But Was It Any Good?

 

Remember these? Well, after my ingredient prep, I started prepping lunch using these dishes that we got at S&R. 

These are roasted pork belly and grilled salmon head. 

Let’s talk about th pork belly first. The skin was crunchy, the meat was tender. However, I didn’t like that it had an aftertaste. There was too much herbs and spices in this that I didn’t enjoy. I like simple, clean-tasting pork belly. It competed with everything else on the table. It was also a little too bland for my taste. 

The grilled salmon head was okay. There was nothing special about it. And that made me understand why they included a sachet of Lee Kum Kee soy sauce in the tray. Would have been better with calamansi, though. 

I think I was too tired to get calamansi, that’s why I just used the soy sauce.

We finished the salmon heads, but not the pork belly. 

While those two were reheating in the oven, I cooked some miso soup. It was a rainy day and I was craving soup. And miso soup + salmon are always good in my book. 

Here’s everything that I served that day. 

There’s guyabano juice in the pitcher, some munchkins from Dunkin’ and the cannolis from Cibo. The heart bowls contained soy sauce and vinegar. 

Will I buy the pork belly and/or grilled salmon head again? No. 

Did I regret buying them? No. They fed us when we were tired. And that was enough. 

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I’ll set the table again soon.

Lady E

Founder, Lady E Eats
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