Gotta catch em’ all~🎶
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It is upcycling game strong with @strangersreu PORK and Broccoli ($21.90++)! ✅ Both the name and looks of the dish may look unassuming but this was a pleasant surprise - a case of under-promise and over-deliver. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Far from the impression that broccoli stems are extremely tough & unpleasant, these are steamed & slow-roasted to impart a highly manageable good bite while locking in its natural sweetness. 😋😋😋 The chef has certainly done a great job in turning this raw ingredient that is usually discarded into something really pleasant! I will never look at broccoli stem the same way I did! 💯
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The star of the dish has got to be the pork collar ends! ⭐⭐⭐ Judging from its thick cut/size, I was expecting a really tough chunk of meat but my worries were totally uncalled for! 👌🏻 Being a less popular cut as it has a tougher texture, these are sous-vided before roasting, resulting in a huge pinkish chunk of meat with slits of juicy fats that is pull-apart tender. 💕
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Laid on some broccoli puree, drizzled with coffee shoyu & burnt onion jus, everything was on point for this dish for me. ✔ So good that it kept me wanting more! 😍😍😍