3 /5 Matthew: I randomly stumbled across this place and thought it was worth given it a shot.
It’s a very small two table 4 chair almost to go only spot. I arrived right at opening so of course I was able to get a seat at a table.
The cashier was extremely friendly, very nice, and offered to help or get me anything that I needed to accommodate me during my meal.
Because I arrived early, I had to wait about 15 to 20 minutes to get my food. I ordered the fried pork belly with sweet plantain and a side of the roasted chicken.
The roasted chicken was absolutely delicious! It was extremely hot, very tender, very juicy with a ton of flavor. I’d actually go by just to get a side of chicken to eat in the car. Lol.
The sweet plantain were pretty much what you would expect, but they were sweet, well cooked, and delicious. No faults on the sweet plantain.
Then it comes to the fried pork belly. While I think it has a ton of potential, unfortunately, it was fried extremely extremely hard to the point we’re not only was the meat dry, but it was fried so hard even the fat part I had cooked so much that it became dry.
It was too a point where I had to try and soak the pieces of fried pork belly and the pan of chicken juice just to try and moisten it up or get a little bit of wetness on it to make it a little easier to eat. While I would go back, I would definitely ask for them to go much easier on the fry on the pork belly
Two out of three is not bad and again the staff was extremely friendly and the chicken and plantain were delicious. So I would for sure go back and give them another try and see if maybe it was just an off day.
Edit per response.
As stated I dined in so anything offered to take out is irrelevant to me.
The cook options on the pork belly were not offered to me in any way or mentioned that it normally is fried hard enough that it transforms from food to a lethal weapon.
I never complained about the wait time but realistically I was told it would be a wait and it actually doesn’t take 15-20 mins to prep and cook plantain or the pork belly. So assuming it was because you just opened was a safer option.
And yes the 2 items were very delicious. My goal was for an authentic experience. And what you sent out was what you were confident sending out. So the very very very very very crispy pork belly was acceptable product and I took that as your standard. Customers shouldn’t have to complain for a restaurant to care or send out food that’s really not burnt or extremely over cooked.
