Otoko's Buta Kakuni (stewed pork belly) Don dropped the ball at two crucial points, and its strongpoints weren't exactly enough for me to place it onto one of my many 'good food lists', which is why it's here in food purgatory.

So, the good news first. Most of the thick, generously proportioned slices of pork belly are tender and break apart cleanly upon chewing. No porky odor either, which is a good sign.

...and now for the bad news. The gravy of what I assume is the stew was completely forgettable, and was rather bland. There were a couple of slices of pork that were inexplicably tough and chewy, which was a shock considering that the other slices of pork belly were acceptably tender.

What really buried this dish six feet under was the inclusion of a hard boiled egg into the ricebowl. Why, why in the hell would anyone put a dry egg into a ricebowl instead of an onsen egg, which could've been used to liven up the rice?

In the words of Randy Jackson: it's gonna be a no for me, dawg.