Long Live the King! After a couple of weeks of hype, we finally made our latest stop on our culinary tour of London at the King of the Pigs. For the first time there was girls on our trip! All that meant was that I had to watch my table manners, and keep the poop and blue waffle jokes to a minimum. There really wasn't much conversation during dinner because we were all completely focused on the deliciousness in front of us. When we were creeping the menu online they had different Meals for 4 or 2 that had whole chickens, ribs, fries salad, and we planned on ordering that, but when we got there that wasn't an option on the menu so we all got individual meals. When I went to the King of the Pigs years ago it was this little hole in the wall in East London with a bunch of old Portuguese guys (or as my Uncle Pat says Portu-goose) hanging out watching soccer, I think they were a little pissed off that us Newfies were invading their hang out. Since then it's undergone some renovations and looks a lot nicer, but these greasy old Portuguese guys remain. Thankfully the food was just as good as I remember.
The meal started off with fresh bread and black olives. The bread was awesome, it could because I was starving and that was the first thing I ate all day, but you could tell it was fresh. As for the olives, I wasn't sure if I liked them or not and hesitated at first, but hey it turns out I like black olives, how about that. I ordered the chicken and back ribs, as seen above. The best part about this meal is there was not one vegetable to be seen. The fries were crispy and hot, lots of places half ass their fries, but not KOTP, plus they had malt vinegar on the table which was a welcome bonus. Despite being called the King of the Pigs the chicken was the star of this meal. Don't get me wrong the ribs were good, but I have definitely had better. I'm a bit of a rib snob because my Mom makes the best ribs in the world, so any other ribs are mere mortals. There is your standard BBQ sauce on the ribs but the sauce on the chicken was incredible, I would bathe in this sauce if need be. I'm at a loss at describing it, it must've been covered it olive oil and some magical dry rub was put on it. Next time I go I am just going to get the chicken and fries. The prices are extremely reasonable too, Bobby ordered a Chipotle chicken sandwich and fries, and it was $8 (tax included)! A Big Mac combo sets you back $8.12 at McDonald's (yes I know the exact price with taxes for a Big Mac combo)
BONUS REVIEW!: After dinner we went to Boston Pizza for a few drinks and dessert and to watch the Leafs (literally) kick the snot out of the woe-begotten Sens. For a chain Boston Pizza has really good food, I've never had a bad meal there. Despite my size and love for food believe it or not I am not a huge dessert guy, I would choose to have 2 dinners as opposed to a dinner and dessert. Unfortunately for me, too much dairy makes me bloated and farty, but I do love ice cream. This panookie from Boston Pizza was great, it was a giant warm chocolate chip cookie (tasted like a Pillsbury one) with a scoop of vanilla ice cream with some chocolate and caramel drizzled on it. It was very good, however taking a big swig of beer right after eating ice cream is the grossest thing ever. The Leafs-Sens game was pretty entertaining, watching that wuss on the Sens getting knocked the fuck out by Frazer McLaren in a room full of people was pretty awesome. You don't see knock outs like that in the UFC most of the time.
Well that's it for another review, we have a few ideas for our next stop, we're going to all you can eat pancakes at the Golden Griddle, I've never been to Tony Roma's apparently the ribs there are really good. The Works and Relish are on the list too. Stay tuned later tonight (or tomorrow) for my first weekly Big Brother Canada review.
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