Don’t Lie About BBQ Pork

My wife and I had Chinese (Americanized Chinese) food takeout the other night and I have something to say as a result of that. What I have to say is that no one should lie about BBQ pork. Not ever. Just don’t do it.

I was going through the menu when we phoned in our order before going to pick it up. I had decided to get the garlic chicken. However, I then noticed that the menu said that the restaurant used their BBQ pork in their garlic pork. I immediately switched my order to that.

You see, I love Chinese (at least, Americanized Chinese) BBQ pork. You know the stuff, it comes in slices and is outlined in a vibrant red. I don’t know if that is a result of smoking, or what it results from exactly, but it is delicious. This is the entire reason I changed my order.

However, when I opened my garlic chicken, I only found normal pork. There was no vibrant red outlining. It wasn’t the same.

Of course, it was still good…it just wasn’t what I had been expecting. As a result, I was disappointed. Worse, my wife’s meal DID come with actual BBQ pork. This resulted in some tension as I attempted to steal bits from her dinner.

As such, I thought I should take a moment to tell restaurants of the world: don’t lie and say a dish has Chinese BBQ pork in it if it doesn’t. At the very least, people will be unhappy. At the worst, undue strain could be placed on marriages. It just isn’t worth it. Don’t lie.