Revered Chinese poet Su Dongpo is an avid pork-lover who allegedly created this much beloved Hangzhou dish that has been named after him.

The key ingredient to good dongbo pork is time. Pork belly is slow cooked for hours in a braising sauce of wine and soy sauce. This breaks down the meat, giving you a melt in your mouth sensation without a greasy aftertaste. The meat absorbs the essence of the braising sauce and often falls apart with a mere touch of the chopsticks.

Grandma's Home is a Hangzhou institution. Their Dongpo pork is braised with salted fish and bamboo shoots which gives it as savoury salty taste and a nice contrast in texture respectively.

I will highly recommend this dish if you are ever in Hangzhou. But do eat in moderation hor!

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