When I first saw this dish, I got reminded of a rather popular home-cooked dish in China, Coca Cola Chicken Wings. Have been wanting to recreate the dish but it's been dragging for some time. Using Coca Cola for cooking isn't a surprise, but to have it in a pork dish, in fact atas pork, was something that made me look forward to.

The marvelous pork marbling gives each chunky piece of the 300g grilled ibérico pork a delicate and exquisite flavour and mouthfeel, especially when the meat is so tender that's easily torn apart while the fatty parts melt in the mouth. Caramelizing with Coca Cola sets a layer of sweet and savory glaze on the pork, a combination that's just right. If you, like me, find that the caramelized flavour isn't strong enough, dip it into the braising Cola sauce for an enhancement. The shallots add a mild onion but sweet flavour as well.

Thank you @burpple for the invite and @artichoke_sg for the hosting!