I’m sure there are those of you out there who experience the yearning for pork at times?

Now to our dear Pork lovers … there is a restaurant in Dataran Mentari @ Bandar Sunway where you can satisfy your crave for a hearty “STRICTLY PORK” meal in “FUSION STYLE”. This place is called “BellyGood”. It is a paradise to pork lovers with their specialties in Grilled Pork Bellies, Grilled Pork Ribs, Baby Back Ribs and Pork Chops at reasonable prices.

In case you don’t know where the shop is, it’s near Yuen Steamboat, which was covered in our last article. We’ll provide you a map to get there at the end of the article as usual. Good food, must share share mah, right?

Let’s begin our journey of discovering their pork dishes with a kick start of their specialties appetizers.

Baked Portobello Mushroom with Bacon and Cheese (RM12.50) – It was a very YUMMY starter, a MUST-TRY dish. The combination of the bacon with melted cheese on the mushrooms pieces draws a perfect balance of bacon-cheesy taste and flavor in each bite.

Chili Munchies (RM6.50) – The dish comes with grilled jumbo sausages sauteed with onion, garlic and chili. I find this dish rather spicy, a lot of pepper and it’s towards the salty side in taste. The flavor is common.

I felt that the Chili Munchies isn’t something special or spectacular, you could skip this dish actually. Sliced sausages isn’t special in my book, this is really is something forgettable.

Pork Cracklings (RM6.50) – It is actually pork skin – cleansed and fried to a crisp. The crunchiness reminds me of prawn / fish crackers and the taste is quite similar to “pork fat crisp cubes” found in the black Hokkien noodle and oily in nature. Honestly, I am less incline to this dish due to it’s “SINFUL” nature.

Pork Cracklings – you know what, I love this one so much, I plan to go back and order it again! I love the 猪肉炸 feel of it. For those of you who can’t read – cantonese call it zhu yau zhar, I think……. and I hope that’s the correct Chinese words for it. You know, this crispy crunchy fried pork oil where Chinese use it on their noodle varieties? Yes, felt something like (I think that’s what lexiegirl called “pork fat crisp cube”) that but not as oily, and more towards the crunchy skin. Perhaps a thinner version of the skin from 烧肉 (siew yoke).

It tastes good on it’s own, or dipped with the spicey sauce that came with it but I prefer to dip it with the honey mustard dressing that came with the next dish. Anyway it was good, cripsy crunchy, with a salty touch of pork skin that’s akin to that of 烧肉 (siew yoke)

Smoked Salmon Salad (RM23.90) – It is a dish with slices of smoked salmon with mixed salad tossed in honey mustard dressing, providing a balance healthy, low-calorie and nutritious meal; suitable for those who prefer to have a light or pork-free starter. The salmon meat and mixed salad are fresh. The mix salad comprise of shredded carrot, tomato slices and cabbage pieces.

Next line up are the main dishes.

Pork Tenderloin with Creamy Mustard Sauce (RM23.90) – Served with creamy sauce spiked with hot mustard sauce creates a lively companion to the pork tenderloin. I find that the sauce flavor is special and is another MUST-TRY dish.

The meat texture is tender but towards the dry side. In order to appreciate the best of the tenderloin, you have to savor the meat with the sauce in each bite. It is not spicy at all, though the menu displayed that the sauce is spiked with hot mustard sauce. Another note, the green and red chili slices used as decoration makes the dish look rather confusing, giving an impression that the dish is going to be hot and spicy when it is actually not.

Pork Tenderloin with Creamy Brown Sauce (RM26.90) – The demi-glace brown sauce is a luxurious companion to the thickened cream sauce creating a complex note with the pork tenderloin. The taste and flavor is quite common. The meat texture is tender but towards the dry side and best savor the meat with the sauce in each bite. Again the decoration is confusing and giving wrong impression as red and green chillies slices are used seen in the picture above. The dish looked hot & spicy when it is not

Pork Tenderloin with Creamy Hot Sauce (RM26.90) – The pork tenderloins go with cream sauced laced with hot vinegar chili giving this a spicy Asian hint. The sauce has an interesting locally-taste chili sauce flavor but it is not my favorite dish.

It is hot & spicy in taste and flavor, will definitely attract our local hot & spicy inclined foodies. The meat texture is tender but towards the dry side. Again as mention in the earlier tenderloin dish, you have to savor the meat with the sauce in each bite. At least in this dish extra mark should be given to the decoration as it is more relevant to the food taste and flavor.

Mixed Platter (RM23.90) – It is a dish that combine two signature dishes; i.e., Original Grilled Pork Belly (RM21.90) and Original Grilled Pork Ribs (RM23.90) in one plate serving. Grilled pork belly and pork ribs served together in the House Special Rib / Belly sauce accompanied with mash potatoes and coleslaw.

Generally the pork ribs and belly meat textures are tender, juicy and smooth. In my opinion, the sauce and mash potatoes taste good. The coleslaw is ordinary. This combination is best to taste the best of both signature dishes.

lexiegirl pretty much sum it up – go for this dish if you love eating belly and ribs but can’t make up your mind. Tender and juicy with the aroma of pork in each bite, serving’s of a decent portion.

Baby Back Ribs (RM29.90) – the dish has succulent grilled soft pork ribs marinated with homemade sauce, served with mash potatoes and coleslaw. The sauce is moderately spicy and has earthy flavor. The meat texture is more juicy, loose and soft. Generally I like this part of the meat better than the tenderloin.

Sauteed Bacon Capellini (RM17.50) – Served with Angel hair pasta tossed with sauteed bacon, mushrooms, chopped chillies, tomatoes with garlic wine sauce. It is quite oily and spicy. The bacon is tasty.

Sausage Platter (RM26.90) – Its a combination of fries and 5 types of sausages’ flavor; i.e., the Grilled Pork Oriental, Grilled Pork Oriental Garlic, Grilled Spicy Hungarian, Grilled Pork Chorizo and Grilled Chicken Chorizo. You should try these sausages if you wish to experience the cultural difference in terms taste and flavor.

You might like some, you might not like some, you might end up liking or hating all. I didn’t like the one that’s thin and red, there’s a funny flavor to it which I felt yucky.

To make a long story short, do give yourself a try with the variety flavors of pork. Experience the Fusion style dishes combining the best of both the Western and spicy and exotic Asian taste, inspired by the American grilling cooking method.

Besides, the damages in the wallet are not too great as you can see the prices for the dishes we had tasted are less than RM30 per dish. Yet you get to venture in a variety cooking style using pork. The serving per dish is generally just nice for a person meal.

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More details on their website at http://www.bellygood.com.my

Tags: bacon, belly, non-halal, pork, ribs

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