Tag: Pork

Mam Chung on asian melamine plate
Entrees, Vietnamese

Mam Chung / Fermented Fish Meatloaf

If you’ve ever eaten a plate of Vietnamese broken rice (cơm tấm), you’ve probably had some variation of chả trứng, that humble little pork-and-egg meatloaf. But far fewer people have ever tried its bolder, funkier, and massively underrated cousin: Mam Chung. And honestly, mam chung […]

Butadon cover photo
Entrees, Japanese

Butadon / Japanese Pork Bowl

If the various Japanese rice bowls were in one big happy family, butadon would be the forgotten middle child. Gyudon (the beef bowl) gets all the fast food fame thanks to chains like Yoshinoya and Sukiya. Oyakodon (the chicken-and-egg bowl) gets the cozy, nostalgic crown. […]