Better than bacon...

I know what most of you are thinking.... that is crazy talk! How can there be anything better than bacon?!?!? Well, I found it in Singapores' Chinatown. It is called Bakkwa, and they have entire stores that Bakkwa is all that they sell! It is marinated, spiced, and roasted pork, pressed into portable, tasty squares... Insert drool inducing photo here:



So... how does it taste.... I could just say "amazing" but that would not really tell you how it tastes, so I will attempt to describe it. Some people say it is a bit like jerky, but I didn't really think so, it is not as dry as jerky usually is. It is not moist like roasted meat, but not as dry as the jerky we are used to... somewhere in the middle. It comes in different flavors, the one In the photo is chili flavored which is sweet, smoky and bitingly spicy all at once. We also tried the plain roasted and another flavor whose name escapes me right now.... and they were all good. You can read more about Bakkwa here. While you do that... I am going to get more!