Shawna's Food and Recipe Blog: Korean BBQ Pork Belly at the - Yes

The Honey Pig!

? ? ?I have heard good comments about the Honey Pig Korean BBQ Restaurant several times. ?Finally I gave the Honey Pig BBQ a try, on a day off from my job in Death Valley, California. ?My days off were always spent back home in Las Vegas each week. ?The tourist trap style food in Death Valley was kind of boring, so when I came home to Las Vegas, I went hog wild on tasty food! ?The Honey Pig BBQ is a great place to go hog wild!
? ? ?Many Korean restaurants in Las Vegas offer great deals on BBQ for large parties at a table. ?The value of the money spent is much better for a meal of Korean BBQ for a party of six, than it is for one. ?Korean BBQ is a social event, so the more the merrier! ?The price for Korean BBQ for one person at the Honey Pig BBQ was very reasonable, by comparison.
? ? ?While running errands on my day off from work, I became hungry. ?When hungry in the afternoon, I usually drive down Spring Mountain Road to look for an interesting place to eat in Korea Town or Chinatown. ?I had my camera with me and I thought about taking a few pictures of a Vietnamese restaurant that I had previously written a review about. ?The original photographs of the outside of the building turned out blurry, so taking new photos was a good idea. ?I pulled into the parking lot of the Vietnamese business and clicked the camera button a few times. ?As I turned to walk back to my car, I saw the Honey Pig BBQ sign. ?My tummy began to growl! ?It had been quite some time, since I have dined in a Korean restaurant, so the Honey Pig BBQ became my destination for lunch.
? ? ?Everybody knows that I like jjigae and sundubu jjigae, because I like spicy food. ?The past few times that I dined at Korean restaurants, I tried items on the menu that I have never had before. ?Trying something new is always a good learning experience for a chef. ?I write about my dining experiences and some research is always involved, so the content of the article that I write is correct. ?I have learned a lot about cooking over and above culinary art school, by doing research on my own.
? ? ?After I sat at my table at the Honey Pig BBQ, a thought occurred to me. ?I had not posted an article that featured Korean BBQ that was cooked at the table. ?The menu at the Honey Pig BBQ was extensive. ?There were many great entrees that were cooked by the chef in the main kitchen. ?The menu items from the kitchen looked interesting, but my choice for lunch that day was BBQ cooked at the table!
? ? ?I chose the Korean BBQ Pork Belly for lunch! ?The waitress smiled and she went off to prepare the ingredients for my BBQ pork belly lunch. ?When a customer orders BBQ that is cooked at the table, the waitress becomes the chef!
? ? ?The waitress first fires up the BBQ grill. ?I was seated at a table that had a solid dome shaped grill. ?Dome shaped grills are traditional for cooking bulgogi and they are usually perforated. ?The Honey Pig BBQ also had standard open flame grills that had grates to set the BBQ items on. ?Open flame grills are more common in Las Vegas than the dome grills. ?It is not often that the solid dome grills are seen in Las Vegas Korean restaurant dining rooms, so this style of cooking Korean BBQ was going to be an interesting experience!
? ? ?After the grill becomes hot, the waitress brings out the items that take the longest time to cook. ?Then the action starts! ?Items are placed on the domed grill, so the juices from the meal roll downhill to help flavor the other ingredients. ?The domed Korean cooking method was ingenious! ?The meat did not sit in a pan and fry in its own fats like a wok or saute pan. ?The meat stayed high and dry, where it seared to perfection! ?The juices and fats of the meat also did not remain in the vegetables that were placed at a lower levels of the domed grill. ?The fats continued rolling downhill past the vegetables into a grease catching trough that was part of the domed grill. ?I really liked this method of cooking!
? ? ?I actually became involved in the cooking of my lunch, when the waitress walked away for a few moments to tend to other duties. ?In fact all of the customers that were having Korean BBQ for lunch were using their chopsticks to flip pieces of meat or toss vegetables on the domed grill, just like I was. ?This is part of the fun of Korean BBQ. ?The customer becomes involved in the cooking!
? ? ?The waitress saw me tending the BBQ as she walked by and she smiled! ?I responded by saying "You know, I'm a chef and I can cook. ?I am really having a good time helping to cook my own lunch!" ?The waitress almost laughed. ?She wasn't laughing at my cooking skills, because I was doing a pretty good job of tending the Korean BBQ, considering that I was a first timer. ?I think that she got a kick out of how I was actually having a good time taking part in cooking lunch on a domed grill. ?I absolutely adored the Korean domed grill!
? ? ?As you can see in the photographs, the Korean Pork Belly BBQ progressed from raw ingredients to a finished product. ?If you wish to see a bigger photo image, then click on any picture and a slide show mode will appear.
? ? ?The small plates of banchan (Korean side dishes) were very nicely prepared. ?The banchan items were different than any banchan than I have had before. ?The Honey Pig BBQ had its own unique style of Korean cuisine and it was definitely authentic. ?Actually, authentic and gourmet is a better description!
? ? ?Korean BBQ refers to the method of cooking. ?There are sauces and marinades involved, but it is not like American BBQ cooking, where sauces are slathered on meat over a char grill. ?As you can see in the pictures, most of the fat was cooked out of the pork belly, by the time the meat was fully cooked. ?The domed grill had a lot to do with the lean appearance of the cooked pork belly. ?Pork belly meat is a delicacy, because the fat surrounding the meat causes the meat to become very tender and flavorful. ?Korean BBQ is actually a very healthy style of cooking!
? ? ?I like Korean Hite Beer and it comes in a big bottle. ?On a hot summer day, a cold beer hits the spot and beer goes well with Korean BBQ. ?For those who drink only tea or non alcoholic beverages, the Honey Pig has a nice selection of refreshing regular teas and drinks. ?
? ? ?On the way out of the Honey Pig BBQ, I asked about the wall full of baseball jerseys that were on display. ?The waitress liked how I took interest in the jerseys. ?She said that the autographed baseball jerseys were from the Korean baseball team that played in the Seoul Olympics! ?Baseball is big in Korea. ?Korean baseball, Korean BBQ Pork Belly and a good beer? ?That sounds good to any true baseball fan! ?Especially in Las Vegas, because some of the oddsmakers even set lines on the olympic games! ? ?
? ? ?The Honey Pig Korean BBQ is located at 4725 Spring Mountain in the Spring Oaks Plaza near the intersection of Decatur. ?The Honey Pig BBQ is tucked into the corner of the plaza, but the signs are easy to see. ?Just look for the smiling piggy signs on the restaurant building!
? ? ?I highly recommend the the Honey Pig Korean BBQ for locals and visitors of Las Vegas! ?The food is superb! ?The Korean BBQ dome at the table is something that must be experienced! ?If you only knew how much I want to get a Korean domed BBQ grill for my home! ?Yum! ?... ?Shawna? ?

Source: http://shawna3377.blogspot.com/2012/09/korean-bbq-pork-belly-at-honey-pig-bbq.html

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