Meat Mondays: Lechon

via Ilona

Artist's Desription:

If there’s one thing I love about my Filipino side, we know how to feed a family – and then some. Don’t even try to test our rotisserie skills, nobody roasts a suckling pig like we do. Crispy crunchy crackling skin housing incredibly flavorful and juicy meat. See that gaping absence between the head and the butt? That shit’s all in my belly! Sorry I didn’t take a before picture, I was too busy throwing elbows to get first dibs on the skin. This little piggy comes courtesy of Miracle Thieves at The Pearl, the inaugural Philippines edition of their Cultural Series.

Meat Mondays is your weekly post of pretty protein. For the month of May, Ilona will be making Mondays that much better.

Almond-crusted Pork

By David

We can eat almonds again, so I went overboard and made almond-crusted pork chops.  Served with roasted potatoes, carrots, and apples.

Pork Tenderloin Stew

By David

It's a rainy day here, so I decided to warm up with some comfort food.  Pork tenderloin braised with apples, carrots, onions, garlic, apple sauce, and homemade chicken stock.  Served with pita bread.

Chinese Meat

By David

A bounty of chinese meat from Ka Ka Lucky Seafood BBQ.  1.5 pounds of barbeque pork and 2 jumbo barbeque chicken legs - a decadent treat that's quite affordable!  Served with sweet soy sauce.

Chinese Banquet

By David

We trekked out to Miu Gardens at Pacific Mall's Market Village for an authentic Chinese feast. As guests sit around (multiple) enormous round tables, dishes of food are placed around a lazy-susan to be shared. I was too busy enjoying the food to take many pictures, but this shot represents only about half of what came out.

Food pictured includes:

• Steamed fish
• Mushroom soup
• Stir fried shrimp and veggies with almonds
• Cantonese lobster
• Mushrooms, gai lan, and rice noodles
• Barbeque chicken with shrimp chips
• Meat plate including barbeque pork, duck, jellyfish, and pork belly
• Mushrooms and baby bok choi stir fry

Food not pictured includes:

• Shrimp and crab balls
• Seafood stir fried rice
• Shanghai style noodles
• Sweet and sour pork
• (real) Tapioca
• Watermelon Jello

Braised Pork

By Mike

Braised pork with a garden cucumber salad