Honey Pig offered Korean barbecue and more. The name of the restaurant was quite cute at first glance. It was printed under a cartoon of pig’s nose. I wondered if this restaurant featured sweet pork because of its name (I personally do not love sweet meat a lot). When we settled down in the restaurant, I changed my mind. Kimchi was served first. It was cut by very large scissors, and put on the edge of the barbecue plate. I had never eaten kimchi before. In my mind, kimchi was a sour and unpleasant Korean food. However, just a little bite of the kimchi completely removed my prejudice. It tasted spicy and salty, not as bad as I thought before. I was surprised that I started to like the kimchi. After we finished the kimchi, the kind waiter immediately served us more.
The main dishes came soon. We ordered two Honey Pig signatures: KOBE Style Beef and Kurobuta Pork. One of the most fun things in a barbecue restaurant is cooking on your own, especially together with friends. We cooked the meat on the barbecue plate. The beef pieces were so soft and thin lean meat, which was my favorite. The pork was loved by most of my friends, because of its mosaic of fat and lean meat. The fat made the pork quite appetizing. After we finished several plates of beef and pork, we tried some chicken. The chicken was moderately sweetened, which tasted so good. It was grilled on a tinfoil to best its taste. Some of my friends ordered Thinly Sliced Prime Beef Tongue, Beef Intestines Combo and some other kind of weird things. I was not a big fan of these “weird” foods, but my friends loved them.
The dinner lasted for two hours. We all had a great time. It was difficult to have such a great dinner on campus. So if you want to try some brand new palatable food outside campus at weekends, Honey Pig is a good choice.
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