![]() ![]() Sorry vegan friends, you’re going to want to pass on the invite to this one. It’s BBQ so – no surprise here – it’s all about the meat. The kimchi is noteworthy in that it is significantly bolder in flavor than that which is found at your average downtown Shanghai Korean BBQ spot. Get seated at a table already stacked with KBBQ banchan – pungent kimchi, pickled cubes of daikon and mashed sweet potatoes, along with a smattering of sauces and spices for your soon to arrive meats. Snag a number on Dianping, roll down the street and be sippin’ on soju and smoke before you know it. The roughly 60-seater started drawing in crowds with favorable discounts during opening weeks last month, but on any given Tuesday there is now a line (though it moves efficiently). ![]() However, a quick glance at the Chinese characters in the name – 金猪 – reveal that it’s really just a poor phonetic transliteration of jin zhu, meaning the Golden Pig, arguably a better name for a pork-heavy BBQ joint. ![]() ![]() (How old do you feel knowing that was 28 years ago? Better question, what is Snoop Dogg actually smoking that he seemingly hasn’t gotten older in 28 years? I digress…) Based on the blaring rap and hip hop-centric playlist, one would think Gin & Pork – Jing’an’s newest Korean BBQ spot on the increasingly popular Anyuan Lu – is named after the American rapper and personality Snoop Dogg’s 1993 hit Gin & Juice. ![]()
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