[Hogology] Soft and moist Fried Pork Chops

Hogology has been around since late 2013.
They used to be round the corner where the shop was smaller and cramped.
It didn't appeal to me before because it was just fried pork chop on the menu.
Recently, I saw photos of Typhoon Shelter style pork chops so I decided to go because it looked really good paired with noodles.

Tried the pork chop with rice and noodles.

The rice would have been good but they put sweet sauce on it which ruined it for me but the noodles were a fantastic pairing.

The pork chop was extremely moist and the texture was soft like chicken, it was full marks in terms of taste but it was a bit fat compared to the one my friend had.
I was impressed that it was not too salty or laced with MSG!

[Hogology 炊豕店]
Tel: 28056665
11 Caroline Hill Road, Causeway Bay

Fashionable Chinese roast

Good BBQ opened their first takeaway joint in Central in 2015 but sadly I never got to try the slow roasted pork because it was always sold out.

I don't work in Central so it is hard to find a place nearby to sit down and enjoy it.
Managed to try one of the side dishes that was not sold out some evening which was really good because I love OKRA!!

Anyway, recently found out from FB that they have a joint at Lab Concept with a dining area so went there asap.

Coming from Pacific Place, there are these stylish piggies on the floor that lead you to the joint.

Each piggy is different and stylish that I like almost every one of them.

To my surprise, they have fine French teas and lamb charsiu on the menu.

With traditional Chinese roast shops, you are normally put off visually because you see weird wood logs as chopping boards, grubby staff with greasy hands, meat dripping and other meats touching the glass window.

Here you don't see that but you see a TV of what is going on in the kitchen.

Ordered the lamb charsiu and slow roasted pork which comes in a stylish box that is more fashionable than the previous fashionable blue box they had!!
According to Good BBQ, they will change the design of the box every now and again.

As well as the box, the suckling pig is also made glamorous with a golden chain and sparkling gem eyes!

Even the little details like the sauces are labelled nicely.

I loved the lamb shoulder charsiu because it has the charsiu sweet flavouring yet it has a prominent lamb taste without the gaminess.

As well as pork, lamb gives you another option and people who don't eat pork won't miss out on Charsiu.

The slow cooked roast pork was tender and delicious.

New on the menu are buns, a popular snack in the UK.
I had this evilicious charsiu bun topped with a 63 degree egg.

As well as charsiu, they also have crispy pork belly, duck and other combos.

Finished off with a lovely fine French tea which was the perfect finish.

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GOOD BBQ:

Shop C01AD, queensway plaza,

93 Queensway,

Admirality

https://www.facebook.com/GOODBBQ.HK

5mm pork chop from Ada 精美小食

Came here because the omelette looked good so I chose that and the pork chop as well.
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Omelette and pork chop rice:The Chef obviously has really good skills because this was the THINNEST SLICED PORK CHOP I have ever seen!!
As you can see, it is about the same thickness as the chopstick which is around 5mm.

The omelette tasted nice but it was soaked in oil and it had lots of vegetables in it such as beanshoots, frozen carrots and peas.
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Butadon pork bowl @ Dondonya Shokudo

Dondonya Shokudo (Diamond Hill)
Came here because of the new Butadon pork bowl.

It is basically slices of pork with sauce and some peas sprinkled on the top.


I called before I went just to check if it was still available and whether it was served all day.
The person who answered was extremely helpful and patient unlike some other restaurants.
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Tokachi Butadon:You can either choose 4 or 6 slices of pork.
I chose 4 slices.


The pork was nice and juicy and the sauce on it was slightly sweet and not too salty.
The green peas gave it a nice sweet kick.
I would prefer the pork to be leaner because it still had some fat attached and the amount of pork that I ate was equivalent to two slices and the fatty bits I did not eat.
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Delicious pork cutlets from Ca-Tu-Ya

Ca-Tu-Ya (Kowloon Bay)

Ca-Tu-Ya is a chain restaurant from Japan where there are more than 210 branches.

They are a fast food restaurant similar to Yoshinoya but serving different foods.

Basically the famous items here are pork cutlets which are coated in their specially selected breadcrumbs.
The breadcrumbs are coarse so that the breadcrumb coating does not retain oil and does not taste oily.
There are two types of pork cutlet: pork filet and pork cutlet.
As well as pork they now serve deep fried chicken cutlet and prawn.
The deep fried items come with cabbage, rice and soup, they also have sets with curry sauce or tonkatsu sauce, and then there is a scrambled egg set too.
If you have ordered the set without sauce and feel that it is a bit dry, there are plenty of other sauces on the table such as mustard, sesame sauce and pork chop sauce which also taste great too.


The sets come in different sizes which I though were choice of sauces because in Japanese it said bamboo or plum.
The pork is served in grams too stated on the menu.
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Grape soda:
Delicious grape soda.
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Miso and vegetable soup:

The soup was made with a mix of white miso and red miso which gave it a balanced taste.

There were lots of vegetables and spring onions which enhanced the taste and there was tender slices of pork in it.

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Deep fried prawns set:

A generous portion with five prawns!
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Deep fried chicken cutlet bowl with special tonkatsu sauce:

The chicken was delicious but I wish there was more tonkatsu sauce.
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Deep fried chicken with curry sauce:

chicken cutlet
The curry sauce was delicious and sufficient which made the chicken and rice a perfect match.
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Deep fried pork cutlet set:

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Deep fried pork cutlet and prawn set:

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Deep fried pork filet set:
Most of the people at the tasting preferred the pork cutlet, but I felt that the filet tasted better in terms of texture and flavour.

I liked the thinness of the pork because it was similar to an escalope.

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Deep fried pork cutlet bowl with scrambled egg:

The rice beneath was nice and moist but the pork cutlet was a bit too thick.

There could have been more egg.
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If Kowloon Bay is too far for you!
A new Ca-Tu-Ya branch is going to open in Mong Kok soon near the aquarium market!

Second round of Roast pork @ 萬年華燒臘餐廳

Came here again for Roast pork, however this time it tasted different.
It still tasted nice however it was much softer than the first time.
The meat was much leaner and it was not dry at all.
The surface of the Roast pork was not burnt and had no crispy bits like the Roast you get from Joy Hing.

Roasted ribs @ Joy Hing Roasted Meat

The roasted ribs looked good at the counter so bought some.
I was looking forward to eating them off the bone but I did not know that when you order them they are chopped into smaller pieces.
Anyway it tastes the same as the Roast pork there but the meat is dry and firm.

Chicken and Pork @ 泰國小吃 Thai Kwok Snack

To be honest, going to eat in Sai Kung is a headache, firstly it is crowded with tourists, and secondly the food isnt really up to standard.
I was recommended this place by the locals, the popular dishes ordered by them are usually the sliced chicken with rice, chicken noodles, and the salty roasted pork.

For tourists, they usually order the snacks, curries, and fried rices, but anyway I think food in Sai Kung, has Sai Kung style, either you like it, or you don't.
Took me a while to like it!

As you can see the sliced chicken is sliced more like shreds than pieces of chicken, and you can request for chicken without skin.
The salted pork is also quite good, very very crunchy, tasting almost like pork scratchings (Western version of deep fried pork skin).

I had the typical chicken rice with spicy sauce, and Lemon noodles in sauce, the sauce was not hot at all, slightly sweet with sour notes.

The interesting thing is that all the staff here are female, Girl Power!