roast piggy.

today, a freezing, windy, slightly rainy day by the ocean, we ate a whole pig.

i didn’t understand all the details of this event at first.. but i soon found out that this was a company that you could call, to order a whole live pig. they then slaughtered and brought to our location of choice to prepare (a cafe north of danshui) and BBQ’d for us. we had the “small” pig.. which feeds over 30, and was NT16,500. theres also a large option that feeds 100. (yes, we had over 30 people)

the thought of it was a bit heavy on the heart, uneasy.. but, it was pretty delicious.

the bbq team drove down at 5am from ali mountain to setup. when we arrived to the picked spot at 1:30pm,  it was ready to eat.

this is what i saw when we arrived.. the missing pieces were already on the chopping block ready to eat. yes, they drove that grill down on their truck.. along with a chopping table (not pictured.)

piggy is flattened + bbq’d. on the side: sausage, baby leeks, corn, mushrooms.

chopped meat, and some sausage. im guessing their dry rub was mostly salt + pepper…  the bits with crispy fatty charred skin were the best.

these were so good grilled! peel the outer layers and bite into the bulb. wow.

delicious, juicy, simple grilled corn. no butter.

fresh local mushrooms with pepper.

they made their own ” little rice alcohol” for us as well.. but i think it was a bit too light. it mostly tasted like sugar water.

definitely an interesting foodie experience… we might consider hiring them again.

xx