boon's log 4105.02 supplementary A: Crispy Roast Pork

I've finally succeeded in making my very first Chinese Crispy Roast Pork (or known as Siu Yook in Cantonese or Siu Bak in Hokkien), after failing the first two times. Well, the first two times did not work out because of the recipe. Hold on, before you roll your eyes or whatever, hear me out. There is this common confusion about the Chinese Roast Pork - according to some people, it is known as Char Siu, which is kind of misleading. All these while, I thought Char Siu is actually Barbecue Pork. Anyway, that basically knocked down my first two attempts.

Then, after much searching, I finally discovered the confusion between the two English terms for Char Siu and Siu Bak... and finally landed myself with a recipe for CRISPY Roast Pork. And I gave it a try last night and voila! It worked! Although the after-effect was quite a disaster, especially to the living room, carpet and sofa and well, practically the rest of the apartment as well because of the aroma coming from the roasting, but it was well worth it. I had to FeBreeze the entire place and it was much better after that... guess I'll have to FeBreeze it again tonight...

Anyway, here is my masterpiece...


Chinese Crispy Roast Pork

boon out...