I filled up on pork belly, king browns, cauliflower custard, macadamia and crackling ($23) then a wagyu sirloin with skordalia, watercress and miso mustard ($39), a side of hand-cut chips with garlic aioli ($12) and brussels sprouts, prosciutto and parmesan ($12).
Remember, this was in Denmark where whale fat is considered a delicacy, pork is king and the common cuisine is largely meat and potatoes.
Among the new dishes being offered in Dodger Stadium this season are a Gouda Kobe Burger, available at Elysian Park Grill, a Dodger Dog topped with pulled pork, a Kings Hawaiian Dog (quarter-pound hot dog topped with pineapple salsa), a pastrami burger and a spicy-pork bratwurst link infused with Shock Top beer, served on a buttered-grilled roll with caramelized onions and spicy brown mustard.
RECOMMENDED DISHES -- Thai spring roll, Indonesian pancake, lettuce cup with chicken, spicy and sour shrimp soup, Asian grilled chicken salad, pad Thai, lemon-grass pork chops, grilled king prawns, seafood Thai curry casserole, spicy basil beef, garlic shrimp, steamed Chilean sea bass, sea scallops with black-pepper sauce, all desserts.
There is no doubt that pork is still king in the South, but pheasant, bison, lamb and duck are reaching for the crown.
"While his friend Senator Robert Byrd was called 'the king of pork,' Ted Stevens was the emperor of earmarks.
David Chang never set out to be the king of pork buns, and the fact that this is now the case is something he finds a little weird.
Citizens Against Government Waste, a nonpartisan watchdog group, regularly crowned him the "king of pork," citing projects like the Robert C. Byrd Highway, two Robert C. Byrd federal buildings, the Robert C. Byrd Freeway, the Robert C. Byrd Center for Hospitality and Tourism, the Robert C. Byrd Drive and the Robert C. Byrd Hardwood Technologies Center.
They're leading a vanguard of what seems to be a burgeoning love for buns in the UK, a new craving that was gestated at the New York restaurant (now group) Momofuku, whose founding chef David Chang has been dubbed "the king of pork buns".
