King’s Palace 皇府, Hong Kong
One of the most treasured Asian culinary creations is Cantonese BBQ Pork. Known as Char Siu叉燒, this is a common dish from a Siu Mei 燒味, a small hole-in-the-wall Hong Kong style Chinese deli, which also specializes in Duck, Goose, Pork, and Chicken. You can easily recognize these little restaurants with the meats hanging in the window of the restaurant kitchen. In the US, you can find them in Chinatown’s in large Metropolitan cities. The prominence of these deli’s in the US, is a result of the early immigrants from Southern China or the Canton/Hong Kong area. Cantonese cuisine is one of the most popular of the different Chinese variations, which also include dim sum.
When I used to live in Hong Kong, it used to take great strength and discipline to just walk by without strolling in a order my favorite meat on rice dish. The sheer succulence and tenderness of this sweet moist pork was difficult to ignore. I’ll post about one of my favorite Siu Mei’s in Wanchai, a little later this week.
