢地到最後都係無發現落錯單既 因為我廢是換就飲埋算 之後仲唔停咁送錯野過黎 應該有3－4次 埋單又好耐

    呢度餐廳concept係想以細細份 大家share黎食 希望令大家樣樣都試到 但份量都真係太太太太太細了 我當日係4個人食 d餸細到兩個人分都覺得有d可憐....待應姐姐只係唔停咁話係要比大家share 但完全冇提到細成點 見到我地4個人亦唔會話比我地知一份4個人分會太細 以下再續一講下啦

    第一味就係呢個steamed pork shoulder, cabbage 第一份上台就已經感到心知不妙 呢塊用係得一塊方面午餐肉咁大咋 咪道方面覺得呢個幾清幾好味 用左雞湯湯底 d菜同豬都好入味
    上面有d白色一粒粒 開頭以為係薯仔粒 點知一咬落去 係全肥肉
    Steamed pork shoulder and cabbage
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     呢個係pulled pork brioche bun, 一黎到就小burger咁上 4個人點分呀 就即刻叫多一份 好彩呢個亦係我覺得最好食既一個
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     Deep fried pig's ears..親愛的 我真心覺得呢個真係唔係幾好食
    完全食唔到d豬耳去左邊 只食到炸粉 同油
    Deep fried pig's ears
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     BBQ pork ribs, 呢個以個menu黎睇就應該要係sweet and sour味 但似平時出街食到既BBQ pork ribs係無分別既 而我都真係只食到BBQ sauce味 又唔係唔好味播
    BBQ pork ribs with sweet and sour sauce
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     Pork meatballs, 呢個辣辣地其實幾好味 可惜食落好mushy 好削
    Pork meatballs
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     Pork belly and mash 呢個就覺得好好食啦 薯蓉都好香 豬肉入味又軟
    只係呢塊豬肉只大過隻mahjong麻雀小小 4個人分就...haha
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     Pork belly with garlic and fried longan fruits 係一味好幾甜既餸 幾好食 有d似食緊豬腳薑既味道
    Pork belly with garlic and fried longan fruits
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     最後就係呢個Pork jowl, ponzu and pickled radish 無乜肉味
    Pork jowl, ponzu and pickled radish
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     仲有一個無映到相既就係佢地個kimchi 勁勁勁酸勁勁勁勁勁咸 咸到苦....


    其實每一道有原整豬肉既餸 d豬肉都係起碼有一半係肥膏 雖然多d肥塊肉一定係會滑d好食d 但都未免太爆血管喇 呢度d野食如果無咁細同肥 我諗整體會好好多 做得最好既地方係d豬肉真係唔會韌而且入味 只係有時又完全蓋過左d肉味 好似未係掌握得好好咁 唔好食又唔係 只係我相信我都唔特別會再特登黎
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      From nose to tail, no leave behind
      2015-11-19 2646 views
      Tom Aiken second restaurant in Hong Kong brings in a new concept, it only serves pork from nose to tail, no leave behind. The Fat Pig took over the space of SML on the 11th floor of Times Square with a big catchy neon sign.Open kitchen in the far end of the restaurant, a big bar counter at the other end, restaurant looks very spacous, tables are not too close to each other. drinks: Same as the Pawn, moonzen has a special brew for the restaurant called the bacon ale (5%) we thought it would have
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      Tom Aiken second restaurant in Hong Kong brings in a new concept, it only serves pork from nose to tail, no leave behind. The Fat Pig took over the space of SML on the 11th floor of Times Square with a big catchy neon sign.
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       Open kitchen in the far end of the restaurant, a big bar counter at the other end, restaurant looks very spacous, tables are not too close to each other.

      drinks:
      Same as the Pawn, moonzen has a special brew for the restaurant called the bacon ale (5%) we thought it would have smoky favor, turned out it didnt taste smoky at all. it was indeed a bit sweet.
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       The menu also has a different concept. The food is listed according to the cooking method, instead of starter, main etc.

      All the dishes are small like tapas, thats why most of the dishes are below $100.

      for 3 of us, we ordered 9dishes.

      first we had the charcuterie board. it has their dry in the house salami with some pickles. There was 2 pieces of white slices.... i tried to eat it, but i honestly couldnt swallow... they are the lard..... argghhh.
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       Pulled pork brioche bun with fried onion ring. The pulled pork was hiding inside the onion ring and it tasted lovely. brioche was very fresh.
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       The ribs was very soft and tender.
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       this cha siu bao was a surprise. its a good twist of chinese and western food. love it.
      Cha siu bao
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       The best cumberland sausage we have ever had in hk. It's like proper cumberland you can get in England.
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       The meat ball is just as good as the sausage. these two dishes are our favourite
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       Anothet good twist of chinese and western food. the pork belly is very nicely roasted. The skin was very crispy, the meat is tender and melt in your mouth. this is definitely my favourite of the night
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       This mac and cheese was ok, slightly salty. It didnt stand out among the food we ordered.
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       This is the last dish we had. unfortunately, also the least we like. The steamed pork shoulder was ok, the soup was quite salty, i couldnt really eat it like a soup. cabbage is ok, just a bit boring...
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       Dessert
      we had the passion fruit pavlova
      i am not a big fan of passiob fruit. but the passion fruit puree at the bottom tasted really good. It changed my impression on passion fruit! happy!
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        • Roasted pork belly
        • cumberland sausage
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