BBQ MASTER, RICHMOND: PORK FAT LOVE

I must confess that I am guilty of not cutting off the fat of this bbq pork.  I ate it.

Ate it all, you hear?

Bebe, meanwhile, carefully carved out her fatty pieces and left them on the side of her plate�to be picked off one by one and eaten by her little 4 year old sister, Bib.

Just like in that old Nursery Rhyme, in our household, there are the Jack Spratts and his fat-loving wife.  Bib and I are the latter.  Stomach and Bebe are the former.

I don�t eat gristle or just any old pork fat.  It is best rendered well for me to eat it.  A caramelized crust is much desirable.  I don�t eat the fat from beef or chicken or duck. 

Pork fat though.

Hooooo.  It�s different.

See those crunchy crackling skin pieces?  That�s mine!  In this case I will cut off the layer of fat if it is more than 3 mm.  Or if it isn�t translucent.  I hate cold pork fat.  That�s just lard.

Barbeque Master is located in the underground parkade area of Superstore in Richmond.  You can access it from the street too, though I think we never have.

It�s hopping busy always and the bbq master at this shop has received rave reviews for his bbq meats.  Some people claim that he�s got the best Chinese bbq in Metro.  My MIL thinks the guy at Parker Place rocks, but I think Parker Place BBQ Meats� BBQ Pork (Siu Yook) is too salty.   I do love how he serves it with a soy dip.  Really yummy.  Salt overload!  But really good with rice I guess.  Both BBQ shops are very good and very busy.  There's a lineup for both and they sell out of some items very quickly.

I didn�t get my way today because Stomach didn�t order BBQ Duck.  Instead, he likes Siu Yook and my kids love Cha Siu.  The girls like BBQ duck, too, but I think they like Cha Siu better.  They ate a half the container for dinner all by themselves before I got to it.

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