Honey Pig - Oink Oink

Korean BBQ is my thing! And who wouldn't love a Korean BBQ joint with a smiley fat pig as the logo? Although Honey Pig seems to be the perfect place to eat like one, my hope dashes when I figured out that it wasn't all you can eat.

Endless kimchi and bean sprout on the grill!

What to love is the dome grill which is big enough to pack so many meat and slips the oil residue to the outer edge of the grill. As much as I hate eating oily, I was a bit disappointed that they didn't give the usual sesame oil with salt as the dipping sauce, but instead hot sauce which is anything but spicy. However, I love that they put bottomless fresh kimchi and bean sprouts to the dome grill - genius!

pork belly and beef tongue 

Let's talk about meat people! I guessed their specialty was pork *duh* so we ordered the infamous pork belly. I don't get all the hype about their pork belly - they basically remind me of thick bacon which means 2/3 of the piece is fat. It's so overwhelmingly thick, it took a while to bring the crisp out of them.

minced garlic on top of beef short ribs

The thinly sliced beef is very tasty and even though I'm a more beef short ribs kinda person, their thinly sliced beef is winner. The marinated beef short ribs have plenty of marble and drizzled with minced garlic *Faboosh* - once again I'm weak for garlic so I like this meat very mucho. I'm also a fan of the non-marinated beef tounge - perfect thickness and A+ quality.

thinly sliced beef and the whole nine yard

After you're done with your porky experience they turned the magic grill to cook fried rice, sorta. They bring a mound of rice, load it up on the grill and mix it in with all the last bits of meat and bean sprouts. It's known as bokkeumbap, and if all those meat craze isn't enough for your stuffy tummy, this will seal the deal. 

Honey Pig
3400 W 8th St
Los Angeles, CA 90005
(213) 380-0256